Who's signing up for a "Dry January"?

Kantankrus_Mare

Im in for the first time ever.

Just want to do it to prove to myself I can.

Most evenings I will have a large glass of wine with more being added at the weekend and even more if we go out socially.

It is a habit I know and I really enjoy a good glass of white wine.

After the excesses of last night and christmas in general, it will be a few days before I get the craving again, but I know it will happen and I will struggle.

I intend stocking up on soda water and lime juice as it is low cal and I like it.

Will also be trying some herbal teas on an evening. Not quite the same as a glass of pinot grigio but I do not intend giving up!

beluga

Well I managed last night sober, so it's starting well! Went for a meal and just had a coke, was the only one not drinking but wasn't an issue. Went home and to bed early. Am feeling a bit smug reading all the FB status updates about hangovers today

Person_one

Kantankrus_Mare wrote: »

Just want to do it to prove to myself I can.

Most evenings I will have a large glass of wine with more being added at the weekend and even more if we go out socially.

Well done for making the effort, but please, don't just go back to your old habits once this month is over. Stopping for a month will certainly do your health a lot of good, but it will be undone quickly if you go right back to drinking every day for the other 11.

This is one of the issues that worries me about 'Dryathlon', that it encourages people to think that if they can do a month a year without alcohol then they're ok and they don't need to look more closely at what they're doing the rest of the time.

Kantankrus_Mare

I dont intend going back to old habits.

Hoping to cut the drinking to just a couple of nights a week .

I am in my late forties and having read a lot on the perimenopause and its symptoms, cutting down the drink can only be beneficial.

pollyanna24

I've spent the last couple of hours going through my food diary for the last year and added up all the amount of alcohol I drank in 2014. It makes for scary reading and not sure if I am brave enough to post it on here!

Primrose

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Does anyone know of any tasty drinks that use tomato/vegetable juice? I can't stand the thought of drinking something sickly sweet like cordial.[/QUOTE]

Chilled V8 vegetable juice is nice and not sweet. It comes in Tetrapacks the size of Tropicana orange juice. Does anybody know if any the supermarkets produce an Own Brand version of it?

cupcake-queen

I've signed up. I know I drink too much so I intend to change my habits beyond January. I was put under a fair amount of pressure to go sober for October but I knew I would struggle too much so refused. As well as a health thing, I need to save money, I really can't afford to drink the amount that I do, the money could be used a lot better. So I'll join here because I don't want to plaster it all over Facebook, I'd rather announce my success at the end.

pollyanna24

49 non drinking days

186 bottles of red wine
38 bottles of rose wine
7 bottles of white wine
1 bottle of low alcohol red wine
4 1/3 bottles of prosecco/cava/sparkling wine
2 bottles of champagne
28.5 litres of beer
1.5 litres of shandy
1 pint of cider
3.5 litres of vodka
300ml rum
300ml gin
35ml baileys
200ml Irish Meadow
1 Jaegerbomb

I have put this here to shame myself and never let me have a year like 2014 again!

Bunny82

Primrose wrote: »

Chilled V8 vegetable juice is nice and not sweet. It comes in Tetrapacks the size of Tropicana orange juice. Does anybody know if any the supermarkets produce an Own Brand version of it?

Thanks Primrose. I could get my blender out and make up some veg juice, I'm just being lazy. I recall loving carrot, ginger, apple and lemon the last time I made smoothies. V!rgin Marys too, with plenty of Tobasco!

Sometimes seeing it in black and white is the kick up the bum we need, pollyanna.

Kantankrus_Mare

pollyanna24 wrote: »

49 non drinking days

186 bottles of red wine
38 bottles of rose wine
7 bottles of white wine
1 bottle of low alcohol red wine
4 1/3 bottles of prosecco/cava/sparkling wine
2 bottles of champagne
28.5 litres of beer
1.5 litres of shandy
1 pint of cider
3.5 litres of vodka
300ml rum
300ml gin
35ml baileys
200ml Irish Meadow
1 Jaegerbomb

I have put this here to shame myself and never let me have a year like 2014 again!

Wow! I thought I liked my wine.

Good luck with the challenge! We CAN do it.