Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread part 18

cathybird

Welcome to the Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol thread, part 18! This thread is all about helping people cut down on their alcohol consumption, mainly for health reasons, but it can also help with saving money, because alcohol isn’t just bad for the health, it’s also expensive.

This challenge has been running since February 2008 and has helped many people cut down on their drinking over the past 16 years. The original thread if anyone would like to read it is here  

Absolutely anyone and everyone is welcome to join.

The rules are simple, you set a target at the start of the month for the number of days you would like to refrain from drinking. This can be as low or as high as you like but if you haven’t done the challenge before it might be a good idea to make it a low target, say 10 days.

As you notch up the alcohol-free days you get rewarded as you go with emojis. These function like gold stars. There is an emoji for seven days with no alcohol, 14 days, 21 days, 28 days, when you reach your target, beat your target and if you refrain from drinking for the entire month. An emoji might not sound like a huge reward but they can be surprisingly motivating and really help you reach your target.

As well as the monthly challenge, there is an annual challenge for people who want to measure their progress over the entire year. Feel free to join either!

It can be hard cutting down and it is helpful to post often, even daily, and even if you feel you aren’t managing well. If you do slip back, always feel free to try again, it’s much better to keep trying. Everyone else on the thread wants to help everyone else succeed.

We're a friendly lot and we would love to have you around! xxx See you on the thread!

cathybird

January

7 days =

14 days =

21 days =

28 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

Entire month =

January targets

AllNightDiner 11

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alt80 TF

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Arkers TF

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cathybird 21

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Coveredinbees 18

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CuppaTea 31

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dustydigger 26

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happydenial

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lantanna 15

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leftatthetrafficlights 30

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maggiem 15

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maman 10

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marahouti 1/25

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PriceySOS 24

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RobM99 30

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satchmo1 30

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Season of Mist

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sunshine raincloud 30

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sukeyboo 10

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VALM 31

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WBF

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Newcomers welcome!

cathybird

Annual challenge 2023

50 days =

100 days =

150 days =

200 days =

250 days =

300 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

2023 targets

AllNightDiner 122

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alt80 TF

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Arkers TF

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cathybird 300

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Coveredinbees 240

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CuppaTea 180

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Dexsmummy

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dustydigger 300

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lantanna 215

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leftatthetrafficlights 300

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maggiem 185

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maman TF

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marahouti 325

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PriceySOS

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RobM99 350

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sukeyboo 160

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sunshine raincloud 300

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WBF

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Newcomers welcome!

RobM99

How van anyone not aim for a pink elephant's bum?!

dustydigger

Put me down for 300 days on the year's target,please cathybird.

The emojis are hilarious as usual

VALM

Baby steps for me. Can’t think about an annual challenge as yet. 

cathybird

dustydigger said:

Put me down for 300 days on the year's target,please cathybird.

Thanks dustydigger, fixed

sunshine_raincloud

Loving the emojis especially the pink elephants!   

marahouti

Thank you for our shiny new thread cathybird 😀.
I am 1/25 please. X

maman

Adorable pink elephants, making me tempted to set an annual target.  🥰

Thanks so much for the new thread @cathybird . For lurkers and anyone else thinking of cutting down/giving up, do you think it's worth a brief explanation of how the thread works. 🤔

cathybird

maman said:

Adorable pink elephants, making me tempted to set an annual target.  🥰

Thanks so much for the new thread @cathybird . For lurkers and anyone else thinking of cutting down/giving up, do you think it's worth a brief explanation of how the thread works. 🤔

We've never actually done that before, it's the same opener we've used on all 17 previous instalments , but I'll have a think & add a few words to it