sober for october

t14cy_t

hi all, anyone going to do the sober for October challenge?? I feel I must. have drifted for far too long having a few glasses of wine most evenings. doesn't do the waistline, bank balance or blood pressure any good!! so I'm giving it a go. anyone care to join me?? 1st-31st October.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Islandmaid

Good on you

Friends of mine are doing the Dryathlon for Cancer Research which is September, fair play to them - I,m on a mega diet at the mo, so the thought of a glass of wine on a Friday is my 'treat', so gave it a miss this time.

Hope you do it, as you said good all round x

Andypandyboy

I should, but I know I have a very stressful month coming up so I know I will fail. Good luck though.

VfM4meplse

Andypandyboy wrote: »

I should, but I know I have a very stressful month coming up so I know I will fail. Good luck though.

You might surprise yourself. I gave up after Easter and haven't looked back.

On reflection, I have been pretty miserable since May - perhaps connected?

happydays89

:beer:I must be very lucky,I don't like the taste of any alcoholic drinks.

t14cy_t

just calculated the approx. price of alcohol I consume throughout the year to nearly £1500!!! that's it I vow to cut right down, my consumption is even more than my mothers golden Virginia roll ups!! xx

Rowan9

I gave up for Lent and by the end (is it 6 weeks?) was surprised at not really fancying that glass of cool crisp white. When it did end, I didn't drink for months and then had a brandy toddy one time for an upset stomach or flu or something. Since then I have the occasional glass of wine and twice I have had two......but didn't feel great with it. It has made me think that you probably need near more than a month to really get the benefit. Also, it makes you find other 'coping mechanisms' and you have to face things rather than dulling them a bit. One good thing was practising mindfulness and thinking ah panic or ah anger, it will pass.
Good luck to all those doing sober October :-)

alec_eiffel

Hi,

I decided to not drink from just before Christmas last year until the end of January. I ended up not drinking for quite a while after that but then for some reason had the odd beer here and there. I don't like it anywhere near as much as I used to and feel a bit yuck whenever I do, so yes, sober October sounds great!

his_missus

I'm doing the sober for October challenge again this year. I did it last year, successfully, with hubby but he's chickening out this time around because he just won't go to a pub/restaurant/party and not drink alcohol.