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Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread part 18
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Afternoon all, 24 today please.Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!3
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October AFD challenge7 days =
14 days =
21 days =
28 days =
Target reached =
Target beaten =
Entire month =
October targetsAllNightDiner TFArkers TFcathybird 17/21
CuppaTea TFdustydigger 24lantanna 7/15
leftatthetrafficlights 19/24
maggiem 16/10
maman 14/10
marahouti 23/25
MissMaud 1/25oceandreamer 9/16
PriceySOS 19/25
RobM99 24/30
satchmo1 21/20
Season of Mist 20/27
Shaggydoo 31Shrewbie 22/28
sukeyboo 12/10
tiddles 20/24
Watty1 21/23
WBF 11/14
🌞 🌞 Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞4 -
I am back from my short trip away and looking forward to hopefully a run of AFDs starting tomorrow.

October results updated here
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Declaring early - 19/24 for me today 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'4 -
Declaring early - 10/14 please Cathybird4
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Definitely an AFD for me today.

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Another early declaration - 11/14 please Cathybird.3
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21/20 for me today please.What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?3
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Another one for me.
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21/23 I'm going to make this and it has been easier that the earlier months when I've stuggled.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 !!4
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