Alcohol free January

Yes I shall be having a totally dry January - but not by choice !! Oh dear me no !! Bloody slipped disc means my first glass of gin and tonic.... and trust me it'll be a huge one... will be in approximately ten weeks !

In the meantime a helpful friend sent me a large glass she'd had specially etched for me with the words.... Gin and Bear It !!

Here's to a Happy and Healthy New year for us all ! Cheers !

I only ever drink at Christmas, when I usually have a bottle of Harvey's Bristol Cream in my stocking. I have no intention of going without my daily tot until the bottle is empty, which will probably be around the end of January.
I shall have to knock off the other goodies, tho' - my jeans are a bit 'snug' as a result of all the cake, chocolates and mince-pies

Anne2108
Oh believe me, I'm no saint I can drink a bottle of wine by myself but only when in the mood which doesn't happen often.

DD and I have signed up for dry January. Luckily ends day before my 60th

Suzied, do you remember the name of the Dry January app you down loaded? I think I'll have a go at this, and the app might help

I am diabetic, apart from a small glass of wine with my xmas dinner, I have not touched any beer real ale wise for months what has happened my diabetic and cholesterol levels have dropped with fasting blood test results, plus weight has gone down gradually.
Mick

Dry January App

Went gosoberoctober!....too many birthdays in Jan, Feb and March but April looks promising....

I said to DH today that I was giving up for January. I expected him to congratulate me and he didn't, perhaps he is waiting to see if I can do it.

Just checked my diary, no month looks good this year to go dry ( darn it!)?

Sales not sakes!

Starting on yucky back to work Monday (it's an official day on my calendar) I am going to try and do dry school nights.

No alcohol Sunday-Thursday should be easy enough

Good idea gillybob we wouldn't want you weaving all over the road on the way to school.

I'll never be a drinker, I drank half a glass of red wine and a tiny tot of sloe gin in the whole of December
I wonder if sloe gin 'goes off'?

Life's too short to give up something you enjoy - I for one will be having my usual

Yes, the app is just called Dry January. I found it easier to do the whole month rather than just doing weekdays. Once I was in the swing of it it was ok.

I've posted a link to the app a few posts up.

I've posted a link to the app a few posts up.

I've posted a link to the app a few posts up.

I've posted a link to the app a few posts up.

I've posted a link to the app a few posts up.

I've posted a link to the app a few posts up.

My DD is 40, my cousin 70 and sister and DSiL also have birthdays so a dry January is not on the cards but I will try and cut down, if just to prove to myself that I can. I love it though, a G&T followed by a few glasses of wine with dinner and a whisky nightcap is a real joy to me, not bothered if I never eat another chocolate though, not a sweet tooth.
Any good suggestions of substitutes? Can't abide Coke or sweet drinks and you can only take so much sparkling water! Any ideas welcome.

My first 'dry' January was in 2000, and I haven't had a drop since. [ ?]

I can almost be fooled by a virgin G & T, Cagsy - tonic, ice and a slice, just hold the gin (sob). Or how about a Virgin Mary?

No, sorry, my January will be definitely WET! I love a glass of wine and , on occasions, a G & T beforehand!
My husband, as he's got older, will have a half a glass of wine with dinner. I will drink his share along with mine!
No doubt many of you will have a sharp intake of breath on reading this but, hey, we're a long time dead!!

A glass of wine and an occasional G&T? Hardly sharp intake of breath stuff!

No sharp intake of breath here JanT8 - I love a glass of red, a G&T, a glass of white or, indeed, a glass of bubbles - just every now and then I have to say to myself - can you do it...?
I love a challenge ...

Depends how much you drink. There does seem to be a presumption that everyone drinks too much and needs to cut back.

Over Christmas I have averaged about two drinks a day, a glass of wine or cider with my main meal and a small glass of some liqueur (usually sloe gin) just before I go to bed. This for me is a lot of alcohol. Once I return from a Christmas trip abroad on 8 January I will probably drink little or nothing for the rest of the month, which is much closer to my normal drinking pattern than this week's consumption.

As I know I drink well below any recommended limit, I do not really give my alcohol consumption much thought. If I fancy an alcoholic drink, I drink it, but I refuse more alcoholic drinks than I accept. I am permanently the driver if we go out for a meal. DH usually likes 2 glasses of wine, if he decides to have any, but he too often opts for soft drinks.

There are many gransnetters who appreciate a glass (or two or three) of summat. also many who don't but I don't suppose they will do the sharp intake of breath at the thought.

But I assumed that dry January was just a pause in the drinking year, to allow the liver a breathing space after the Christmas/New Year celebrations, not to join the Temperance Movement and swear off the demon drink for ever?

(It is also a kind of statement that it is possible to drink no alcohol for a given time - proving that the bottle is not the master. )