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Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread part 18
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Day 8 for me today please.
Had a family event at which everyone else was drinking but I declined so feeling pleased about that.
Hope everyone got a little bit of sunshine today wherever they are like we did.. summer is round the corner!Debt free November 20226 -
6/15 please4
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May
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May targets
AllNightDiner 3/10 alt80 TF Arkers 5/TF cathybird 6/21 Coveredinbees 3/18 CuppaTea 4/15 Dark Sunday 3/16 dustydigger 5/25 family355 3/14 happydenial 1/21 lantanna 6/15 leftatthetrafficlights 8/15
maggiem 1/15
maman 6/10
marahouti 10/25
MissPennySave 1/10
number23 5/15
oceandreamer 9/21
PriceySOS 22
RobM99 9/30
SanguineGina 5/16
satchmo1 7/18
Season of Mist 3/31
Shrewbie 5/25
sukeyboo 6/10
sunshine raincloud 9/26
TornErse 7/29
Watty1 6/21
WBF 2/14
Newcomers welcome! 
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9/21 please Cathybird. Family 355 I know exactly what you mean and I have convinced myself many a time that it isn't very moneysaving to throw wine away (even though this then involves buying a new bottle because there's not enough left over)! I've sometimes frozen left over wine to add to casseroles or just chucked it in something I was cooking because I couldn't bear to throw it away.8
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5/10 AFDs please@cathybird (forgot to post yesterday).5
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Declaring early for today on 6/10 please cathybird5
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Thank you @cathybird and @oceandreamer- great ideas! I should know full well by now that 1 glass is not enough (as talked about with @RobM99 a the start of the year) so i need to stop setting myself up to fail! I'm not sure why I need to be all or nothing, no one else around me does this!
3/14 for yesterday please cathybird7 -
I'm another that can't stop at one glass @family355, definitely an all or nothing person. I dithered yesterday evening when I got home after a stressful meeting but decided I'd rather have a cup of tea and be pleased with myself for not drinking on a school night. 😇🤣
6/10 AFDs please @cathybird7 -
I'm the same @family355 ! One turns into two.. turns into a lot more than that! I don't think it is you at all but the nature of alcohol unfortunately so try not to feel bad.
I'm on 9/26 for today please.. can't actually remember if I've already posted today
Debt free November 20228 -
Good evening.
I am 10/25 please cathybird. Thank you. X
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