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Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread part 18
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Went into the shop for a bottle of wine and came out with sparkling elderflower instead so I could post another AFD on here!
9/20 please Cathybird.7 -
January 7 days =14 days =21 days =28 days =Target reached =Target beaten =Entire month =January targetsAllNightDiner 4/11alt80 5/24Arkers 14/TFcathybird 14/21Coveredinbees!!!! 8/18CuppaTea 4/31Dark Sunday 5/15dustydigger 11/26happydenial 13/14lantanna 11/15leftatthetrafficlights 13/30maggiem 1/15maman 7/10marahouti 14/25MissPennySave 11/10outoftheviciouscircle 15oceandreamer 10/20PriceySOS 6/24RobM99 14/30satchmo1 13/30Season of Mist 3/27sunshine raincloud 12/30sukeyboo 7/10TornErse 14/27VALM 4/31WBF 5/10Newcomers welcome!3 -
Wahey! Elephant on a hot tin roof day! 14/30 and a gig in Chingford!Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!6
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Good morning everyone,
Whoop, Whoop love the red hot Ellie!
14 please Cathy
Arkers x
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Another wahey and a whoop, whoop here - 14/27 please Cathy6
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Good morning everyone.
Posting early to claim one of my favourites, the elephant doing the cancan 😃. 14/25 please cathybird. Thank you. X5 -
Treated myself to just under half a bottle of wine last night with dinner, and I am feeling it today! Christ knows how I used to function after a whole bottle! Anyway, in light of this I am declaring early today so.....11/10 please.xNovember 2022 - £46,626.96 / September 2025 - £1,100.00
Debt paid off so far - £45,526.96 (97.64%)
Current Challenges:
#10 DFBXMAS25 £14020.00 / £15120.00 (92.72% paid off)
Completed Challenges:
#15 DFBXMAS24 £16972.80 / £14000.00 (121.23% paid off) COMPLETED!
#41 DFBXMAS23 £14751.96 / £12000.00 (122.93% paid off) COMPLETED!
MissPennySave's Debt Free Diary - DFW Diary3 -
Sorry I've been mia- had a relative staying for the first week of the year then dropped my phone down the loo and had to wait for it to dry out properly before I had any Internet access! 🤦♀️😂
Anyway, normal service has resumed and I'm at 13/30 😁'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'
Weight loss challenge 2024:
Start weight: 9st 13.1lb
End weight: 8st 13lb
Weight loss challenge 2025:
Start weight: 8st 6lbs
End weight:
JSF: £0/£2000
'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 -
Finally off the starting blocks so 1/15 please.4
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10/20 for me today please.3
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