Alcohol free January

Sorry, chaps, i ate the Twiglets about an hour ago! Can i still come?

Yes you are more than welcome baNana you bring your snowball and those awful pretzel biscuits, which are not my cup of tea, but each to their own.

I think smearing the rim of a glass with alcohol is out of bounds for us abstemious folk I'm afraid.

I'm think of running a beetle drive as part of the entertainment what do you think ?

Yes you are cordially invited Greyduster as long as you bring some of the hard stuff along.

Oh dear I was really looking forward to that sniff of gin. Will wait for some other thoughts on it too. Can bring some little cheesy biscuits, in fact might do the old fashioned cheese and pineapple on sticks stuck in half a grapefruit - crikey haven't done that for years. I do know what you mean about pretzels.

Don't know what to do in a beetle drive but bet it's fun, yes let's do it.

Drive VW beetles of course.

baNANAGran3 I reckon sniffing someone else's glass of gin/wine is fine but no smearing of your own glass - definitely out of bounds

As it happens 1st February is free so I'd love to come to the virtual drinks party - great idea NanKate I guess I'll have to bring my own snacks though as I'm gluten free - I have some very tasteless acceptable oat biscuits which are improved nice with a bit of Shropshire blue

We popped out tonight for a bite to eat and there was an urge to order a glass of wine to go with the food but suffered settled for a soft drink in the end

I had a lovely convertible VW Beetle - but I sold it a couple of years ago - so I guess that excludes me from the beetle drive ....

Dry day 13 - nearly half way

Gosh! Beetle drives! That's a blast from the past! We have the Build a Beetle game and GS is addicted to it. Fun, though!

I may consider bringing along the bottle of Oban malt whiskey that DH remortgaged our house to buy for me bought me for Christmas, and which is currently languishing in the bottom of my wardrobe in case my son in law finds it so that i am not tempted!

Granby that is what we have settled at! It was getting properly miserable cooking really nice meals and not having a glass of wine with them. Our standard of food started to deteriorate!! Since we only share half a bottle at most, I am not going to worry. Four free days is good enough I think.

Cambia, have you actually had a glass yet? I don't think you'll be able to come to the party on 1st February if you start again which would be a shame. Know exactly what you mean about the nice meals, tonight we're having a lovely meal which would go very nicely with a glass or two of red (DH probably will have, he's having a damp January) but I'm determined to resist. Will you have a rethink? (Am just trying to encourage!)

Cambia sorry just scrolled back and seen your previous posts - my heart is with you - enjoy

Two Dry Weeks!
Who is still in ...?

I'm still in but temptation looms, my daughter law is experimenting with boozy smoothies aka cocktails with her new nutribullet, we're due to visit next week.....

You will be more than half way there by then grannyqueenie - maybe your DIL can make you some yummy n/a smoothies cocktails

But anyway, you've done so well - see how you feel when you're there
Perhaps you can have a couple of 'damp' days just for your visit ...

I may never go back to alcohol as I've developed a serious cherry juice habit. Who could have forseen the addictive qualities of this seemingly harmless fruit? I started taking it for insomnia earlier this week - 3 teaspoons (of the concentrate nothing added stuff) in a glass of slimline tonic, so it looks like a sparkling

I'm a very happy camper and yes, sleeping better too

wonder what it tastes like mulled?

I haven't touched a drop but have missed the feeling of having a tipple as a reward for a tricky day or a celebration. Merlot goes well with roast beef, so yet again I missed having a glass.

I am not sure I feel better physically without wine, I will pop on the scales shortly and see if there is any difference there.

The one benefit is that I realise now that I am saving calories and I think it would be good to have the calorie count on all alcohol.

I shall be very relieved to get to 1 Feb.

Apart from Christmas and Easter we tend to have a drink at the weekends - 2 glasses of wine for me on a Friday evening and maybe another one on Saturday, but otherwise, not much alcohol in the house. However, January tends to be my most alcoholic month as we buy in sherry and advocat and port etc. for entertaining at Christmas and always have some left over (shame ) which we then polish off in the weeks that follow. (The same applies to all the chocolates, biscuits, etc. we have bought / been given). So February tends to be my time to start being good. Thank goodness for Lent!

I am still in, and there have been times when have missed it - mostly the occasional glass of wine with my dinner. We took a good bottle of red to DS's last weekend and i would have liked a glass. But, hey ho. With good luck and a following wind, I'll still be there on the 31st.

Well done to all of you who are exercising will-power at the moment I was once told I have a 'will of iron - iron filings' as I so easily succumbed to something when only slightly encouraged to do so!

February will get me soon enough!

Anyone like to join me in this helpful pub later?

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I've been doing Dry January and so far so good..! I was pleased to see this thread, thanks, NanKate, may I join you all? I'm another one who often enjoys a glass or two of red with my evening meal.

Having tried various alternatives to wine I'm very happy to have re-discovered tomato juice with Worcestershire sauce. The stuff I'm drinking claims to provide 1 of your 5-a-day so that's a bonus for me as I struggle with this. I like the fact that it isn't sweet/sugary like so many of the other juices.

I've lost weight and I'm sleeping better, which I find encouraging.

Brilliant, Pittcity! Keep me a place at the bar!

Do join us Joy I must admit the company of all you lovely GNs has helped me through half a month, which feels more like half a year.