The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for October & 2025 :)

cathybird

November AFD challenge 2025

7 days =  

14 days =   

21 days =  

28 days =  

Target reached =  

Target beaten =  

Entire month =  

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November targets

BlueJ94 25 

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cathybird 2/21 

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Dark Sunday 14 

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doingitanyway 1/25 

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Dryjan 18 

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dustydigger 24 

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Jellybaby TF 

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leftatthetrafficlights 2/29  

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maggiem 10 

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maman 10 

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oceandreamer 3/24 

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PriceySOS 23 

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redofromstart 1/20 

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RobM99 3/29  

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satchmo1 2/25  

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Season of Mist 3/27  

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sukeyboo 10  

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tiddles 10  

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Vanlady 2/15  

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Watty1 2/20  

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Wishus 20  

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WBF 1/14  

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To see November's results on phone or tablet, click here. See 2025 results here

🌞 🌞  Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞

RobM99

oceandreamer said:

This thread has helped me so much in cutting down the number of days that I am drinking.  I feel like I have that under control now.  However, I'm still very much not in control of how much I drink on the days I do.  I find it impossible to just have one drink it always leads to another and another.  So my next challenge is to stop getting drunk!  I don't want to give up drinking completely but I do want to take control of it.  I feel so ill today after a party last night that I just think enough is enough. By posting this I hope that I will feel more accountable about it and more likely to succeed.  

Addictive personality - I was like that. So I gave up and turned to - mint penguins!

Gold Star for me October, 2 for November.

oceandreamer

@sukeyboo I think you've hit the nail on the head!  I think that's exactly my mentality.  If I'm going to drink there's no point in just having one - that would spoil a run of AFDs for nothing.  When you write it down it seems a ridiculous thing to think really.  Vanlady - it's really the only way isn't it?  Just avoiding the first one!
RobM99 I wish I could just give up, I really admire people who can do but I'm just not there yet.  Will keep plodding on though.
3/24 today please Cathybird

cathybird

Thank you @maman @Vanlady @Wanna_Bee_Free @Watty1 @oceandreamer @sukeyboo, I actually set myself a lower than normal target this year because I thought I'd be doing more travelling but after March I really didn't get around to organising any trips away, so that has made it easier! 

October results updated here and annual results updated here

satchmo1

2/25 for me today please 

Season_of_Mist

That’s good work cathybird to hit target so early, with still two months of the year to go. 

I had a nice AF weekend, didn’t really think about drinking anything, so I’ll call today 3/27 thank you. 

Oceandreamer - I hear you. Like a lot of other people on this thread I just have no ‘off switch’ and speaking personally, I’ve always envied those people who can enjoy two or three drinks, then just stop. It’s something I’m working on and this thread really does help, but still I find it far easier to just drink nothing at all, often for months at a time, rather than drink in moderation. I can only speak for myself here but avoiding drinking anything at all is to me just a way of getting around it really, but these long, enforced dry spells definitely seem to be beneficial. 

Let me put it this way, since I joined this thread in 2018 I’ve not had any single occasion where I’ve been what I would call “falling over drunk”, now I realise that in very large part that’s simply down to avoiding alcohol entirely for long stretches of time, but if the net result is that I just don’t get into those situations anymore, then I’m going to take that. 

Vanlady

Morning folks.
I'm calling it in early today, so 2/15 AFD for me today please cathybird.
Midweek drinking was creeping in and my aim is to be like  maman and just drink at weekends and holidays.
Oceandreamer....yes, I think that first drink is the....I'm trying to thing of the word...battle? Devil? Deciding factor?? Too many words
 The thing that stops me drinking is eating,  I've never had any thoughts or desires at all to drink with meals. Maybe I need to have my tea earlier  say, 2pm???....only joking
But I have to say, being accountable on here is doing it for me

Season of mist, just seen your post, perfectly put.... no "off switch". I'm working on that too.

RobM99

Hi all,  threeeeeee for meeeeee today!  

Wanna_Bee_Free

Popping in to say didn't manage my AFD yesterday after all. Family drama. Declaring early for 1/14 today please Cathybird.

I also resonate completely with the no off switch, just the one is a waste of a drinking day etc etc thoughts. I feel like my wine habit is the only thinking keeping me going with all my family demands of me but the reality is it is probably contributing to my very low mood. After more than three years with all this going on I think I am getting close to burnout. I have a GP appointment tomorrow so will be speaking to them about it as well as my HRT. Hoping the two are related enough to not be sent away for another appointment. OH keeps buying wine on deals as a delivery whereas I get along a lot better if we don't have any in the house. Ho Hum. If I want to reach my target in my birthday month then I am going to have to go back to AF Monday to Thursday.

cathybird

@Season_of_Mist thank you