Dry January

[Rooter]

Any other takers? quite looking forward to it now! been trying to run my supplies down the last few days and am feeling it!!

 

[JohnnyDee]

Been beating myself up about this too and hope to give it a whirl but will probably start 4th if I do, as New Year's weekend might be tricky to avoid social situations where there will be drinking.

Particularly on 3rd when I officially hand the Captaincy of our club onto the new man. Sure I'll need a stiff drink to see my year out and set me on the road to my slow decline back to oblivion once again.

 

[Hobbit]

I do the "day/week/month" version. One day a week, which is quite easy as I rarely drink through the week. A week every month, which is pretty easy too as some weeks I'll just have soft drinks anyway. And my month off is usually Lent - I'm a lapsed Catholic, and I usually forget and have the odd beer.

A typical wet month is max 8 pints, which isn't exactly difficult or dangerous. Equally, if out with a gang I can have 4 pints no bother...

 

[user2010]

I normally do dry Jan anyway but as the wifey is due early Feb it's kind of being forced upon me this year.

Thai bride?

 

[Duckster]

Thai bride?

Worse.

Yorkshire.

 

[full_throttle]

I'm already doing it.

Went out on Wed 23rd and didn't see much of Thur 24th, so enough is enough, staying dry until Feb 1st just before heading to Portugal. Not really missed it yet so we'll see how it goes til the end of Jan

 

[Craigg]

January, February and March every year for me.

 

[Snelly]

I am doing it. Am really out of shape at the moment.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Yep doing a dry January and it might turn into a dry year as I finally acknowledge I don't do drinking.

And I have also put back on the weight I have lost through the year so got some work to do.

 

[Three]

Decided to give this a go, sat down and worked out i drink too much too often. Almost a bit of therapy in writing that and by telling people i am doing it adds to the motivation of completing the month off.

Anyone else thinking of or already committed to it?

No because there's absolutely no point.
Done it before, all that happens is you're dying for a drink after a couple of days, miserable for the last 3 weeks of the month and go on a bender early Feb.

And then go back to normal.

Waste of time.
Cheers 🍺🍺

 

[Three]

I have read it is better to give your body a few days off a week on a permanent basis rather than stop completely for a month.

I have done dry January before but won't again. I now just don't have a drink on Monday to Wednesday each week. I found that if I felt like having a glass of wine in the evenings, I just drank a pint of water and the urge went away.

I don't feel any different but if you are over 40, this approach makes good sense.

That's much more sustainable and long term 👍

 

[ScienceBoy]

I don't drink on "school" nights as a rule, that leaves just Friday and Saturday. Will usually split 2 or three beers over those days. I never drink when out as its too expensive. I have the free water!

Helps that I'm the driver every time too and the wife doesn't drink at all.

The school night rule is the best one I can offer you all

 

[huds1475]

Yep doing a dry January and it might turn into a dry year as I finally acknowledge I don't do drinking.

And I have also put back on the weight I have lost through the year so got some work to do.

Thanks for writing my post for me

 

[bluewolf]

I'm doing it. Got some endurance events coming up later in the year and I'd like to lose a bit of timber to improve my performance. Might try and push through till March if January proves successful.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

No, its hardly an achievement per say to ask people for money! I am doing it for me.

which is the right way to do it - not so you can tell everyone how much money you raised as that always seems to me to be missing the point. Mind you when you get to January 30th you might want to decide to do a sponsored 'stay alcohol-free February' - now that is harder. Always not too difficult to stop drinking if you know you can start again after a short period.

 

[huds1475]

One day in, no problems

Easy money this dry January!

 

[ColchesterFC]

Did plan to do this but Mrs Colch pointed out I had failed already as I was still drinking at 3am on New Year's Day. Back offshore from 4th so will start it then instead.

 

[Hobbit]

One day in, no problems

Easy money this dry January!

Failed miserably! Helped next door with a tribe of Hobgoblin beer last night.

 

[philly169]

Day 1 complete. I'm not including the glass of bubbly at midnight as that's expected..

 

[bluewolf]

Day 1 - Ridiculously easy... A day out at Formby beach with the dogs, followed by a chinese takeaway and a film with the kids.. In bed by 11 reading an Ironman training book (not the superhero)... Early morning today and a possible day in the Lakes. Got to drop my bikes off at the shop for their yearly service.. Staying active keeps my mind off the booze