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Dry November- Anyone?

  • 01-11-2020 5:20pm
    #1
    Neames
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 953 ✭✭✭


    I sometimes try Dry November for health reasons and to cut back on drinking prior to the Christmas season.

    I know there's an argument for not doing it as it may lead to a major binge in December.

    This year I have to admit a few glasses of wine after the working week will be most welcome. So I'm out this year but I will try and drink in moderation. Anyone out there giving up drinking for the month?


Comments

  • #2
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,197 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Well, I'm dry so far in November. :pac:


  • #3
    COVID
    Registered Users Posts: 630 ✭✭✭COVID


    Nope.


  • #4
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,630 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    Fair play on doing it. No harm in taking a break from anything addictive. I’ve done the dry months and found them great.

    Not doing it at the moment. I’ve had no appetite for booze over the last few months. Was drinking more than usual at the start of lockdown though so no harm in a break.

    There will be posters along telling you that you’re a wrong‘ne for taking a break from booze. Don’t mind them.


  • #5
    Orchids
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭Orchids


    Would love to try it, just to see if I could. Been having a couple of glasses of wine most day since lockdown & now its become a habit, never drink more than a 2 really as can't cope with groggy head. I'd love to find decent alcohol free wine but any i've tried are awful, I might just do sparkling water in a wine glass!


  • #6
    rolling boh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    A break is good to take from the drink now and then as long as you do not go mad drinking when your break is finished .


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  • #7
    touts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭touts


    I would recommend anyone try it just to see if you can. If you can great. Enjoy December. If you can't go 30 days without alcohol then you need to ask yourself some serious questions. November is the chance to try the little test as ao many people are doing it no one will bat an eyelid at the fact that you are doing it. If your friends do object well you need to ask more serious questions about the life you lead.

    So overall I'd say do it. Why not. And this year is the year to do it with the lockdown.


  • #8
    yabadabado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,566 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    I might do it ,with the pubs closed I have no real interest drinking in the house.

    Didn't drink for 7 weeks during the lock down in April/May easy enough to do .


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Too late!


  • #10
    Trouser Snake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 348 ✭✭Trouser Snake


    Started at 12.48 this afternoon.


  • #11
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭This is it


    I generally only drink about once a month so I wouldn't be bothered going off it


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  • #12
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,077 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    This is a thread that pops up as regularly as...
    Well as a poppy thread.

    There is a tradition of giving it up for the holy souls during November.
    It useta be the drink, now it's evolving into No Nut November and other forms of self imposed penance.

    Not for me, but go ahead OP and knock yourself out with your sobriety!
    I'll be knocking one out, whilst knocking a few back.

    *I say that despite probably only having 4/5 beers since March!
    Drinking at home just isn't for me ;)


  • #13
    StackSteevens
    Closed Accounts Posts: 873 ✭✭✭StackSteevens


    After finishing the remains of a bottle of pinot noir opened last night to enhance my rugby-watching experience :( I'm stopping until the first weekend in December.

    At least that's the current plan.


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