Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread part 18

happydenial

Yikes @marahouti - that certainly puts things into perspective!

6/21 for me please x

RobM99

marahouti said:

I have just seen this on another SM thread. It is taken from Drink? by Prof David Nutt. Scary 😲. I hope I have done enough over the last three years to mitigate slightly my previous consumption 🙏.

marahouti said:

I have just seen this on another SM thread. It is taken from Drink? by Prof David Nutt. Scary 😲. I hope I have done enough over the last three years to mitigate slightly my previous consumption 🙏.

Seems I died in 1996! (not really).

sukeyboo

5/10 for today please cathybird 

satchmo1

7/26 for me today please.

Had an unexpected offer of £500 towards the heating for a "Warm Spaces" we host in the church hall each week. 

cathybird

March

7 days = 14 days = 21 days = 28 days = Target reached = Target beaten =
Entire month =
March targets
AllNightDiner 6/14 alt80 3/TF Arkers 5/TF cathybird 10/21 Coveredinbees 5/TF CuppaTea Dark Sunday 2/18 dustydigger 7/25 family355 7/28 GotToStopSpending happydenial 6/21 ITL89 lantanna 5/15 leftatthetrafficlights 8/25 maggiem 3/5 makingmehappy maman 5/10 marahouti 10/25 MissPennySave 2/10 notpropaganda73 28 oceandreamer 7/21 PriceySOS 26 RobM99 8/30 satchmo1 8/26 Season of Mist 6/28 sukeyboo 5/10 sunshine raincloud TornErse 9/29 WBF 4/10 Newcomers welcome!

lantanna

5/15 wow that chart is scary, certainly makes you think. Thanks for posting

oceandreamer

7/21 please. Probably best not to think about, let alone work out, how much life can be wasted drinking ,,, in so many ways!

marahouti

oceandreamer said:

7/21 please. Probably best not to think about, let alone work out, how much life can be wasted drinking ,,, in so many ways!

You are of course quite right and the chart is a bit simplistic, longevity and quality of life depend on more than a simple count. I'm sure charts exist showing how many months/years of healthy life we lose by eating a certain number of bacon sandwiches but they don't tell the full story. I was just struck by it because I was once very much in the upper alcohol consumption tier. I drank seven days a week, usually a bottle of wine but often more plus spirits for many years; and whether the chart is accurate or not I believe it would have shortened my life. Maybe it already has but I hope and believe that the lifestyle changes I have made mean I've dodged the bullet. X

I am 10/25 please cathybird. Thank you. X

satchmo1

According to that chart, I'm dead too, lol

8/26 for me today. 

Wanna_Bee_Free

4/10 for yesterday.