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Dry January

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    #242
    DessieJames
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 299 ✭✭DessieJames


    AllForIt wrote: »
    Dry January, New years resolutions, Operation Transformation are nothing but annual national lip service virtue signalling contrivances to healthy living, heavily pushed by our state broadcaster after months of aiding and abetting gluttony and excess for weeks and months before the new year. I can't stand these faux national campaigns at this time of year. Sometimes I think they were invented by crappy afternoon chat shows producers so they'd have something to yak yak yak about after the holiday season.

    agreed


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    #243
    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭KungPao


    This month is a real challenge. I haven’t had a beer since Monday. Might have to go for a stroll up to the supermarket after work for a 4 pack. I deserve a treat.


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    #244
    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭KungPao


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    You know alcohol is a depressant??

    It depresses your central nervous system, but makes you feel great. Unless you’re actually depressed, or one of those ‘angry drunk’ loons who really should stay away from the demon drink.


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    #245
    statesaver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭statesaver


    I usually do November. January is just too bloody dark and depressing, drink is needed.

    Though I am seriously thinking about knocking it on the head until the pubs reopen.


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    #246
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,007 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    DessieJames wrote: »
    not saying theres actually anything wrong, im just old skool and i think these fads are just for attention seeking, are people loking for a collective pat on the back or something, no one really cares if someone gives up the gargle for January lets be honest,

    Ok. So assume it's a hipster fad, isn't an old tradition and all that stuff in the post above is true too. What's actually bad or wrong about it?


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    #247
    Porklife
    Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Porklife


    KungPao wrote: »
    It depresses your central nervous system, but makes you feel great. Unless you’re actually depressed, or one of those ‘angry drunk’ loons who really should stay away from the demon drink.

    It's true that it depresses your central nervous system and it also increases dopamine so you feel great at the time but the next day it increases anxiety, causes depression due to depleted dopamine and slows down your entire system making you feel awful. It dehydrates you, causes insomnia and it makes you crave salty high fat foods due to electrolyte and salt imbalance.

    It's damn tasty as it goes down though! I sorely miss creamy pints of Guinness and buttery red wine ports..mmmmm


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    #248
    Sunny Disposition
    Registered Users Posts: 2,715 ✭✭✭Sunny Disposition


    Porklife wrote: »
    It's true that it depresses your central nervous system and it also increases dopamine so you feel great at the time but the next day it increases anxiety, causes depression due to depleted dopamine and slows down your entire system making you feel awful. It dehydrates you, causes insomnia and it makes you crave salty high fat foods due to electrolyte and salt imbalance.

    It's damn tasty as it goes down though! I sorely miss creamy pints of Guinness and buttery red wine ports..mmmmm


    This is what puzzles me, like myself you know booze is bad for you and you'll feel worse as a direct result of consuming it. But I'd still love a pint. Doesn't really make much sense to me.
    Lot of people did the 12 pubs of Christmas other years, definitely writing off at least one if not the next two days, which were inevitably miserable. But thousands of people suffered badly and opted to do the same thing again the following year. There's something about booze that makes you exaggerate the highs and minimise the lows.


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    #249
    Porklife
    Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Porklife


    I know Sunny, it's bizarre! It also makes you quickly forget how bad it really was. I've had hangovers where I'm at death's door physically and emotionally, wracked with anxiety and fear and I swear I'm never putting myself through that again. Few days later I'm brand new pouring myself a beer dismissing the voice saying but...but..but you were shivering and sweating and puking! You said never again! It's like.. shut up voice, you're always exaggerating! Down the hatch. Madness when you think about it.
    It's such a subtly powerful thing our pal alcohol.


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    #250
    McGinniesta
    Registered Users Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭McGinniesta


    gave up **** for january.

    I lasted until 7.30am on new years morning.

    Abstinence is hard


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    #251
    Potential-Monke
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    Porklife wrote: »
    I'd say you had hangovers worse than any sea sickness after drinking a bottle of rum a night Potential!

    Fortunately (unfortunately?) if I stuck to the same drink (in my case rum and coke coca cola), I never really got bad hangovers. I'd also usually eat a pizza or 3 so maybe the soakage helped. But if I mixed my drinks... different story. And too many memories of waking up not remembering what happened the night before when I used to socialise and drink to excess. There were at least 3 nude moments that I cringe at as I think back.
    Porklife wrote: »
    It's damn tasty as it goes down though! I sorely miss creamy pints of Guinness and buttery red wine ports..mmmmm

    I disagree with this. When I was drinking, I loved the first of each drink. Tasted lovely, done the job, yum yum. Now, in the 2 nights I have had drink in the last few years, I have to force the first 1 or 2 pints down because, well, they're horrible! Now I honestly believe alcohol does not taste nice and we're only fooling ourselves into thinking it is nice, because of the effects of it.


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    #252
    Sunny Disposition
    Registered Users Posts: 2,715 ✭✭✭Sunny Disposition


    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    Fortunately (unfortunately?) if I stuck to the same drink (in my case rum and coke coca cola), I never really got bad hangovers. I'd also usually eat a pizza or 3 so maybe the soakage helped. But if I mixed my drinks... different story. And too many memories of waking up not remembering what happened the night before when I used to socialise and drink to excess. There were at least 3 nude moments that I cringe at as I think back.



    I disagree with this. When I was drinking, I loved the first of each drink. Tasted lovely, done the job, yum yum. Now, in the 2 nights I have had drink in the last few years, I have to force the first 1 or 2 pints down because, well, they're horrible! Now I honestly believe alcohol does not taste nice and we're only fooling ourselves into thinking it is nice, because of the effects of it.


    The first drink is great, real sense of comfort and switching off from responsibility, probably that rather than the taste. Don't really drink Guinness, haven't for probably ten years, but there is something about its texture that is calming.

    But of course that's short term, no way anyone can drink five pints or more of it and not feel unwell to some degree the following day. It is incredible how popular alcohol is despite everyone who drinks regularly having spent days feeling really, really low because of it.


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    #253
    Odyssey 2005
    Registered Users Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭Odyssey 2005


    Tried dry January. Lasted a week. Will try again next January


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    #254
    El_Duderino 09
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    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    I disagree with this. When I was drinking, I loved the first of each drink. Tasted lovely, done the job, yum yum. Now, in the 2 nights I have had drink in the last few years, I have to force the first 1 or 2 pints down because, well, they're horrible! Now I honestly believe alcohol does not taste nice and we're only fooling ourselves into thinking it is nice, because of the effects of it.

    I think we're conditioned to like the effects of alcohol and the taste of the drink it comes in. If alcohol didn't get you high then we might drink one, but nobody would drink 10.

    Smokers will tell you smoking tastes lovely too but nobody smokes nicotine free cigarettes because it's just a positive association between the smoke and the drug.


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    #255
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,609 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Boe Jiden wrote: »
    If you want to stop drinking then fine, but don't do it because of some internet meme. That's just cringey.

    Don't you start laying down the law and the paint not dry on yer cap.

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #256
    Doctor Jimbob
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    "Why do you have to tell people you're taking a break from drinking, no one cares" - A few people who seem to really care that other people are taking a break from drinking.


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    #257
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users Posts: 6,041 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    "Why do you have to tell people you're taking a break from drinking, no one cares" - A few people who seem to really care that other people are taking a break from drinking.
    True, same with wankuary.


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    #258
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,007 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    January’s over! Fair play to anyone who did dry January or whatever else you might have given up or taken up during January.

    Looking forward a drink watching the six nations this weekend


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    #259
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,885 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    I lasted till Saturday just gone, had about 8 beers I think. I wasn't really planning on doing the dry January thing it just kind of happened. So a good run for me anyway, might have a few this weekend too but trying to keep it to once a week or less even.


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    #260
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Did Dry January. Probably continue into February. No point drinking cans alone.


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    #261
    Thelonious Monk
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    weldoninhio wrote: »
    No point drinking cans alone.

    We'll have to disagree on that!


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    #262
    HBC08
    Registered Users Posts: 3,310 ✭✭✭HBC08


    I did it for 7 years in a row,a great way to start off the year.I often felt so good after the month that I kept in going for another few weeks,I actually look forward to it.
    Unfortunately this year when it became clear it would be full on restrictions I decided this is the year I wouldn't be doing dry January.
    Things I enjoy has been whittled down to literally 2 or 3 things,boozing is one of them.
    Also with the gyms/swimming pools closed I wouldn't be able to keep up the January fitness regime which is a big part of it for me.


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    #263
    [Deleted User]
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    Sunny Disposition wrote: »
    The first drink is great, real sense of comfort and switching off from responsibility, probably that rather than the taste. Don't really drink Guinness, haven't for probably ten years, but there is something about its texture that is calming.

    But of course that's short term, no way anyone can drink five pints or more of it and not feel unwell to some degree the following day. It is incredible how popular alcohol is despite everyone who drinks regularly having spent days feeling really, really low because of it.

    I don't know why, but I have never had a hangover in my life regardless of how much I might drink.
    I have a friend who is the total opposite in that even after two pints he is dying the next day. If I was like him I'm not sure that I would drink.
    The only thing I have noticed changing in the last two years is that I'm a bit tired for an hour or two after waking up, where before I was grand after the same four or six hours sleep.


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    #264
    HBC08
    Registered Users Posts: 3,310 ✭✭✭HBC08


    I wasnt in a position to do dry January this year so I'm doing dry March instead!
    Evenings getting a bit longer and with a prospect of things opening up over the next while....a different prospect to dry january that i usually do.
    Also I feel that having people around in the garden will be on the cards from April onwards and it'll be a very social 6 months or so from there on in,no harm to give the liver a break and the mind a different perspective for a while.


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