Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 17

maman

sukeyboo said:

Target day for me today - so declaring early on 10/10 please cathybird 

Same here! 😁

10/10 AFDs please @cathybird

cathybird

November

7 days =

14 days =

21 days =

28 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

Entire month =

November targets

AllNightDiner 6/13

alt80 14/TF Arkers 10/TF cathybird 16/21 Coveredinbees 11/18 CuppaTea 1/10 Dexsmummy 10 doingitanyway 2/20 dustydigger 14/27 happydenial 9/20 hazeldreams 7/21 lantanna 11/12 LegoHead leftatthetrafficlights 2/10 maggiem 1/15 maman 10/10 marahouti 14/25 PriceySOS 8/23 RobM99 17/29 satchmo1 11/25 Season of Mist 15/26 sunshine raincloud 12/25 sukeyboo 10/10 WBF 6/14 Newcomers welcome!

Grey_Pilgrim

I wonder if I could dive in at this point and join in?  I've been a member of this site for a long, long time but I've only done the odd bit of lurking in the past couple of years.  Is a potted history called for?

This site changed my life massively.  I left London with mountains of debt about 20 years ago (pretty much maxing out a new credit card every couple of years and then just paying off the minimums each month until all those payments were crippling me).  I stumbled upon MSE and it made me realise how toxic my attitude to savings was. Things changed in the space of a few days.

I did a massive review of my debts, spent the bare minimum, moved balances to 0% cards, took advantage of every possible offer I could, paid off as much as I could afford each month to the highest debts, adopted a "do I need this, or do I want it" attitude to everything.  It's taken bloody years but I'm in a much better position now.  Debts cleared, we bought a house and have made a significant dent in the mortgage, and we finally have rainy day savings...something neither myself or my wife ever had growing up

But there are a couple of things that I've struggled with for most of my life:  Alcohol and weight.  I've made several false starts over the years, but always resort back to form.  I drink too much, I exercise too little, and I eat too much.  I'm 6 foot four and just over 22 stone and for a guy my age that's not really a healthy combination. (Plus the money I'm spending on beer undoes a lot of the saving I do).

I'd like to be a part of this.  I want to make a serious dent in my weight and giving up (or severely reducing my intake) is key because after a few beers, all self control goes out of the window and I turn into pac-man.

I'm going to have a few goodbye beers tonight and then face the horrors of the scales tomorrow, and then get focussed.  Thanks for having me, and I hope everyone is doing well.

sukeyboo

Welcome to the thread @Grey_Pilgrim - it is such a friendly and supportive place to be if you are trying either to give up completely or (like me) to cut down on alcohol.

sunshine_raincloud

Welcome @Grey_Pilgrim also recently new here but found the thread very welcoming and useful

Today is day 14/25 for me please!

cathybird

hi Grey Pilgrim and welcome to the thread You can set a target for the rest of the month if you like, or if you prefer go target free and just see how you go

Season_of_Mist

alt80 said:

@maman I think low alcohol days are a win where previously wouldn't be the case. Tbh in some ways I count days I've enjoyed a couple of drinks, had a nice evening but happy to not bother he next day as a bigger win than abstinence. 

I like the way that’s been phrased. Ideally that’s where I’d like to get to long-term: kind of indifferent to whether I have a drink, might do, might not, not really a big deal either way. At this moment it’s still just a lot easier for me to go without altogether (nearly) every day. 

15/26 please cathybird, thank you. 

Season_of_Mist

Oh and welcome Grey_Pilgrim and good luck. 

maman

Welcome @Grey_Pilgrim, or should that be welcome back. 🤔 You've done amazingly well with clearing your debts and house purchase. IIRC you've managed to cut down and shift lard before. I'm sure you can do it!👍

RobM99

Morning all, early start as for today, new electricity cables etc for the road so I might not have any power for a day. Apart from my animal magnetism, obviously. Grr.

But on topic (pass a hazel nut) 17/29 and 300 AFDs in 2022, plus or minus.

Pip pip!