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The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for December & 2025 :)
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January AFD challenge 20257 days =
14 days =
21 days =
28 days =
Target reached =
Target beaten =
Entire month =
January targetsArkers 7/TF
bamboo socks 7/30
BlueJ94 6/25Brie 8cathybird 6/21clootiedumplin 6/30CuppaTea 2/25Dark Sunday 2/15Dryjan 3/21dustydigger 24Justcrackingonwithit 6/25lantannalilian1977 7/31
maggiem 1/10maman 1/10manpants 7/31
marahouti 6/25NeverendingDMP 3/21Nextgenn 4/14oceandreamer 2/20outoftheviciouscircle 7/31
PriceySOS 24redofromstart 6/28RobM99 7/30
satchmo1 7/28
Season of Mist 28Shrewbie 2/20sukeyboo 3/10tiddles 4/25Watty1 1/18WBF 2/14To see the updated results for January, click here
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Thank you both redfromstart and cathybird - resisting the wine seems to be easier than 'add to cart!'. Up to 7/30 - I'm declaring today early as I've been awake since 4am and will probably be in bed by 8pm
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Morning from the far east,
January total 7/31
Total running unbroken days is 145.
182 is my next big, big goal which is 26 weeks/6 month total - so not too far away.
Good luck to everyone doing "dry" January and everyone else in the group cutting back/down.
Man Pants XQuit Smoking 12 years 2 months.10 -
Somehow i managed to untick this thread, couldn’t work out why it was so quiet😂😂.Great to see so many doing so well. It’s taken me a while to get off the blocks but 1/10 please for yesterday, Monday.7
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Declaring early for today on 3/10 please cathybird5
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7/28 for me today please, bringing the first emoji of the year :-)What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?7
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Day 7/31 for me.
I think this is the first time I've gone a week with no alcohol in over 10 years (hanging head in shame)Total debt when my journey began in December 2022- £66,133.42
Current debt May 2024- £40,064.57
Repaid 39.42%7 -
Good evening everyone,
7 please Cathy
Arkers x
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I am still on 6/28. The naughty bottle of red talked me into opening it and I had a glass. It didn't combine well with my horrid cold.My mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot+++
GNU Mr Redo6
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