Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread part 18

maman

Out dancing and driving tonight so 
12/10 AFDs please @cathybird

lantanna

10/15 please

leftatthetrafficlights

Early call, 21/24 for me please 😁

cathybird

April

7 days =

14 days =

21 days =

28 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

Entire month =

April targets

AllNightDiner 9/16   

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alt80 3/TF

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Arkers TF

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bamboo socks 14/27   

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cathybird 19/21     

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Dark Sunday 8/16    

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dustydigger 3/24

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lantanna 10/15   

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leftatthetrafficlights 22/24      

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lillypoo

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maggiem 16/24       

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maman 13/10     

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marahouti 25

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oceandreamer 6/20

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PriceySOS 11/22    

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RobM99 22/29       

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satchmo1 10/TF    

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Season of Mist 21/28      

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Shrewbie 18/30      

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sukeyboo 9/10    

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Watty1 7/23    

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WBF 5/10

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Newcomers welcome!

oceandreamer

Hello everyone
I just checked how many days I'd posted this month - not good!  I have counted up and have a grand total of 6 AFDs so far this month (2 of which were yesterday and today). I have slipped right back into my old habits and have seriously wondered how much control I actually have over my drinking.  Still, I've come back here because I do know that I'm more accountable here than in my 'real' life.  I'm actually a little bit scared that I can't really stop drinking - or rather that I can't just have a drink or two (which I definitely can't - once I start I can't stop).  Anyhow sorry for rambling but I am trying yet again.  6/20 please Cathybird

maman

Just a thought @oceandreamer but I found it helpful to set myself some ground rules at the start. Mine are not drinking on 'ordinary' days. For me that translates into having a drink at weekends and occasions when I go out with friends, birthdays, holidays, having people round. It does depend on your lifestyle but that works for me. I also find I prefer a low target and beating it (if possible). 😊

Season_of_Mist

21/28 for me please cathybird. Had a couple of socials planned this month but both have cancelled, so it has unexpectedly been AF so far.

leftatthetrafficlights

Declaring early - 22/24 please 😁

RobM99

oceandreamer said:

Hello everyone
I just checked how many days I'd posted this month - not good!  I have counted up and have a grand total of 6 AFDs so far this month (2 of which were yesterday and today). I have slipped right back into my old habits and have seriously wondered how much control I actually have over my drinking.  Still, I've come back here because I do know that I'm more accountable here than in my 'real' life.  I'm actually a little bit scared that I can't really stop drinking - or rather that I can't just have a drink or two (which I definitely can't - once I start I can't stop).  Anyhow sorry for rambling but I am trying yet again.  6/20 please Cathybird

This sounds like me three years ago. I was really not in a good place as far as alcohol was concerned. (I have posted this before, but maybe you haven't seen it. I'm sure most of the others have). I was at a stage where I would be at the local convenience store at 10 past 8 in the morning because it opened at 8:00 and sold alcohol. At this point, I was beginning to think maybe this is out of control. So one Monday morning in Easter  2021 I decided no, no more. I'll give it up. Now my thinking is that if somebody wants to give up whether it's drinking alcohol, gambling, whatever, they need to find their own reasons to do so. Not someone else's. Not something off the Internet but their own reasons. I want to stop drinking because... it works for me. The only time I drink now is it on holiday abroad and I've now had 1090 days alcohol-free at home in a row. So it can be done if I can do it. Anyone can.!

22 for me please.

maman

13/10 AFDs please@cathybird