Tbh I never really ate a huge amount of it - I prefer cake if it's a matter of choosing between the two.

It's voluntary but I'd like to keep it up permanently if I can.

Yeah, I get the odd twinge for a glass of fizz but the last couple of times I gave in to it I didn't really enjoy it that much. I'll keep up the not drinking until Christmas, and after that I might give it up altogether. I doubt very much I'd be able to do that with chocolate or coffee though.

I find it much easier to give up alcohol than Coca Cola 🙈

Hehehe ... I can count the number of times I've had coke in the last ten years on the fingers of my hands but everyone's got their weaknesses and I most *definitely* can't throw stones 😁

It’s very much my Achilles heel

Yeah, if I can. The chocolate in particular, as I've already ordered a load in my Xmas shop 😂
I'm not drinking until then either, but that's pretty easy to keep up. I might give it up altogether in the new year.

impressive! I could probably give up chocolate (I won’t) but I wouldn’t like to give up alcohol I’m ashamed to say. I often do dry January but not sure about this one!

I've never really drunk regularly since I moved to Wales so it's not much of an effort to go without. Coffee has been easier than I thought, and the two - coffee and chocolate - kinda go together in my head, so if I have one, I'll doubtless buckle on both!
In general I'm not one for "giving up things when I don't really want to because it's January" or whatever. I know what I'm like - I'd fuck it off within minutes out of pure contrariness 😂

the husband usually does dry January and February as a detox. I don’t have such strong willpower.

Nah, me neither. Tbh I'm stunned I've lasted this long without coffee!

I had to give up alcohol about 8 years ago. I was having extreme hypersensitive reactions to it.

I very quickly didn't miss it but once in a while relaxing with a nice whiskey sounds like a very good idea.

I can go without chocolate, not my favourite thing, but giving up Haribo was harder. Been a most of this year so far.

I only have one coffee a day, and I suppose I could give that up if I had a reason to.

Yeah, I don't miss it either, and I find I don't enjoy it as much as the idea of it when I do drink.
Oh, well done on the Haribo! Not sure I could do that, although I've cut down radically. Might try to cut it back even more next year.

Yes, often the idea is more tempting than the thing itself.

I have also given up Morrisons Free From bakewell tarts, mainly because they seem to have stopped stocking them locally.

We have some of the original stew frozen for one more meal later this week.

Enjoy your lunch. 😊

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