Will be 7 months sober Monday. 1 month off the booze? Completed it mate
Me and the Mrs are doing it,Heard good things about sleep patterns,Clearer skin and obviously the liver benefits,We weren’t enjoying it over Christmas/New year tbh.
Only had two cans of Heineken last night and was in bed asleep before midnight.
Worth a go I reckon.
So far so good,No getting up in the night for a piss either,I normally have a few cans after City win but was on pints of lime cordial.Great effort that mate. I’m four months tomorrow
It’s all true. And there are loads of other benefits. The most obvious for me being about £1,800 saved and almost a stone lost (although granted I haven’t dared get on the scales post-xmas week yet).
My wife has just finished a year off and is continuing it this year. I tried to show some solidarity and did 245 days without drinking which just exceeded my target of 20 days a month. However, before March I was travelling abroad at least twice a month with work and always drinking on those trips so lockdown helped. I use the TryDry app and it tots up calories and money saved. I saved over 36'000 calories compared to what I'd usually drink and around 1000GBP in 2020. Also tried to exercise more and shifted around a stone, going from 12'4 to under 11 at one point.With a combination of pubs shutting, stressful work periods and Cov playing every few days in December, I have noticed a tenancy to casually go to the fridge for a few cans more than I have ever done. So thought I would give dry January a go this year to see if it makes much of a difference.
Anyone taking part?
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I did that about 11:30pm last Thursday. Nailed it.Was thinking of finishing the last bottle I have left and packing it in for the year.
I don't think it's proving you're not a piss pot, it's more a reset. It's habit forming and a month is a good length of time to break the routine of say cracking open a beer when you finish work and also potentially repair any damage to your liver.Never seen the fuss other to prove you aren’t a complete piss pot. A month is nothing
Never seen the fuss other to prove you aren’t a complete piss pot. A month is nothing
I am a complete piss pot. Once I start I can drink from the moment my eyes open to the moment they close, that’s not me bragging, it’s ridiculous, it takes over my life and takes everything from me. The word obsessed doesn’t even come close.Never seen the fuss other to prove you aren’t a complete piss pot. A month is nothing
Took all the alcohol on Friday and put it in the cupboard under the stairs
Beck's Blue is pretty good.I've tried a number of low alcohol beers, this is well worth giving a go if you simply want to cut down. Has a bit of body as well as the least aftertaste of those I've tried, and only 50 cals a pop as well.
I hope it works for your Dad Hill !
Hopefully that will act like a placebo - I am drinking something when I need somethingThanks. He's not drank since 1st December, but he's started on the 0% lager now and that's how it escalated last time.
Best of luck to all involvedI joke about stuff like this as I have in this thread, but it is something that destroys lives. My dad is totally fucked from it, he's just done a 3 week detox and is hopefully going into 3 month rehab within the next couple of weeks. I've not known my dad as a normal sober person for at least 15 years and I'm genuinely surprised he's still alive.
I love a beer and drink too much and it is something that worries me long term.
Update if anyone cares.
Went round my dads yesterday and he was cleaning his kitchen and had a Stephen king book on the go.
He wasn't even cleaning himself 6 weeks ago and I've not seen him read for about 15 years.
I occasionally try the weekend-only thing. Too tough though. I find a few weeks off at a time easier somehow. Understand why you do it though.I can't do dry January as the 1st, 2nd & 3rd were the final 3 of my 12 days of festive drinking to excess....
I am re-doubling my efforts to only drink 3 days/nights Fri-Sun......already got cravings & theres still booze in the house......no ale in though, so i should just hold out till friday afternoon.
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