Anyone doing Dry January?

I've never quite understood the unit thing either. I have just read that one medium glass of wine is 2 units. Some wine (ie Prosecco) is only about 5% volume and some can be as high as 14 I think. They just say a medium glass of wine. One of the women in the trial I mentioned is drinking 70+ units per week but she drinks Prosecco. Surely they can't just say 'wine' when some are much lower than others.

I do dry most of the year. Managed a bottle of ready made mulled wine over Christmas and new year.

yes had my last drin at midnight on Hogmanay ,I also have a dry month or two during the year,usually May and October ,I'm not a big drinker anyway and I've always had months ,sometimes several where I dont bother to drink .I do feel more alert and sleep better without any

DH did dry January and sober for October last year. He whinged SO MUCH that I made him promise not to utter a word if he was doing it again this year.
Me? I drink, barely 7 units a weeks; often dry week, wet weekend. I really don't see what the benefits as opposed to the sadness of going without!

Yes Riverwalk It is an lot of alcohol but when you read the before and after test results, in most cases, there wasn't a vast difference in their health.

KatyK are you referring to the article in the Daily Mail?

Two of those women drink 70 units+ per week - that's about 12 bottles!

If I've got me sums right

Well these posts have certainly made me feel better I seem to be surrounded by people who are doing dry January and articles in the press telling me how much better some of their readers feel after giving up. When I saw the title of the thread I thought you would all be doing it, so thanks folks!! I feel pressure to do the dry January thing but just at this moment in time, I don't feel like it. I am however going to cut down (honest).

Yes, have started, but just waiting for the crippling de-tox headaches to kick in. They happen every January and every Lent and are really really bad. Increase the sense of martyrdom very nicely.

My whole year is dry except for a half glass of wine at Christmas. Started when pregnant 27 years ago and just never went back to it.

Started yesterday. After about three or four days the urge to imbibe tails off. So fingers crossed.

I do like the 'damp January' mary. Mumsnet are taking dry January much more seriously.

Have we all reached the age of 'a little of what you fancy'?

No, I prefer constant moderation to 'feast and fast'. I did drink a bit most days this Christmas holiday but usually I don't touch alcohol in the week and then have a couple of glasses of wine (a day) at the weekend.

I am very suspicious of Puritan fasts.

We are doing "damp January"! That is, we are not going to have wine every night with dinner but last night after working all the Bank Holiday and wrestling with quite complex tech, we awarded ourselves a G & T!

Yes! Did it last year too. Felt loads better for it too. Might even extend it and do February as well!!

DH and I have just had the conversation about giving up. Decided dry January too unrealistic. Going to do dry Sunday till Friday!

Yes, started NYDay and still going strong (it's the 3rd already and I really haven't noticed the lack so far!) However, it's off to the pics and Pizza Express tonight - and what's a pizza without an Italian beer? But then definitely nothing at all until February. Unless there's some thing needing celebrating, of course.
I find it much easier to not drink at all rather than cut down ... And I did try it one year, and lost weight.

I'm with the choccy biscuit group, -or any chocolate actually. I drink so little and so rarely I'd not really notice a dry month, but I usually give up chocolate for Lent and that's HARD!

Hi thought I might give it a go. Don't want to join up officially just trying to go it alone. Consumption and weight have crept up alarmingly with age.
Wish me luck.

I neeed to lose some weight, so yes. I hope so. If I don't give up. Cos I need to lose weight.

am I convincing anyone?

Son goes home on Sunday will try then, possibly try for 4 days out of 7, rather than a dry month which seems very harsh.

I plan to try, no promises though ?

Husband and I agreed to a dry January, but whilst watching Rick Stein in Bordeaux quaffing some wine, he said to me "shall I open a bottle" No resolve huh!

Or Thursday, even. Not touched my wine yet. Honest.

I like your motto Teetime! I'm with you kitty next year doesn't start till after Tursday.

Not dry but cutting down drastically. 'A day without wine is like day without sun' and we have far too many of those.