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Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread part 18
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10/18 please, snow forecast tonight
Lost 1.5lb last week and there wasn't any over night snowNothing to see here, move along.3 -
13/15 for today please4
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January 7 days =14 days =
21 days =
28 days =
Target reached =
Target beaten =
Entire month =
January targetsAllNightDiner 4/11alt80 5/24Arkers 15/TF
cathybird 15/21
Coveredinbees!!!! 10/18
CuppaTea 4/31Dark Sunday 6/15dustydigger 11/26
happydenial 15/14
lantanna 13/15
leftatthetrafficlights 16/30
maggiem 1/15maman 7/10
marahouti 14/25
MissPennySave 13/10
outoftheviciouscircle 15oceandreamer 10/20
PriceySOS 6/24RobM99 16/30
satchmo1 16/30
Season of Mist 14/27
sunshine raincloud 15/30
sukeyboo 8/10
TornErse 15/27
VALM 4/31WBF 5/10Newcomers welcome!
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Had a few drinks on Saturday night as was out with the girls, and forgot to post yesterday so -
15/14 for me today! Met my target so dancing elephants and penguins 🎉 Thank you!Books read 2023 - 49/756 -
Had a nice AF weekend. 14/27 including today please cathybird. Only drank on two days so far this month. Haven’t really enjoyed either occasion. I think I may be losing my taste for it.For the first time I’m starting to think a bit more seriously about giving up altogether.
“My jaded palate is no longer tickled by anything so lacking in flavour.”6 -
Morning all, 13/10 please.xI AM DEBT FREE!!!!!! (as at 24.10.25)
November 2022 - £46,626.96 / November 2025 - £0.00
Debt paid off - £46,626.96 (100%)
Completed Challenges:
#10 DFBXMAS25 £15120.00 / £15120.00 (100% paid off) COMPLETED!
#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 Diary7 -
Declaring early for today on 8/10 please cathybird6
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Declaring early today as I'm full of cold, feel poop and have no intention of drinking!
16/30 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'7 -
...other than that, a good day?leftatthetrafficlights said:Declaring early today as I'm full of cold, feel poop and have no intention of drinking!
16/30 please 😁
16/30 here too. Otherwise all quiet.Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!6 -
16/30 for me today please.What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?6
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