Dry January?

barry181091

Anyone doing Dry January this year? Is it worth all the hype, or a load of BS?

It appears a lot of people are doing it this year, so I decided to give it a go. Besides it's always hard to get people out just after Christmas. Can't remember the last time I didn't drink in a while month!

tomwaterford

I am it seems....not by choice though

Corcaigh84

I am. Who cares? I only realised there was a Twatter hastag after I made the decision after a month of heavy boozing in December.

darkpagandeath

Nope social media and randomers are not the boss of me.

me_irl

I am. And replacing all the drink I'd have with black pudding.

I'll be sober, but will be a "functioning black pudding eater".

Fads these days.

john the one

What's the point? To prove you can stay off drink for a whole month? And then be an alco the other 11 months of the year. Continue as you mean to go on and be an alco all year round and don't be a bitch.

me_irl

john the one wrote: »

What's the point? To prove you can stay off drink for a whole month? And then be an alco the other 11 months of the year. Continue as you mean to go on and be an alco all year round and don't be a bitch.

Damn right!

How about Dram-uary?!

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wee_dram

Noun[edit]
wee dram

(euphemistic) A shot of Scotch Whisky; a single malt Scotch, for example from Glenmorangie or Laphroaig or a blended whisky like The Famous Grouse or The Black Douglas.

kfallon

I am in me bollix, had a right session yesterday!

thattequilagirl

I gave up drinking almost two years ago because I was way too fond of it (screenname is a legacy from the college days) I wrote a bit about it here before Christmas, if anyone is interested.

What bugs me about Dry January is the idea that after all the excesses of Christmas, we'll have a really long, boring (dry), miserable month off the drink. My experience of giving up alcohol is that my life is a lot fuller - I see more of my friends, I have more hobbies etc.

Archeron

No way, I only drink maybe once every week or two and that's just a couple of whiskeys. I didn't drink any more over Christmas and I sure ain't going without a simple pleasure in the dismal grey vacuum of January.

suicide_circus

God hates a quitter

PARlance

thefloss wrote: »

I am. Who cares? I only realised there was a Twatter hastag after I made the decision after a month of heavy boozing in December.

This ancient custom is believed to pre-date twitter.

SEPT 23 1989

that's crazy talk

SCOOP 64

I thought this was about the weather.

I drink very little, once every 2 weeks I'd say. And I don't ever get that drunk when I do drink. So going off alcohol would be pointless for me.

I am off junk food during weekdays at the moment! Going well so far..

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

The only thing dry about my January is my white wine and my sense of humour

AnonoBoy

Loads of people give up or cut back on drink in January after a heavy Christmas.

This has been going on for years.

We just didn't feel the need to harp on about it like we were f*cking heroes who were curing cancer or something.

twignme

I'm doing it just to make sure I can.

Hitchens

I promised her indoors that I'm not going to drink anymore.........





........but I'm not going to drink any less either :pac:

Firefox11

Why Im having a beer right now.....Hmmmm....Beer. It's lovely cool and refreshing! You should all have a beer now.:)

biko

I do February. Shortest month and all.

Eugene Norman

Everybody's going to cut down anyway. If I drank in every month like December I'd probably die In a year.

But I don't give it up. I rarely drink at home anyway and go for a few pints once a week or fortnight. Except December.

Unfortunately lots of my friends are dry for Jan so it's often enforced. Load of bollocks really, a stupid way to treat mid-winter. Sure cut back from Christmas but going dry just makes the winter more miserable.

Eugene Norman

biko wrote: »

I do February. Shortest month and all.

Were I do it that month would make sense.

thattequilagirl

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Everybody's going to cut down anyway. If I drank in every month like December I'd probably die In a year.

But I don't give it up. I rarely drink at home anyway and go for a few pints once a week or fortnight. Except December.

Unfortunately lots of my friends are dry for Jan so it's often enforced. Load of bollocks really, a stupid way to treat mid-winter. Sure cut back from Christmas but going dry just makes the winter more miserable.

Unless you used the time/money you would normally spend on drink to do other fun stuff with your friends...

McChubbin

Having a dry January to give me liver a wee rest after overdoing the Morgans and Coke over the Christmas/New Year period. To be honest, I haven't had a drink since New Year's Eve and I find I barely miss the stuff. Also, I have more money in me wallet. Don't know how long I'll last but a few dry weeks will do me good. Now pass me that pint of sparkling water.

Penny Tration

Nope. I don't drink much as it is (one bottle of wine maybe twice a month) and regularly go a month or more without alcohol. I don't care whether or not I'm drinking, so I don't feel the need to actively avoid it or actively seek it.

Truckermal

Penny Tration wrote: »

Nope. I don't drink much as it is (one bottle of wine maybe twice a month) and regularly go a month or more without alcohol. I don't care whether or not I'm drinking, so I don't feel the need to actively avoid it or actively seek it.

I'm the same as I drink fek all five pints would be a big feed and that rarely happens as I work most days and worked over Christmas so I'm actually enjoying a beer at home now..

smurgen

Took a right swim in it over xmas so gonna keep off it til a friends birthday at the end of the month.

dxhound2005

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

I thought this was about the weather.

It will stop you being under the weather.

ygolometsipe

http://www.onthedry.ie/

"ABSTINENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW STRONGER"

ON THE DRY. ONE MONTH. NO ALCOHOL.

Unleashing the love in February then!

lertsnim

barry181091 wrote: »

Anyone doing Dry January this year? Is it worth all the hype, or a load of BS?

Anyone who sees it as some sort of achievement is an attention seeking arsehole. It is not drinking alcohol for a few weeks. You'd swear some people were climbing Mount Everest the way they go on about it.

the_syco

john the one wrote: »

What's the point? To prove you can stay off drink for a whole month?

For the most part, it's to allow ones liver to recover. A lot of people do it on November, which is fairly pointless as a month later you'll undo all the good. Best of letting it recover after the "festive boozing season", tbh.

mansize

Dry White Wine, Dry Gin, this isn't so tough

PARlance

mansize wrote: »

Dry White Wine, Dry Gin, this isn't so tough

Ya but a month of absinthe can be hard going.

I haven't heard a massive about it. Kinda goes over my head, I didn't drink to excess any other time so it's business as usual here

Reiketsu

My birthday is in January so it's just never going to happen.

Don't Chute!

I'm sorry but if someone thinks staying off the drink for one month is a big deal or is difficult to do, they've got a drink problem. Unfortunately there seems to be a lot of people in this country who do think like that. In my twenties and early thirties I went drinking probably twice a week. Now I drink maybe 3 times a year. Looking back on that time I realise it was a waste of time. A lot of people however think that there is nothing else to do but drink.

KilOit

Don't drink too much anyhow but i am giving up drink for January, i don't use facebook and i don't harp on about it to friends and colleagues, no one knows unless they ask or offer me a drink.
I feel better when i don't drink and i like to eat healthy and go to the gym quite a bit so i'm happy to do it for myself and not for some internet medal or something.

osarusan

I'm drinking beer right now.

Eugene Norman

thattequilagirl wrote: »

Unless you used the time/money you would normally spend on drink to do other fun stuff with your friends...

You seem to be the boring ex alcoholic. I'm not. 4 pints every week or two weeks ( often after a hike etc) doesn't stop me doing other things with friends. A pint afterwards is nice.

mansize

I drink very infrequently but was in London for the weekend and my well placed friend brought me to the most amazing members cocktail bars. The first was a smooth gin one that actually felt like drinking silk the second a whisky one - the vapours alone would have you on your ear! But I probably won't drink again until Jan 30 so that's 2 days in Jan, which is about my average

Eugene Norman

black and amber wrote: »

I'm sorry but if someone thinks staying off the drink for one month is a big deal or is difficult to do, they've got a drink problem. Unfortunately there seems to be a lot of people in this country who do think like that. In my twenties and early thirties I went drinking probably twice a week. Now I drink maybe 3 times a year. Looking back on that time I realise it was a waste of time. A lot of people however think that there is nothing else to do but drink.

Nobody is saying that. God the ex heavy drinkers would bore you to tears. Most of the people I know who are off for Jan are much heavier drinkers than myself but then I think in all things moderation, including moderation.

AppleBottle

I'm not doing a dry January. I have a friend's birthday and an engagement party both at towards the end of the month where I will only probably have one or two at each.

Smidge

osarusan wrote: »

I'm drinking beer right now.

I read that in a Homer Simpson voice

http://www.winostuff.com/BeerStuff/Images/homer2.gif

Huntergonzo

I actually love dry January, it's one of my favourite months of the year to go drinking. Most of the bullshíters are off the drink and out jogging or some other silly shíte for the month so you can enjoy your drink in peace!

Ps, in all honesty I don't understand going off the drink for a month, you're only fooling yourself.

Medusa22

I'm not doing dry January, but like other people have said, I don't drink very often, maybe once a month and I didn't drink very much over Christmas. When I'm trying to lose weight I try to avoid more than a couple of drinks anyway as it is just extra calories.

Crumpets

Don't see the point myself. If you've got a healthy relationship with alcohol the other 11 months of the year, there shouldn't be any need to go dry for one particular month.

tomwaterford

Medusa22 wrote: »

I'm not doing dry January, but like other people have said, I don't drink very often, maybe once a month and I didn't drink very much over Christmas. When I'm trying to lose weight I try to avoid more than a couple of drinks anyway as it is just extra calories.

Is it extra calories .....if ya end up puking it all back up again??



**drink sensibly**

Day Lewin

"Dramuary" is right: how do you expect us to celebrate Burns Nicht without the dram of Scotch?

How to toast the haggis? and the lasses?

Shocking, disgraceful idea.

K-9

What's wrong with doing it for lent? You don't have to be religious or anything.

tomwaterford

K-9 wrote: »

What's wrong with doing it for lent? You don't have to be religious or anything.

Something something good Friday something something grr