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The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for December & 2025 :)
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Morning all! I can’t believe I’ve had 30 AFDs - well I can, I feel so much better and my bank balance is much healthier too!Can I declare early with 31 days please? I’m away on holiday tomorrow and know I won’t drink (on my own abroad).6
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Oh! Oh! a premature Gold Star!Jellybaby said:Morning all! I can’t believe I’ve had 30 AFDs - well I can, I feel so much better and my bank balance is much healthier too!Can I declare early with 31 days please? I’m away on holiday tomorrow and know I won’t drink (on my own abroad).
Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!7 -
May AFD challenge 20257 days =
14 days =
21 days =
28 days =
Target reached =
Target beaten =
Entire month =
May targetscathybird 30/21
Dark Sunday 10/14
doingitanyway 28/23
Dryjan 18/18
dustydigger 21Jellybaby 31/TF
maggiem 3/10maman 15/10
ManPants 21/31
marahouti 30/25
oceandreamer 28/24
PriceySOS 24/24
redofromstart 29/20
RobM99 30/30
satchmo1 21/20
Season of Mist 31/31
sukeyboo 15/10
tiddles 25/23
Watty1 21/20
WBF 1/14To see the updated results for May on phone or tablet, click here
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28 days thanks cathybird...hello blue dragonfly If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 350/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20256 -
30/25 today please cathybird. Thank you X5
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18 please @cathybird5
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28 for yesterday please Cathybird.5
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Declaring early for today cathybird and rounding off a nice, alcohol-free complete month. 31/31 please. I’d like to do the same next month too.
Well done to everyone who has cut down this month, some great totals and targets reached, it’s very heartening and encouraging to see so many others able to reduce their drinking.7 -
Declaring early for tonight 21/20 I beat my target but only because I had an operation scheduled. Recovery going well and whilst I did fancy a glass of wine I knew it would mess with recovery so declined and declaring early for tonight will keep me on target.
Thank you all and especially Cathybird. 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 !!6
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