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The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for December & 2025 :)
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18 for me pleaseMy mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot+++
GNU Mr Redo4 -
July AFD challenge 20257 days =
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July targetsBlueJ94 25cathybird 18/21
Dark Sunday 8/14
doingitanyway 15/25
Dryjan 18dustydigger 24Jellybaby 19/TF
maggiem 3/10maman 7/10
ManPants 31marahouti 25oceandreamer 15/24
PriceySOS 19/24
redofromstart 18/20
RobM99 18/29
satchmo1 19/25
Season of Mist 19/31
sukeyboo 7/10
tiddles 20/28
Watty1 14/20
WBF 3/14🌞 🌞 Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞4 -
Still on 14/20 Someone gave me a gift bag which contained a teeny tiny one glass bottle of fizz so I had that last night. It was nice. There was no more in the house and i had no desire for any more which means this cut down/back/out saga is finally working.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 !!7 -
15 for me today
I went out for dinner last night. I was asked what I was drinking. I was too tired to think about who might think what. So, I just said, I'm not drinking. Progress.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 -
An early 19 for me please. No plans to see anyone or do anything this weekend 🤣5
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8/14 for meNet Debt: £15,743AFD Dec 11/145
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19 for me today please cathybird, thank you v much. Today is exactly three months since I last had anything to drink. I was glad that small milestone arrived today, as I’ve been at a friend’s wedding all afternoon where they had a free bar; in times past, that would have been a real struggle for me but I made an early decision to do driving duties which obviously closed off any ideas of drinking, but also at the back of my mind I had the thought of posting on here. An alc’ - free lager followed by tonic water it was then.5
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19/25 for me today pleaseWhat would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?5
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20 for today please - thank you Cathybird4
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19 please xx
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