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Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread part 18
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2/25 for me today please. I'm working part of this weekend as well so not sure when I will have a drink.. maybe next week as I am visiting a friend and am sure I will be tempted.
Hope February is a great month for everyone
Debt free November 20226 -
Resist...you won't get a Gold Star!sunshine_raincloud said:2/25 for me today please. I'm working part of this weekend as well so not sure when I will have a drink.. maybe next week as I am visiting a friend and am sure I will be tempted.
Hope February is a great month for everyone
Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!4 -
1/15 please5
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Declaring early today - deffo no gold star for me this month as going for a weekend away tomorrow 🙌 nice to feel that it's just one weekend and that once its over I will be happily back on the wagon! 😁'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'5 -
February
7 days =
14 days =
21 days =
28 days =
Target reached =
Target beaten = 
Entire month =
February targets
AllNightDiner 1/13 alt80 2/TF Arkers TF cathybird 2/21 Coveredinbees 1/18 CuppaTea Dark Sunday 16 dustydigger 24 happydenial 14 lantanna 1/15 leftatthetrafficlights 2/20 maggiem 1/15 maman 2/10 marahouti 2/25 MissPennySave 12 outoftheviciouscircle oceandreamer 20 PriceySOS 23 RobM99 27 satchmo1 2/26 Season of Mist 25 sukeyboo 1/10 sunshine raincloud 2/25 TornErse 26 VALM WBF 10 Newcomers welcome!
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2/26 for me today pleaseWhat would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?4
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Good afternoon everyone.
I am 2/25 please cathybird. Thank you. X4 -
+1 for last day in January and +2 for February. Off to a decent start this month.7
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2/10 AFDs please@cathybird5
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@cathybird one more here who loves the emojis - they are how I got hooked on this thread and all the good things that come with it!
Off the starting blocks tonight, 1/13 please.5
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