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The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for December & 2025 :)
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2/12 today please Cathybird4
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December AFD challenge 20257 days =
14 days =
21 days =
28 days =
Target reached =
Target beaten =
Entire month =
December targetsBlueJ94 18cathybird 1/21Dark Sunday 14doingitanyway 25Dryjan 18dustydigger 21Jellybaby TFleftatthetrafficlights 3/20maggiem 10maman 2/10oceandreamer 2/24PriceySOS 23redofromstart 20RobM99 3/30satchmo1 2/25Season of Mist 2/25sukeyboo 1/10tiddles 25Vanlady 2/21Watty1 20Wishus 20WBF 3/14🌞 🌞 Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞4 -
Declaring early 3/20'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'
Jan GC: £74.77/£100
DNF: £510/£6700
Garden sections: 0/21
DNF: 3/45
Save 12k in 2026: #37 £510/£6700
'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'4 -
24 total for November please - apologies this is late
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2/10 AFDs please@cathybird5
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I am very grateful to this thread. The last 3 years have been tough for me, the last 3 months tougher still. Without keeping on posting here I think it would be very easy to give up the tiny number of AF days I am managing. It has sometimes felt pointless bringing up the bottom of the league table but on some level I know it is important to me the thread is there in the background. Each new month gives a chance to
revisit and reinvent. I am very thankful for everyone who posts on here, and in particular to Cathybird with her amazing emojis!
Declaring early again for 3/14 please Cathybird. Had a wobble for about half an hour last night but it passed.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6621582/ynab-robber-needs-help-to-execute-the-plan/p1
January NSD challenge 12/10
January AFD challenge 3/14
2026 Art pass savings £29.50
2026 Railcard savings £05 -
Sorry to hear you've been having such a tough time @WannabeFree.
Well done on all the AF days you have achieved.👍🏼 Be positive!
My advice would be to set a lower target that you can achieve, (perhaps 7🤔) and then try to beat that. Just a thought as it works for me.6 -
Thanks @maman , my current self talk is based on hitting at least 100 AFD this year so I am in triple figures. I found when I had a lower target I would just leave it later in the month to start. Something about the excitement of only starting the plan on the edge of what is possible is going on here. I don't understand it. Your approach is much more logical. My annual target this year was 14 x 12 as I felt two weeks a month drinking would be a happy baseline but somehow haven't consistently done it. Roll on 2026...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6621582/ynab-robber-needs-help-to-execute-the-plan/p1
January NSD challenge 12/10
January AFD challenge 3/14
2026 Art pass savings £29.50
2026 Railcard savings £05 -
Hi all, Gold Star for November and 3 for December please!Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!4
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