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TeejSenior Contributor
Me too @utopia 💜🤗
edit not sure that made sense. I meant I hope we both get though without but it’s ok if we don’t well keep trying. Time for sleep me thinks. Brain fried now. Good luck.
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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Self care is the way to go @utopia and it sounds like you know what you need to do to look after yourself. Hope you're feeling better soon.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
hello @Former-Member , @utopia , @Teej , @NatalieS , @Queenie , @Kurra , @pan , @Makeitstop , @Matt12 , @vic100 , @Fee1 ,
we are finding it hard to stop , we ahve cut back but !!!!
how are you going xx
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
hello @Clawde 
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utopiaSenior Contributor
Hi @Shaz51 .
Around January February this year i stopped drinking alcohol for about 3 months. Since then i will have an occassional drink. Maybe 1 or 2 a month. How did i do it?
I drank Bourbon and coke. I mix my own. Was cheaper. I just started reducing the amount of Bourbon i put in the glass. And kept reducing it.
In Jan/Feb i decided that the drink tasted awful and threw it out. So stopped just like that
The drinks i did pour before then were very weak.
I hope this helps someone else.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
thanks @utopia , and way to go my friend
I am drinking white wine because it is here and also because it masks the aches and pains
finding it hard to cut back
@Former-Member, @Teej , @NatalieS , @Queenie , @Former-Member
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Unknown userMember
It is hard to cut back @Shaz51 🥰
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Great achievement @utopia ! Well done. I am still cutting it down. Less or none on work nights and a few otherwise. I'm not doing heavy drinking anywhere near as much as I used to. I have had a single vodka tonight but don't feel like anything else. So progress I guess.
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