Thanks for sharing - I have had a similar experience/revelatio n

Did Dry January in 2020 (If I had only known was was coming...) and found that really hard. Overwhelming feeling of depriving myself and that everybody else was drinking and having fun.

This year was much much easier for some reason. I also felt better than the previous year and found my training (I do triathlons) was consistently better than during a normal month.

Our plan (my wife did it with me) is to reverse our traditional 5 nights of drinking (with 2 off) to just drinking 2 nights per week max. I'm also planning a Sober October as well as taking 2 weeks off before my main race in the summer (US Age Group National Championships in August).

We shall see if it works out how we are planning but the urge to get trashed has pretty much disappeared for both of us right now.

Posted By: Kev on February 4th 2022 at 16:16:08

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Dry January - relationship with alcohol (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 4, 12:16:27
- Thanks for sharing - I have had a similar experience/revelation (General Chat) - Kev, Feb 4, 16:16:08
- Thanks all - really interesting (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 4, 16:13:12
- I did dryish January (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Feb 4, 15:46:49
- Never thought I was much of a heavy drinker but (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 4, 15:20:33
- I've near enough stopped drinking (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 4, 15:05:18
- Interesting dont know if its a covid lockdown thing or age but (General Chat) - pinkney, Feb 4, 14:38:10
- Weekend Drinker (General Chat) - Wraith, Feb 4, 14:34:07
- I’m currently in the pub drinking Guinness (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 4, 14:27:22
  - Thinly veiled "I'm in the pub" post. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 4, 14:34:36
    - The pub of broken dreams (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 4, 14:42:06
  - creamy head ? (n/m) (General Chat) - munter, Feb 4, 14:29:41
    - dribbling down his chin? (n/m) (General Chat) - pinkney, Feb 4, 14:43:43
- Conicidentally Rob Delaney, who was an alcoholic, is 20 years sober today (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 4, 13:57:24
  - That's great and I'm a big fan. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 4, 14:04:06
- I go through periods of abstinence (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 4, 13:50:32
- I'd really struggle to do an entire month. (Warning, long post) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 4, 13:50:13
- I don't think I could ever work a 9-5 job (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Feb 4, 13:46:44
  - 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 4, 14:00:14
- its a tough one isnt it? I'm in a good place at the moment (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 4, 13:10:50
  - Yes, I think so too. (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 4, 13:27:20
- Strange thing alcohol (General Chat) - Old Splat, Feb 4, 13:08:09
- There is also an interesting dynamic in that the less you drink, the less you can drink (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 4, 13:01:02
- I gave up drinking this morning (General Chat) - jamesward, Feb 4, 12:55:43
- I cant bring myself to go total abstinence (General Chat) - fond, Feb 4, 12:45:44
  - Agree and I'm not going that way either (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 4, 12:50:48
- Definitely worth anyone reassessing their relationship with alcohol, I reckon.. (General Chat) - AstroCanary, Feb 4, 12:31:56
  - Thanks Astro - that's really interesting (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 4, 12:43:26
    - Personally I think it’s as much about that step when you say no. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 4, 13:46:47
      - Yes that's fair. (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 4, 14:07:48
- My brother stopped drinking last Feb and hasn't returned to it (General Chat) - JD3, Feb 4, 12:30:59
  - Haha - and congratulations! (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 4, 12:40:25

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