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Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread part 18
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Morning everyone, I've been absent this past week busy with family and work - just life lol !
It's 23/29 for me today, had a glass of prosecco on Mothers Day (didn't really enjoy it tbh) and on another occasion I had a glass of wine and a gin cocktail (which I did enjoy!). Those emoji's are adding up. I've enjoyed reading back all the discussions, lots of wise advice 👍6 -
Poor month in terms of Alcohol Free Days, mainly due to staying away on business, stuck in hotels etc. However I’ve started to keep a log of no. of alcoholic units on an APP & these are reducing. 9/18 @cathybird
Net Debt: £15,993AFD Dec 9/145 -
20/28 more tea and tv last night and an early morning swim today (9am Sunday is early morning for me) if I don't drink later this will be my first AF weekend this month and I will get my flying bird badge....
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Hi all 25/30 for me. Went to football @ Sevenoaks, National Non League day! Cost me 30p less for the Dartford crossing than a ticket, coffee, crisps and a raffle ticket!Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!3
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Happy Clocks Forward Sunday everyone. 10/10 and target day for me today.5
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March
7 days =
14 days = 
21 days = 
28 days = 
Target reached = 
Target beaten = 
Entire month =
March targets
AllNightDiner 14/14
alt80 24/TF
Arkers 11/TF
cathybird 25/21
Coveredinbees 23/TF
CuppaTea
Dark Sunday 9/18
dustydigger 18/25
family355 20/28
GotToStopSpending
happydenial 16/21
ITL89
lantanna 9/15
leftatthetrafficlights 26/25
maggiem 3/5
makingmehappy
maman 9/10
marahouti 26/25
MissPennySave 4/10
MissPiggy1973 4/14
notpropaganda73 28
oceandreamer 17/21
PriceySOS 26
RobM99 25/30
satchmo1 19/26
Season of Mist 24/28
sukeyboo 10/10
sunshine raincloud
TornErse 23/29
WBF 10/10
Newcomers welcome! 
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23 please. Just bought some Guinness to see out the weekend, Guinness 0.0 that is,
Nothing to see here, move along.6 -
26/25 for me please'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'
Jan GC: £0/£100
DNF: £0/£6700
Garden sections: 0/21
DNF: 3/45
'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'4 -
24/28 please cathybird. Just had an AF weekend and should hopefully see out the rest of the month alc’ free as well.Totally agree with satchmo1 and AllNightDiner re. post-Covid susceptibility to infections; I had C19 in October (first time for me) and since then I’ve been flattened by two separate heavy colds that just wouldn’t shift and that both turned into sinus / chest infections that really wiped the floor with me. Before that, it wouldn’t be unusual for me to go a year or two between colds and they always cleared up in a couple of days. (Said with all proper respect to those who suffered far worse with it of course)5
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Good evening everyone.
26/25 please cathybird. Thank you. X
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