Go sober for October!

Diddums

Diddums

Diddums

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https://www.gosober.org.uk

I'm sure there are a few of us on here who have been affected by the big C in some form or another and MacMillan are a fantastic charity who offer help and support to those affected, and abstaining from the sauce for a month is a great easy and healthy way to show your support. If you're teetotal already, then it's even easier, simply sign up, make a page and start raising some money!

To make things interesting, I'm inviting all to participate and tracking progress, and whoever raises the most money will be given a £20 OCUK voucher :)

So get cracking folks, a month isn't hard and it's for a great cause.

What's your excuse?

Participants (click name for page):

Diddums - Raised - £25
Thekwango - Raised - £15




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If there's enough interest on here I'll start an OcUK team too :)
 
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Thekwango said:
Maybe keep the op updated with a list of those that join in, just for fun? Might not be that much interest given how attached to their bevvy a lot of the forumites seem to be but anything at all raised is a bonus.
McMillan nurses are absolutely brilliant - I wouldn't and couldn't do what they do not even for ten times their wage.
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Another good idea, will do!
 
For those interested, I lost my father to cancer, my mother has had a double mastectomy, I lost an uncle last month and my wife's had it twice. It strikes extremely close to home for me and the support given by every single person we've been in contact with for treatment or after care has been second to none. Let's not forget that these people don't earn mega bucks or get the limelight they so deserve, so anything I can do to help out to support them.

This is the first time I'm doing something like this but hopefully it's the first of many.
 
Thekwango said:
Well I'm off and running - £15 quid already, though a fiver of that might be my own!! For what it's worth the money I don't spend on booze in October, I will donate too.

@Diddums there's the option to create a team through the funding page, might be worth doing if we can get enough entrants from here. Fly the flag under the OcUK banner and all that. Though I wonder do we need to maybe hit up an OcUK admin to see if it's ok to use their name, could add the OcUK logo to the team for a bit of free publicity for them?

Surely there's some more folks on here want to partake by not partaking (see what I did there!) Even if you get no sponsorship and simply donate the money you would normally spend on booze over the course of the month it would greatly help.

I've, sadly, had first hand experience of McMillan nurses and I can genuinely say I have never met a more worthy organisation. The support they offer and how they conduct themselves is absolutely awe inspiring. Without wanting to sound melodramatic they are genuinely angels without wings. Come on guys/girls get involved.
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I mentioned in the OP that I'd create a team if there's enough interest, which hopefully there is. I'll update the amounts tomorrow, I'm enjoying a beer tonight before October hits :p
 
FlakGunna said:
Great thread Diddums. I'm new around here but I already see a lot of you guys are regulars here and have a little community. I am proud to be apart of it and hopefully get to know some of you lot a bit more :)
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Thank you sir and welcome to the forum. There are loads of mini communities on here, I've met a fair few and there are tons I haven't met but there are the PC guys, the console guys, the car guys, the bike guys, etc. It really is a great bunch. I should probably organize a meet at some point, @Maccy's been nagging me for ages.
 
Well, three days in and the two members who've signed up (myself and Thekwango) have managed to raise £40 between us. It's not too late to join in, so if you're up for it or area already teetotal, join us and make your lifestyle choice count for something extra :)

All donations are of course for a fantastic course and greatly appreciated by not only us, but the wonderful people helping and supporting those affected by cancer and most importantly, cancer sufferers themselves.


Come on folks, one pint less at the pub is a few quid extra for this excellent cause, so get donating!
 
MikeTheNative said:
To be honest I find the notation of being sponsored to not drink for a month is completely ridiculous but well on the the people getting charity some money. I would be interested in sponsoring certain members on here so they can't post for a month, I imagine a few would have rather high sponsorship. :D
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Oh make no mistake, when I also heard of it I was all WTF :confused: but at the end of the day it's something to help out a good cause, and I have no issues helping. Might grow some bumfluff for Movember too :eek:
 
Mark1989 said:
So far so good for me here, Mrs was doing it but had a ****** day at work so had a glass of wine last night, I was tempted but in the end I settled for a diet coke
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Do you have a page? If so, post the link here and I'll add you :)

Cosimo said:
I raise my glass of water to all you going sober people, cheers! :)
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Cheers mate!

DomBruv said:
Can i join? I barely drink anyway xD
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Absolutely, sign up using the link in the OP and post a link to your page in here and I'll add you in :)


Gaining momentum guys, keep it going!
 
Mark1989 said:
No page just decided to do it really, wanted to give it a go that's all, can't say I've missed having a beer at all yet
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So why not sign up? Make your efforts count towards a great cause! Up to you really, just seems a waste to let that go when it takes a minute to sign up ;)
 
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