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Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread part 18
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Good afternoon everyone.
I am 12/25 please cathybird. Thank you. X
Well done Rob that is quite an achievement 👏👏. I was AF on 341 days in 2021, 354 days in 2022 and haven't had a drink yet this year. I only drink on special occasions. BUT for various reasons (financial, health and family) I haven't had a holiday since early 2020 ☹️. I don't know if/how much I will drink when I finally get away but food and wine have always been a big part of my holidays in the past. So I say enjoy Menorca. X4 -
9/18 for me today please.
We're off to Northern Ireland tomorrow (hence the lower target set) staying in Bushmills for a week, so we can't be rude and ignore the Irish Whiskey and Guinness for DH.What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?5 -
May
7 days =
14 days = 
21 days = 
28 days = 
Target reached = 
Target beaten = 
Entire month =
May targets
AllNightDiner 3/10 alt80 TF Arkers 7/TF
cathybird 9/21
Coveredinbees 6/18
CuppaTea 6/15
Dark Sunday 3/16
dustydigger 7/25
family355 6/14
happydenial 1/21
lantanna 7/15
leftatthetrafficlights 11/15
maggiem 3/15
maman 7/10
marahouti 13/25
MissPennySave 1/10
number23 5/15
oceandreamer 12/21
PriceySOS 22
RobM99 12/30
SanguineGina 7/16
satchmo1 9/18
Season of Mist 3/31
Shrewbie 6/25
sukeyboo 7/10
sunshine raincloud 11/26
TornErse 13/29
Watty1 11/21
WBF 3/14
Newcomers welcome! 
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5 including today as I’m having an AF Friday and will be Saturday as out the door early Sunday.Live for the moment and plan for the future5
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12/21 please Cathybird4
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6/14 today please and the first AF Friday in a while I think!
Family Bbq tomorrow. I will be driving the kids to and from a few places but do plan on opening a bottle later in the evening. Hoping to catch that daisy on or by Monday!3 -
Morning all and 13/29 for me and looking for that happy fish tomorrow- have a great sober weekend 😉4
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11/21 Party night with girlfriends which I know will involve Prosecco so I'm not going to set myself up to fail. I will drink this evening but the aim is not to drink to excess, I would have driven to prevent the drinking but my car is off the road so I have no excuse for not joining in with the open bottle. I'm sticking with the goal of not drinking to excess and avoiding a hangover.Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!5 -
6 for today please. Definitely not drinking tonight as big day tomorrow.Live for the moment and plan for the future4
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Good evening everyone. X
AF gin and tonics and Eurovision is my plan for this evening 😀. 13/25 please cathybird. Thank you. X3
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