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Who's off the booze for January?

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  • No chance.
  • 3 days in, 1 beer so far this year. And, I should add, no post midnight alcohol on New Years Eve.
  • A beer a day keeps the doctor away.
  • I may do. Still undecided

    Doesn’t help that my birthday is January. Having said that I’ve just arranged to go out with my mates at the start of Feb given no one has any money and some are doing dry jan
  • Riviera said:

    Not yet, but will be from the 10th.

    Ha. I seem to remember a similar thread where you labelled everybody on the wagon as "pathetic" :-)

    Always do a dry January. Not easy, especially at weekends but I start to sleep better, and generally lose 2-3kgs in the process, and I am not overweight. Tricky thing on that is that you have to fight a craving for more sweet things (such as finishing off the mince pies), apparently that's the body losing its fix of sugar in alcohol.

  • As a former pub landlord, I think we should fuck up other industries income streams for chunks of the of the year too. How about no-buying-advertising-ebruary, or not-having-me-hair-done-arch, forget-the-new-tyres-pril, no-milk-ember? You get the picture... :wink:

    On the other hand I am thinking of introducing "Sty-anuary". Pork products to be eaten every day - Sunday: roast pork, Monday: spare ribs, Tuesday: black pork, Wednesday: bacon, Thursday: sausages, Friday: gammon, Saturday: ham. Pork scratchings as a snack. Getting the economy moving, doing something positive for an industry rather than against it. And it would be delicious. :lol:
  • As a former pub landlord, I think we should fuck up other industries income streams for chunks of the of the year too. How about no-buying-advertising-ebruary, or not-having-me-hair-done-arch, forget-the-new-tyres-pril, no-milk-ember? You get the picture... :wink:

    On the other hand I am thinking of introducing "Sty-anuary". Pork products to be eaten every day - Sunday: roast pork, Monday: spare ribs, Tuesday: black pork, Wednesday: bacon, Thursday: sausages, Friday: gammon, Saturday: ham. Pork scratchings as a snack. Getting the economy moving, doing something positive for an industry rather than against it. And it would be delicious. :lol:

    Gets my vote. Wouldn’t be many pigs left come February (or is it Lambruary?).
  • Davo55 said:

    As a former pub landlord, I think we should fuck up other industries income streams for chunks of the of the year too. How about no-buying-advertising-ebruary, or not-having-me-hair-done-arch, forget-the-new-tyres-pril, no-milk-ember? You get the picture... :wink:

    On the other hand I am thinking of introducing "Sty-anuary". Pork products to be eaten every day - Sunday: roast pork, Monday: spare ribs, Tuesday: black pork, Wednesday: bacon, Thursday: sausages, Friday: gammon, Saturday: ham. Pork scratchings as a snack. Getting the economy moving, doing something positive for an industry rather than against it. And it would be delicious. :lol:

    Gets my vote. Wouldn’t be many pigs left come February (or is it Lambruary?).
    People would just have to start farming them... :smiley:
  • Will be drinking a lot less in January but only due to the fact I’ll be going out a lot less.
  • Davo55 said:

    As a former pub landlord, I think we should fuck up other industries income streams for chunks of the of the year too. How about no-buying-advertising-ebruary, or not-having-me-hair-done-arch, forget-the-new-tyres-pril, no-milk-ember? You get the picture... :wink:

    On the other hand I am thinking of introducing "Sty-anuary". Pork products to be eaten every day - Sunday: roast pork, Monday: spare ribs, Tuesday: black pork, Wednesday: bacon, Thursday: sausages, Friday: gammon, Saturday: ham. Pork scratchings as a snack. Getting the economy moving, doing something positive for an industry rather than against it. And it would be delicious. :lol:

    Gets my vote. Wouldn’t be many pigs left come February (or is it Lambruary?).
    Or come Hay
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  • As a former pub landlord, I think we should fuck up other industries income streams for chunks of the of the year too. How about no-buying-advertising-ebruary, or not-having-me-hair-done-arch, forget-the-new-tyres-pril, no-milk-ember? You get the picture... :wink:

    On the other hand I am thinking of introducing "Sty-anuary". Pork products to be eaten every day - Sunday: roast pork, Monday: spare ribs, Tuesday: black pork, Wednesday: bacon, Thursday: sausages, Friday: gammon, Saturday: ham. Pork scratchings as a snack. Getting the economy moving, doing something positive for an industry rather than against it. And it would be delicious. :lol:

    Another vote for Sty-annuary. Would help offset the hardship of Dry January. Anyway Algarve, you always have the February boost when the Dry January-ers go mad to compensate.
  • I'm off the booze, as I have been every January for about ten years, though I have never made it to the end. Normally crack around the 25th mark.
  • Life is too short to waste valuable drinking time.
  • Absolutely not.
  • edited January 2018
    Im doing stoned as a monkey January.
    I cant wait for shooting up September.
  • No booze during the week all year is my resolution, though obviously Friday and Sunday are being switched...
  • Riviera said:

    Not yet, but will be from the 10th.

    Ha. I seem to remember a similar thread where you labelled everybody on the wagon as "pathetic" :-)

    Always do a dry January. Not easy, especially at weekends but I start to sleep better, and generally lose 2-3kgs in the process, and I am not overweight. Tricky thing on that is that you have to fight a craving for more sweet things (such as finishing off the mince pies), apparently that's the body losing its fix of sugar in alcohol.

    I still do.
  • As a former pub landlord, I think we should fuck up other industries income streams for chunks of the of the year too. How about no-buying-advertising-ebruary, or not-having-me-hair-done-arch, forget-the-new-tyres-pril, no-milk-ember? You get the picture... :wink:

    On the other hand I am thinking of introducing "Sty-anuary". Pork products to be eaten every day - Sunday: roast pork, Monday: spare ribs, Tuesday: black pork, Wednesday: bacon, Thursday: sausages, Friday: gammon, Saturday: ham. Pork scratchings as a snack. Getting the economy moving, doing something positive for an industry rather than against it. And it would be delicious. :lol:

    As a current pub Landlord Dry January hasn't made much difference to us the last 3 years.
  • edited January 2018
    Me. First time I've ever done dry January. Or dry any month come to think of it.
    When working didn't used to drink during the week (over the last few years). Now I've retired it's easy to slip into bad habits ;-)
    Have also started running for the first time I got into cycling in 2011. Enjoying it more than I used to, although it hurts as I'm so unfit.
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  • Haven't had a drink since 30 December. Hoping to not drink again for a while but not setting particular targets.
  • No midweek drinking in the Herts Household for January. Off to Oxford v Pool Sat so will, no doubt, make up for it then
  • 3 days in, 1 beer so far this year. And, I should add, no post midnight alcohol on New Years Eve.

    I don't count New Year's Day, which to me is the last drinking day of the previous year. It seems a bit weird to toast the new year in then immediately switch to orange juice as soon as midnight strikes!
  • I try to go six weeks in January. It's made easier because very few people arrange events in January, unlike December where I end up drinking (and not just one or two) every day.

    It also helps me to justify all the drinking (and eating junk) in December.

    Like Prague I do find I'm tempted by chocolate etc. when I'm not drinking, and I don't really like chocolate
  • Trying to do a lot more long-term than Just January, but not sure how that's gonna work out.

    Life without alcohol and bud might be a very boring life :'(
  • Zero chance of a dry January.

    Drank more over the 2 week xmas period than I have done probably in the last 3/4 months, loved it. Ate everything in sight and came back in the office 3lb lighter!
  • My theory is most people that do dry January are not really pub regulars. Of course there will be exceptions to that but I see it more a case of social drinkers who upped their socialising in December unwinding that and coinciding no booze with a general healthier approach to the start of the year. I doubt @Riviera for example will expect to not see a batch of his regulars for five weeks or have them in but ordering lemonade

    I drink two or three times a week, largely in moderation bar the odd session. I don't feel it's having a detrimental effect on my health or my attempts to lose weight so I've never bothered with any real period of abstinence.
  • I've just had a large Bloody Mary which doesn't count as booze but more of a snack.
  • My theory is most people that do dry January are not really pub regulars. Of course there will be exceptions to that but I see it more a case of social drinkers who upped their socialising in December unwinding that and coinciding no booze with a general healthier approach to the start of the year. I doubt @Riviera for example will expect to not see a batch of his regulars for five weeks or have them in but ordering lemonade

    I drink two or three times a week, largely in moderation bar the odd session. I don't feel it's having a detrimental effect on my health or my attempts to lose weight so I've never bothered with any real period of abstinence.

    One reason I do it is that years ago a medic told me that the liver of regular drinkers benefits from an annual holiday of at least 3 weeks as that is the time for it to work out all of the bad stuff it accumulates. I have no idea if that is true. But I definitely feel significantly better after 2-3 weeks. That may be because of deeper sleep.
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