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The Cutting Down Alcohol Challenge for January & 2026 :)

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Dark_Sunday Posts: 262 Forumite

4 January at 2:00PM

Happy new year everyone. 2/14 please @cathybird

Net Debt: £15,393
AFD Jan 10/14

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satchmo1 Posts: 3,402 Forumite

4 January at 2:13PM

Calling in early with 4/25 for me today please.

What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?
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cathybird Posts: 16,174 Forumite

4 January at 2:18PM edited 4 January at 10:21PM

January AFD challenge 2025

7 days =

14 days =

21 days =

28 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

Entire month =

January targets

BlueJ94 3/18

Brie 10

cathybird 3/21

Dark Sunday 2/14

doingitanyway 2/25

Dryjan 18

Jellybaby TF

jivjules1 4/TF

leftatthetrafficlights 26

maggiem 10

maman 10

oceandreamer 3/24

PriceySOS 23

redofromstart 4/20

RobM99 1/30

satchmo1 4/25

Season of Mist 25

sukeyboo 1/10

tiddles 4/25

Vanlady 3/21

Watty1 25

Wishus 20

WBF 14

To see January's results on phone or tablet, click here. See 2026 results here

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doingitanyway Posts: 10,700 Forumite

4 January at 3:38PM

2/25 please @cathybird

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) 25/07/2025
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oceandreamer Posts: 735 Forumite

4 January at 5:27PM

3/24 today please Cathybird

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redofromstart Posts: 6,067 Forumite

4 January at 6:31PM

4 for me please

My mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot+++

GNU Mr Redo

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BlueJ94 Posts: 3,131 Ambassador

4 January at 6:59PM

3/18 please

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Admiral - £0/£8000
DFW Challenges!

PAD #
365 Day 1p Challenge 2026 #8 £31.65
Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2026! #14 £74.77/£8000
Make £2026 in 2026! £390.05/£2026

Savings goal £91.50/£1000
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jivjules1 Posts: 40 Forumite

4 January at 9:18PM

cathybird said:

hi @jivjules1 and welcome to our lovely thread! I've added you to the annual list Just to let you know, the ongoing annual challenge totals only get totted up at the end of every month, unlike the monthly challenge, which get updated every day. Did you want to join the January challenge as well? You'd be most welcome

Yes please! Thank you. Day 4 today!

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tiddles Posts: 495 Forumite

4 January at 9:54PM

4 today please Cathybird 🙂

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cathybird Posts: 16,174 Forumite

4 January at 10:21PM

@jivjules1 yay, have added you to the Jan list Did you want to set a target for Jan? You can also go TF ("target free") and see how you go. Let me know either way

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