This year I've decided to take the whole month off from alcohol. I think it will be a good thing mentally and physically. Anyone else doing something similar?
Drynuary?
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That would be tough. It has to be hard trying to manage your glucose. I would be the most non-compliant diabetic ever.
Good on you my friend. I think it's good for me to let the body clean out a bit every now and again.
I spent a good chunk of 2013 sans booze. I was glad to see how much I didn't need it.
"I can stop anytime I want" is the typical claim of the addict ... who never puts his money where his mouth is, as it were. It's good for a guy to actually step away from his favourite pleasures for a bit, just to prove to himself that he is the one in control.
"I can stop anytime I want" is the typical claim of the addict ... who never puts his money where his mouth is, as it were. It's good for a guy to actually step away from his favourite pleasures for a bit, just to prove to himself that he is the one in control.
I did not read the post that way at all. There are plenty of people with addictions but one should not paint with too broad a brush, IMHO.
whoa there, hoss. A fair message, but I think you aimed at the wrong target.
That surely won't harm indeed. If only to make sure drinking alcohol doesn't become a habit.
I am a bit surprised that you quoted me there ... I cannot remember that I indicated somewhere that I would have a problem with limiting my alcohol consumption ...
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Well one week in to it and all is well. Definitely craved a beer this past weekend but I substituted with herbal tea.
I drank way too little in 2013. Maybe less than a case of beer. It was nearly not enough...
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Don't get me wrong, I still plan on partaking eventually. I'm just trying to deemphasize alcohol from my life a bit.
Whoa there with all the whoa-there-s, hosses.
I didn't claim anyone here was an addict ... I pointed out that those of us who aren't addicts like to occasionally "walk the walk" that addicts cannot walk, by stepping away for a bit. I was, if anything, lauding the OP's non-addicty normalcy.
No, you just came in to post your "I don't have to bother with that thing you are doing".
Glad to hear all is going well.
Sounds like a good plan! I guess you can enjoy the occasional glass of alcohol much more freely when you know you can also abstain from it.
If you say so ...
I say you're putting words in my mouth. In a non-gentleman like way even.
The OP asked: "Anyone else doing something similar?" to which I answered truthfully that I personally saw no reason for myself. That only tells something about me (and maybe not what you are reading into it) and nothing about the OP, or his motives.
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I plan to give up alcohol for lent, as I have done the last two years. In describing my drinking, I would say I'm on the high side of moderate, others might say I'm kidding myself. I am beginning to taper down my drinking so as not to go into DT's shortly after Ash Wednesday! Good thing to, as I'm running low on Wild Turkey and Tullamore Dew!
Im doing something similar, but not exact. I'm avoiding beer this month just to see what happens (and because I'd like to get my scotch palate calibrated).
Nothing wrong with a little detox time. I know I like to cut things out for a while. Certain foods, purchases or even friends.
Sometimes I miss them, sometimes I don't.
After being in the 2013 sabbatical, I guess I can make it through anything.
Sometimes I miss them, sometimes I don't.
After being in the 2013 sabbatical, I guess I can make it through anything.
It's day five of Drynuary for me.
Best wishes my friend. I have to be careful when there is too much blood in my alcohol stream. 
