Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 17

happydenial

7/31 for me please, and also a dangling leaf emoji 🙌🙌🙌

cathybird

October

7 days =

14 days =

21 days =

28 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

Entire month =

October targets

AllNightDiner 2/13

alt80 7/31 Arkers TF cathybird 8/14 Coveredinbees 5/18 CuppaTea 4/10 Dexsmummy 10 dustydigger 5/27 happydenial 8/31 hazeldreams 6/31 lantanna 3/12 LegoHead 3/31 leftatthetrafficlights 1/10 maggiem 7/10 maman 5/10 marahouti 6/25 PriceySOS 22 RobM99 5/27 satchmo1 6/20 Season of Mist 9/25 sunshine raincloud 6/25 sukeyboo 4/10 WBF 4/10 Newcomers welcome!

maman

Another AF Friday for me. 😁

5/10 AFDs please @cathybird

RobM99

maman said:

Another AF Friday for me. 😁

5/10 AFDs please @cathybird

Same here but a feeble 2/27 Just wait until the 31st! 

cathybird

RobM99 said:

maman said:

Another AF Friday for me. 😁

5/10 AFDs please @cathybird

Same here but a feeble 2/27 Just wait until the 31st! 

Rob, you were on 2 yesterday, so think you must be on 3 today?

RobM99

Rob, you were on 2 yesterday, so think you must be on 3 today?

Yes. It was early....That's my excuse!

happydenial

Just got back from dinner out with friends and pleased to report I am on 8/31 for today. My friends were drinking wine and I had a couple of (delicious) mocktails - when we got the bill, they were more expensive than the wine! 🤬

Season_of_Mist

9/25 please cathybird, thank you. 

Today is exactly six months since I last drank anything alcoholic. I joined this fantastic, supportive thread (or one of its earlier iterations) back in 2018 and since that time, being part of things on here has really helped me to significantly cut down on drinking, not only the long AF stretches, but also significantly in between as well; last year for example I think I drank on 14 occasions across the whole calendar year. And when I do choose to have a few drinks, it is now well within sensible limits.

I’m not posting this list in a sort of ‘get me’ kind of way, but rather that it helps me to see it typed out and reinforce to myself that not drinking can also become a habit.

In 2018 I did three months in a row AF
In 2019 I did exactly six months AF
In 2020 I went a little longer, about six and a half months or just over 200 days in a row AF
In 2021 I drank on one single occasion between April and November
2022 has been six months AF and counting

I’m not sure if I could or couldn’t have done it without this thread, but I do know it really is a massive help in keeping myself accountable. Special thank you to cathybird for taking over the running of it and for the milestone emoji’s; it has often been commented on, nobody can quite explain the psychology of it, but they do undeniably work! So thank you. 

Good luck to everyone looking to cut down. It is possible. 

sukeyboo

Thanks for the info on the teas @alt80 - I was thinking of buying a Pukka selection box or an Advent calendar so I can try some different ones. I wish I liked coffee as some of the Beanies flavours sound lovely.

RobM99

Season_of_Mist said:

9/25 please cathybird, thank you. 

Today is exactly six months since I last drank anything alcoholic. I joined this fantastic, supportive thread (or one of its earlier iterations) back in 2018 and since that time, being part of things on here has really helped me to significantly cut down on drinking, not only the long AF stretches, but also significantly in between as well; last year for example I think I drank on 14 occasions across the whole calendar year. And when I do choose to have a few drinks, it is now well within sensible limits.

I’m not posting this list in a sort of ‘get me’ kind of way, but rather that it helps me to see it typed out and reinforce to myself that not drinking can also become a habit.

In 2018 I did three months in a row AF
In 2019 I did exactly six months AF
In 2020 I went a little longer, about six and a half months or just over 200 days in a row AF
In 2021 I drank on one single occasion between April and November
2022 has been six months AF and counting

I’m not sure if I could or couldn’t have done it without this thread, but I do know it really is a massive help in keeping myself accountable. Special thank you to cathybird for taking over the running of it and for the milestone emoji’s; it has often been commented on, nobody can quite explain the psychology of it, but they do undeniably work! So thank you. 

Good luck to everyone looking to cut down. It is possible. 

No wonder our tax is going up! Good stuff and I'm with you here. OK since April 6 2021 the only times I've had a drink is on hols (Menorca!) and I'm now 537 days since a non-hols drink.

AS I saw here ( I think) - "I control alcohol now. It does not control me." Sober October? Well, the Menorca trip shot that to bits albeit in a small way bit still. NoNovember- OK bring it on.

 It's now 2022 so from January - all together now...

Alc' free 23!

Oh and 5/27. No I'm not changing my target, that defeats the point of having one (in my view).

And now - tea!