Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 17

leftatthetrafficlights

10 for me for June please @cathybird - hopefully I'll actually manage it next month! 🤦‍♀️

AllNightDiner

Going 13 as my target for June please @cathybird. I will also squeak through on target (or perhaps even over) for May - but not quite yet!

cathybird

May

7 days = 14 days = 21 days = 28 days = Target reached = Target beaten =
Entire month =
May targets
AllNightDiner 12/13 alt80 5/TF Arkers 8/TF carolbee 4/TF cathybird 25/21 Coveredinbees 27/18 CuppaTea 16/10 Dexsmummy 8/14 dustydigger 26/25 lantanna 11/12 leftatthetrafficlights 10 maggiem 8/10 maman 15/10 marahouti 27/25 PriceySOS 21/24 RobM99 28/31 satchmo1 22/27 Season of Mist 29/31 sukeyboo 8/10 WBF 10/16 Newcomers welcome!

cathybird

Yes it's a bright shiny new month just round the corner ... Any thoughts on targets?

June targets

AllNightDiner 13

alt80 TF Arkers TF carolbee TF cathybird 21 Coveredinbees 18 CuppaTea 10 Dexsmummy dustydigger 25 lantanna 12 leftatthetrafficlights 10 maggiem 10 maman 10 marahouti 25 PriceySOS RobM99 satchmo1 Season of Mist 29 sukeyboo 10 WBF Newcomers welcome!

maggiem

I'll try for 10 for June please. It's an aspirational target as we are away for a while but I will try. 

CuppaTea

Please may I have 10 for June. Thank you. 

maman

CuppaTea said:

Please may I have 10 for June. Thank you. 

Seems to be working for you @CuppaTea. It's a good feeling to meet your target and then try and beat it. 

I'm happy to have gone from every day drinking to cutting down by a third and then aiming for a half. 😊

CuppaTea

Yes I’ve been trying harder this month. 

Even having an AF weekend!  

Season_of_Mist

29/31 for me please, cathybird. I am enjoying an AF month. 

I would like to go AF next month too but I may struggle with this. A close friend passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly recently. The funeral is in June, I will be going. There is a wake planned for afterwards and I’ve already had texts from our joint friends saying “come for food and a few drinks afterwards - XXX would have wanted you to.” They are probably right in saying that, too. I could come up with a ‘white lie’ easily enough. But I think - this sounds a bit fanciful - it’s somehow a slur on my friend’s memory to stand up at their wake and come out with some bull**** reason not to raise a glass to them. Just doesn’t feel right. 

So maybe I will have a few drinks on that one occasion and had better make it 29/30 for June please, cathybird. Thank you. 

marahouti

Season_of_Mist said:

I would like to go AF next month too but I may struggle with this. A close friend passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly recently. The funeral is in June, I will be going. There is a wake planned for afterwards and I’ve already had texts from our joint friends saying “come for food and a few drinks afterwards - XXX would have wanted you to.” They are probably right in saying that, too. I could come up with a ‘white lie’ easily enough. But I think - this sounds a bit fanciful - it’s somehow a slur on my friend’s memory to stand up at their wake and come out with some bull**** reason not to raise a glass to them. Just doesn’t feel right.

These days one of the ways I approach drinking (or not) is to ask myself some questions. Am I angry, sad, stressed, alone etc? Don't drink. The final question is: "would this occasion be more enjoyable/meaningful if I have a drink?" Most of the time the answer is that no it wouldn't but sometimes the answer is yes. I think this would be one of those occasions for me. X