Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread part 18

sukeyboo

13/10 for today please cathybird

cathybird

December AFD challenge

7 days =

14 days =

21 days =

28 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

Entire month =

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December targets

cathybird 25/21         

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Cousin Creditor 2/7 

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CuppaTea 24/24         

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Dryjan 22/22         

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dustydigger 20 

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Justcrackingonwithit 18/18       

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lantanna 15  

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Largs 19/TF    

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leftatthetrafficlights 30/24           

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maggiem 4/10  

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maman 8/10   

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marahouti 28/25             

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oceandreamer 19/12       

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PriceySOS 12/22   

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RobM99 24/30      

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satchmo1 21/20          

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Season of Mist 25/24          

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Shrewbie 1/18  

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sukeyboo 13/10      

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tiddles 22/24      

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Watty1 11/10      

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WBF 11/14    

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cathybird

December results updated here

cathybird

January targets

BlueJ94 25 

cathybird 21 

clootiedumplin 30 

CuppaTea 25 

Dark Sunday 15 

Dryjan 21  

dustydigger  

Justcrackingonwithit 25 

lantanna  

leftatthetrafficlights  

maggiem 10  

maman 10 

marahouti 25 

oceandreamer 20 

PriceySOS 22 

RobM99 30  

satchmo1 20  

Season of Mist  

Shrewbie  

sukeyboo 10  

tiddles 25 

Watty1 18  

WBF 14  

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cathybird

2025 targets

cathybird 275  

CuppaTea  

Dark Sunday 160  

Dryjan TF  

dustydigger  

Justcrackingonwithit  

lantanna  

Largs  

maggiem 200  

maman TF  

marahouti 325  

oceandreamer 200  

PriceySOS  

RobM99 330  

Satchmo1  

Season of Mist  

Shrewbie  

sukeyboo TF  

tiddles 257  

Watty1  

WBF 168  

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marahouti

I am 28/25 today please cathybird. Thank you. X

Season_of_Mist

I am up to 25/24 including today, thank you cathybird. The 24th and 27th were non-AF days for me but otherwise that was it. I am still a bit undecided about NYE, but I’d like to not drink. 

Regarding where this thread should sit. I recall some time ago, maybe a couple of years ago, I’m sure there had been a ‘suggestion’ (if that’s the right way to put it) from site HQ that we could do with making this a little more MSE-focused. For a while we did sort of comply by discussing how much we’d saved by not drinking over a given period of time; of course, a big, boozy night out often carries with it many other ancillary costs in addition to just the spending on alcohol: taxis, food purchases, maybe a dry-cleaning bill, etc etc. I truly dread to think how much big nights out used to cost me back in the days when I lived and worked in the city. Hundreds each time, probably. Thousands over the course of several years, definitely. 

From that point of view, this does sort of seem like a good a place as any, to my mind at least. 

Dryjan

My last AF night tonight so 22/22 for me please @cathybird thanks.

leftatthetrafficlights

30/24 for me today pleae

marahouti

cathybird said:

The other thing we might want to briefly consider (besides starting a new thread each year, which we will do) is whether we are in the right place in the forum - as someone said in the past few weeks (I think it might have been Justcrackingonwithit) we are in the debt forum and thus quite hard to find for people looking to cut down on drinking. However, I had a look across the rest of the forum and can't see any other place that leapt out as being a happier fit. Does anyone else have any thoughts? There might be an obvious place I've just missed. xx

I can't see a better option cathybird. Surprisingly there isn't anything like a 'Lifestyle' section. Drinking alcohol is an expensive choice but for most of us it probably isn't the primary reason we might have been, or are, in debt. Even so I think we should stay where we are and perhaps acknowledge sometimes in our posts that we are saving money by reducing our alcohol expenditure. X