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The Cutting Down Alcohol Challenge for January & 2026 :)
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Yes, well done @Vanladyredofromstart said:I don't plan to drink at all and never again on my own at home.8/20 for me please Cathybird
@redofromstart this part of your post has me thinking. I do plan to drink, but drinking alone at home feels like a different sort of drinking that I am thinking of stopping. Thank you for your postIf 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) 25/07/20257 -
January 2026 AFD challenge7 days =
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January targetsBlueJ94 3/18Brie 10cathybird 8/21
Dark Sunday 2/14doingitanyway 7/25
Dryjan 18Jellybaby 2/TFjivjules1 10/31
leftatthetrafficlights 6/26LzzyIsGod 8/21
maggiem 1/10maman 4/10oceandreamer 6/24PriceySOS 7/23
redofromstart 8/20
RobM99 8/30
satchmo1 9/25
Season of Mist 7/25
sukeyboo 4/10tiddles 7/25
Vanlady 10/21
Watty1 25Wishus 20WBF 2/14🌞 🌞 Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞5 -
I think I'm still muddled with what day it is... I'm on 9/25 today!!What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?6
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Day 7 yesterday amd day 8 today please!
Have a little faith, baby, have a little faith". Oddball - Kelly's Heroes6 -
9/31 for me please!5
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Thankyou redo and doingit.
2 more including today bringing me up to 10/21 please cathybird.
One bonus since cutting down is my once snug jeans are now nice and loose on me, even though I'm not cutting back on anything else, especially biscuits...choc covered ones
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AF today but without this accountability it wouldn't be...7/25 please @cathybirdIf 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 -
Am I allowed to say Oh Dear ive fallen off rhe wagon??????
Have a little faith, baby, have a little faith". Oddball - Kelly's Heroes6 -
@LzzyIsGod can you just get straight back on the wagon again? Just a blip then carry on you’ll still have done really well it’s what you do now that matters!
few thoughts here about a wine when I go to a spa day next week trying to say no to myself! So far so good 10/316
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