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    Default Dry January (No alcohol for the month)

    Anyone been doing it this year? If so you're on the home stretch, congratulations!

    This is the third year in a row I've done it, and the second time I'll have completed it (last year I gave in about 5 days in), and I certainly won't be doing it next year. It's boring!

    So anyone else doing it/done it/going to do it? How're you faring?

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    Matt and I have done the opposite, and for the first time in ages, have had an alcoholic beverage every single weekend since the beginning of the year.

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    technicly ive done it this year unaware. but tbh id like some cider soon. like you say, its boring!

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    Never drank alcohol, so... Every year is a Dry January.

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    I have toned down my drinking quite a bit as I notice my body has a little bit of trouble handling it now. However if you put a beer in front of me I can't say no. I'm hoping Febuary will be a little dryer than January.

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    It's been kind of a dry year so far but unintentionally. I'm a social drinker and I just haven't felt like being very social. No particular reason for that either.

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    I do that by accident. I don't really drink that much.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ayen View Post
    Never drank alcohol, so... Every year is a Dry January.
    congrats on boring

    i'm literally drinking a beer as i type this post so........no?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Denmark View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Ayen View Post
    Never drank alcohol, so... Every year is a Dry January.
    congrats on boring

    i'm literally drinking a beer as i type this post so........no?
    Shockingly, people can live a perfectly normal and thrilling life without really drinking alcohol.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Formalhaut View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Denmark View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Ayen View Post
    Never drank alcohol, so... Every year is a Dry January.
    congrats on boring

    i'm literally drinking a beer as i type this post so........no?
    Shockingly, people can live a perfectly normal and thrilling life without really drinking alcohol.
    you must be fun at parties

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    Like, yeah? I'm all up in that shiz.


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    I haven't had any alcohol because uh... I didn't feel like it I guess? Did I in December? I may have at one point in December. Maybe November

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    Yeah, whoops. I failed the second it turned midnight. Though I have been drinking less for the past few months now.

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    I did this last year and it was great. Had my last drink at 11:55pm and saw through the whole month. It was nowhere near as hard as I thought it was going to be.

    I failed miserably this year as I was still drinking (heavily) during the first two weeks of January. I then committed to a 'dry second half of January' and I already feel loads better. Exercising and eating healthy helps too. It's amazing how refreshed you feel every morning when you wake up. Hopefully I can keep this going for a couple of months. Starting back up again is always the hardest part.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ayen View Post
    Never drank alcohol, so... Every year is a Dry January.
    it's never too late to start!
    everything is wrapped in gray
    i'm focusing on your image
    can you hear me in the void?

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