The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for August & 2025 :)

redofromstart

4 of 20 for me please.

doingitanyway

redofromstart said:

Same here doingitanyway, I am hoping I have broken the cycle of a glass or two with dinner, or rewarding myself for getting stressful things done. Cheering you on. 

Thank you. I am the same...it is the glass or two in the evening BUT every evening! Starting to be a habit. I nearly brought wine today and would have had I not been on this challenge. It is already getting easier and the 'pudginess' has left me. I don't seem to be able to metabolise wine anymore, so it needs to be an occasional treat!

dustydigger

Checking in very very late with my March figures. I managed 22/20,and am aiming for 21 days for April

Sadly its been a difficult time for Mr Dusty.He went for a chest scan on 26 th March and the hospital rushed him down for a heart procedure. He had a massive amount of fluid in the sac around his heart,they had to drain 700mls,around 24 fluid ounces of fluid.from his heart wiich was interfering with his hearts ability to expand when beating,and could lead to heart failure.After the procedure I went in to see him,and thought he had a catheter and had a bag full of bloody dirty looking urine,but it wasnt,it was thefluid from around his heart. I had naively thought the fluid would look like water,or be a little yellowish so seeing that absolutely disgusting stuff and knowing it came from around his heart was really horrible,really shocking,and I still feel a bit faint every time I think about it The situation added to his cognitive problems,he kept pulling out the drain etc. He was unable to feed himself was agitated and on the wander all the time,as in other hospital stays/. I spent 8 hours a day taking care of him to save the busy staff in the cardiology ward a lot of work. Anyway,he finally came home on Tuesday night. Basically the man is tough as an old boot,as always the staff were amazed at his resilience at 88yrs old,with a brain problem,anaemia and the fluid problem.

It was a relief to get him home.

It was our 55th wedding anniversary today,but I asked the family not to come to celebrate.I feel he needs peace and quiet,rest and no stress at the moment. to recover from the stress of the hospital

We keep on plodding!

Watty1

Congratulations on your anniversary @dustydigger  Wishing you both well.

2/20 this evening.

cathybird

@dustydigger so sorry to hear you've been through such a difficult time, that must have been really hard in the hospital, but many congratulations on your 55th anniversary, that's quite an achievement xx 

cathybird

April AFD challenge 2025

7 days =

14 days =

21 days =

28 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

Entire month =  

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April targets

Arkers TF  

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cathybird 4/21 

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CuppaTea TF 

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Dark Sunday 14 

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doingitanyway 5/20 

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Dryjan 1/18 

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dustydigger 21 

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LittleMissDetermined TF  

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maggiem 10  

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maman 3/10 

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ManPants 30 

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mrosie 1/15 

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marahouti 3/25 

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NeverendingDMP  

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oceandreamer 3/10 

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PriceySOS 22 

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redofromstart 4/20 

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RobM99 4/29  

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satchmo1 5/28  

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Season of Mist 28  

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sukeyboo 2/10  

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tiddles 3/15  

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Watty1 2/20  

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WBF 2/14  

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To see the updated results for April on phone or tablet, click here

🌞 🌞  Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞

cathybird

March results updated here and annual results updated here

tiddles

Good morning everyone!

3/15 for me today please, @cathybird

doingitanyway

I gave up coffee AND alcohol. I just had a meeting where I was offered a coffee and drank it before I remembered! I hope not to do that with alcohol, but it just shows how habit based these things are!
5/20 for me please cathybird 

satchmo1

5/28 for me today please.

DIA I was toying with switching to decaf after having way too much coffee yesterday and feeling wired!