After Hours' Dry January?

well spoken man · 07-01-2017 05:52PM

Tonight is big test....tough times ahead....going on the Nutribullet...

Glen_Quagmire · 07-01-2017 06:20PM

Don't think I have it in me, litteraly gummin from a beer

beggars_bush · 07-01-2017 06:38PM

Still off it.

Doesn't bother me

mfceiling · 07-01-2017 06:46PM

Neighbours over last night...Everyone on the wine while I sup coke life!!

Toughest night of the week but I'll stick it out for the month.

purplecow1977 · 07-01-2017 06:51PM

Do people really go that much overboard with alcohol over Christmas that they feel they have to do a month on the dry?
I don't (no more so than usual anyway!) so therefore a dry January is irrelevant to me.
Considering the amount of crap I eat in December, January does offer a time to bring things back to basics a bit more - although that still hasn't happened yet - still in Christmas mode!

Dr Crayfish · 07-01-2017 07:08PM

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Do people really go that much overboard with alcohol over Christmas that they feel they have to do a month on the dry?

Well yeah, obviously. People consume so much booze with all the parties etc, and eat a lot, put on weight, and generally feel gross after the festive season. So trying to be clean for a few weeks seems like a great idea. Idea being the key word.

purplecow1977 · 07-01-2017 07:30PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Well yeah, obviously. People consume so much booze with all the parties etc, and eat a lot, put on weight, and generally feel gross after the festive season. So trying to be clean for a few weeks seems like a great idea. Idea being the key word.

Ah. I don't drink more alcohol than I normally would so figured it was a bit of a fad.

Dr Crayfish · 07-01-2017 07:37PM

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Ah. I don't drink more alcohol than I normally would so figured it was a bit of a fad.

Take a look around our cities and town centres around Xmas time at night and you'll see that a large portion of the population go absolutely cray cray.

whoopsadoodles · 07-01-2017 08:51PM

I drank alcohol almost every day for two/three weeks over christmas and every weekend since end of November.

That's definitely not normal for me.

Glen_Quagmire · 07-01-2017 09:55PM

Failed. Like forbidden fruit today it was I had no chance

07-01-2017 10:00PM

Off the Coke Zero/caffeine for 6 days now. The replacement Miwadi & sparkling water isn't cutting it. Headache is still there. The benefits would want to be worth it.

Aglomerado · 07-01-2017 10:43PM

On the Shloer tonight. It looks like wine.... :P

well spoken man · 08-01-2017 10:28AM

Made it through Saturday night unscathed....feeling great this morning..gonna hit the road for a run later....maybe beer is the enemy after all.........

dar100 · 08-01-2017 11:40AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

My favourite part of the world to get loaded. Specifically Poland, such a wonderful country. If we ever meet out there Peregrine the first pints of Lech are on me.

Agreed, had a mental night of drinking str8 shots without chaser in Krackov one night, was great, apart from having to get up at 5.30 to go in day trip to Auswatiz

whoopsadoodles · 08-01-2017 11:46AM

dar100 wrote: »

Agreed, had a mental night of drinking str8 shots without chaser in Krackov one night, was great, apart from having to get up at 5.30 to go in day trip to Auswatiz

I did it the other way around last time. Went to Auschwitz and felt the need to get pissed after. One of the strangest but most fun nights I've ever had.

Somewhere in the middle we ended up in a bar where the owner took a serious liking to us and we didn't pay for any drink as long as we poured our own.

Ended with a free taxi ride back to the hotel from a taxi man who was in stitches at the two of us when we told him where we were going. He pulled 100 metres up the road and told us we had arrived!

Same night we lost a kebab but "found it" in ny friend's handbag the next morning.

Aaaanyway. No drink so far for me

Sklarker · 08-01-2017 12:47PM

Still on the wagon....afternoon in a restaurant ahead tho. Temptation!

well spoken man · 08-01-2017 06:45PM

Got out on the bike today for a couple of hours...usually on the couch hungover to bits....feeling pretty smug right now....roll on next weekend to see what it brings....

Dr Crayfish · 08-01-2017 06:57PM

In an absolute jocker. Dying. At least I managed to get out and about a bit, saw some seals in Howth, they are great. Back to the drawing board now.

purplecow1977 · 08-01-2017 10:08PM

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

I drank alcohol almost every day for two/three weeks over christmas and every weekend since end of November.

That's definitely not normal for me.

Every day?! How'd you manage that?!?!?! I was probably out every weekend since November myself but I'd be out regularly anyway.

I had a couple of glasses of wine over Christmas, and was out Stephen's night, but other than that...... I just ate Quality Street!!!!

Dr Crayfish · 08-01-2017 10:10PM

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Every day?! How'd you manage that?!?!?!

By raising a glass to her lips maybe? It pains me to say it, but I've probably gone months drinking every day. Back on the wagon now though!

purplecow1977 · 08-01-2017 10:50PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

By raising a glass to her lips maybe? It pains me to say it, but I've probably gone months drinking every day. Back on the wagon now though!

Haha, thanks, would never have guessed!

Months?! I must be in the wrong job!!!! :eek:

whoopsadoodles · 08-01-2017 10:58PM

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Every day?! How'd you manage that?!?!?! I was probably out every weekend since November myself but I'd be out regularly anyway.

I'm not sure I understand the question!

It's fairly easy to have a glass of wine every night. I'm not talking getting pissed, just consuming some amount of alcohol.

Aglomerado · 12-01-2017 02:17PM

Nearly half way there. I'm dreaming about pints some nights and waking up disgusted with myself for drinking them!!!

:D:D:D

Winterlong · 12-01-2017 02:19PM

Think I am over compensating the lack of alchohol with cake.

gctest50 · 12-01-2017 02:54PM

Aglomerado wrote: »

Nearly half way there. I'm dreaming about pints some nights and waking up disgusted with myself for drinking them!!!

:D:D:D

:eek: omg radicalised - that's how you end up in ISIS

quick - to the pub

Aglomerado · 12-01-2017 02:58PM

gctest50 wrote: »

:eek: omg radicalised - that's how you end up in ISIS

quick - to the pub

....soon....:D:D:D:D:D
I'll be in Dublin at the end of the month, and I'm not passing up a visit to the Porterhouse.

Jrop · 12-01-2017 03:38PM

Well 11 Days into Dry January and I'd love a glass of wine. But I will stay sober

Dave_The_Sheep · 12-01-2017 03:47PM

During the week it doesn't bother me, but Friday/Saturday are tough enough at times. With the rugby on tomorrow evening, that'll be a tough one, regardless of if I'm at the RDS or at home. Feels weird not having a few beers watching the game.

I had some wine on the 2nd since it was still technically the holidays, but given I stopped drinking after Christmas on the 28th, I figure it cancels out. Still a dry January!

Winterlong · 12-01-2017 04:01PM

Jrop wrote: »

Well 11 Days into Dry January and I'd love a glass of wine. But I will stay sober

Keep it up. Have bubbles on 1st Feb!

Jrop · 12-01-2017 04:07PM

Thanks Winterlong.

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