Dry January

I don’t drink often enough to notice the difference so no, but I’m going to keep up my gym visits.
Good luck!

As the last time I had a glass of wine was on 18th October (a cousin’s birthday) I guess I will be having a ‘dry’ January anyway, as I can take it or leave it. I do need to lose weight though and have started on the Diabetes Prevention Program. Good luck with your plan Bertha, hope we are both slimmer and fitter soon.

I used to enjoy my drink till I realised I was drinking too much when a checkout assistant looked shocked when I admitted to drinking a bottle of brandy a week! I just gave it up there and then and I’m quite happy to have done so.

I now only drink a g&t and/or a couple of glasses of wine at weekends to keep my weight down so it will be a dry (ish) January for me. ?

I drink very little and several times a year will be alcohol free for 4 weeks without even realising I am doing it, so I will not bother to do dry January.

Unless you normally drink large amounts of alcohol ( in which case you should think about having less every month) I see no point in dry January.Why ( especially for older people) deprive yourself of a nice Baileys or G&T....so no, I won’t be doing it.

I rarely drink alcohol mainly because it causes stomach problems but I do enjoy wine so I will most likely have a dry January...February...March.....

Ahem! AGA you have had your head in a bucket of poteen for most of the last few years.

Well unlike most posters so far I do enjoy a drink, and no, I won’t be having a dry January. As lemongrove says, why deprive yourself of life’s little pleasures? Especially in one of the most miserable months of the year!

Poteen doesn't count lemon. It's much stronger than the usual alcohol.

May I request a bucket of Argy poteen as I have some paint to strip from the shed walls.
Don’t really drink so dry January doesn’t mean much to us.

I agree Lemon if you don’t have any medical conditions and only drink as per safety guidelines, I can’t see why an older person should deny themselves one of the few pleasures left!

We only drink in company- so there is just no need. After all the drinking with family and friends- we will be quite happy to give it a miss quite naturally.

Not likely! It's my birthday month!!

Same here Kitty ? so at least one wet day.

I don't think the op is suggesting people should - only asking who will be. I don't drink much either so most months are dry for me. We didn't even finish a bottle of wine over Christmas or open the Baileys (my favourite). Before Christmas I threw away half a bottle of Baileys from last year - what a waste ? I'm not anti having a drink now and again, it just never occurs to me to drink most of the time.

I don’t think it’s very supportive to try and talk the OP out of it. Cutting out alcoholic drinks is useful for weight loss as it has lots of calories but no nutritional value.

I do enjoy a glass of wine, I just don’t need it like some people do.

Is BigBertha1 actually asking for support? From the OP I assumed she was just interested in knowing who's doing Dry January. And presumably why or why not.

It's my birthday month, too, kitty and Laura. Here's to all the January babies!

We don’t drink enough for dry January to make any difference. We go weeks without drinking any alcohol at all. Mind you, if eschewing a bottle of wine for a month meant I’d lose a stone in weight, I’d do it!

I won’t be giving up alcohol in grim ole January, no thank you!

Nor me.

I'll seriously consider it. It will help me recover from my birthday celebration.

I just wondered that's all and if anyone else was doing it we could offer each other encouragement/support. I was suggesting anyone should do it just wondered....sorry to have trodden on toes.