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The benefits of giving up alcohol!

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Derby Tup 7:21pm 7:21pm, 14 May 2021 50144 posts	0 Derby Tup I’m having a wild night. Caffeinated coffee, albeit with no sugar and semi-skimmed milk
Grumpypants 7:48pm 7:48pm, 14 May 2021 1064 posts	0 Grumpypants I have a bar of Green and Black's in the fridge. That's my treat.
Looby Loo 8:57pm 8:57pm, 14 May 2021 1127 posts	0 Looby Loo I was too lazy to go out for the pear drops and am craving something sweet. Better than craving booze I guess.
WA 9:01pm 9:01pm, 14 May 2021 8749 posts	0 WA I am eating more sweet stuff since stopping drinking. Current favourite is cadburys whole nut or dark chocolate ginger buscuits

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About This Thread

Maintained by HappyG(rrr)

Looks as though this thread has become popular again, here in 2010 (it's now 2021, and it started in 2008, so I think "still popular" might be more apt! :-)

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Good Luck everyone.

Some acronyms, in case people use them:
JFT - Just for today
ODAAT - One day at a time
KIS - Keep it simple
TBOGUA - The Benefits Of Giving Up Alcohol (the title of this thread!)

New feature: article/blog of the month (period may change randomly!) Swittle's wonderful 14,611 days blog: (see links below)

Linking Joopsy's 17 year blog too, cos it's awesome!

There is a GREAT article summarising some of the benefits, to save you having to trawl through the thread (includes links to helpful apps and other resources).

And a great list of Alternative Drinks started by the lovely LindsD:

Please add to these articles and make them as valuable as possible! Thanks! :-)

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And one from way back when...
Dirt Monkey's brilliant blog on TBOGUA too - go try this...

And the all important fabulous services:
Alcoholics Anonymous
National Helpline (FREE) 0800 9177 650
help@aamail.org

Al Anon
020 7403 0888

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We're adding in our own Fetch offer of one to one contact too, for anyone who doesn't want to post in the thread for whatever reason. Please feel free to fmail ANY of the names listed below.

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HappyG(rrr)
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Derby Tup
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