Dry January?

barry181091 · 10-01-2016 07:42PM #1

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 · 10-01-2016 07:43PM

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

Corcaigh84 · 10-01-2016 07:46PM

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 · 10-01-2016 07:47PM

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

me_irl · 10-01-2016 07:48PM

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 · 10-01-2016 07:48PM

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 · 10-01-2016 07:57PM

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 · 10-01-2016 07:59PM

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

thattequilagirl · 10-01-2016 08:03PM

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 · 10-01-2016 08:06PM

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 · 10-01-2016 08:07PM

God hates a quitter

PARlance · 10-01-2016 08:11PM

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 · 10-01-2016 08:14PM

that's crazy talk

SCOOP 64 · 10-01-2016 08:15PM

I thought this was about the weather.

10-01-2016 08:15PM

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 · 10-01-2016 08:15PM

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

AnonoBoy · 10-01-2016 08:24PM

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 · 10-01-2016 08:29PM

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

Hitchens · 10-01-2016 08:33PM

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

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

Firefox11 · 10-01-2016 08:33PM

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

biko · 10-01-2016 08:35PM

I do February. Shortest month and all.

Eugene Norman · 10-01-2016 08:40PM

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 · 10-01-2016 08:41PM

biko wrote: »

I do February. Shortest month and all.

Were I do it that month would make sense.

thattequilagirl · 10-01-2016 08:46PM

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 · 10-01-2016 08:48PM

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 · 10-01-2016 08:49PM

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 · 10-01-2016 08:55PM

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 · 10-01-2016 08:59PM

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

dxhound2005 · 10-01-2016 09:38PM

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

I thought this was about the weather.

It will stop you being under the weather.

ygolometsipe · 10-01-2016 09:48PM

http://www.onthedry.ie/

"ABSTINENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW STRONGER"

ON THE DRY. ONE MONTH. NO ALCOHOL.

Unleashing the love in February then!

lertsnim · 10-01-2016 10:15PM

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.

Dry January?

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