Dry January

Anyone else going on the wagon for the month? My FW had the idea to do it. She also just checked on life insurance so I’m keeping a close eye on her. Not sure of her motives yet.

I know not of what you speak of.

I’m gonna be close. I’ve never much liked the idea but the older I get my body needs some dry spells here and there. Good luck.

I’d be OK if it didn’t snow.

I basically quit drinking years ago. Just the occasional beer now. Found out there was more money around and I didn’t miss the hangovers and slow starts at all. I can’t imagine what a night of drinking like I did in my 20’s & 30’s would cost today.

I did a quit drinking month a couple years ago, and still haven’t drank since. Might have a occasional beer but it’s pretty rare.

Mark Uidenich wrote:

I’d be OK if it didn’t snow.

good one.

i’m with ya dutchy…..i may have more then you but not like my younger days. had a few new years eve……..but not sure when the next one is yet either. and even when i do……my body tells me you had enough. i cant remember the last time i felt like crap in the morning to blame it on booze.

i cant even say i only drink on weekends anymore…..being retired and heading to the cabin weekdays…..well……

Its been a dry January since 1980 for me , odds are likely death or prison was near in my future had i choose to continue down that road . Life is good !

Same as BC 17+ yrs ago though.

Quit drinking a couple years back. One of the best choices I have made

Was never a big drinker then got to the point I could take it or leave it. Now I just don’t drink by choice. I will say we do need snow though.

I get why people do it but regular exercise would make a much bigger impact. It’s shocking to me how many people don’t exercise at all. But it makes sense when you find out that close to half American adults are obese.

I used to really hit ‘er hard, socially – and still do on the rare occasion but I’ve amazed myself over the last couple of years of how much I’ve naturally cut back. I almost never drink alone, and when I do, it’s a bourbon, a nice cocktail or a glass of wine, and that’s it. Been getting much better at moderation, as well. At a hockey tournament right now and nursed one big mixer in my sipper all night last night. Feel great today, unlike most other parents. We’ll see what tonight brings. I still like the drinkin’, but the next day gets harder and harder.

I drink everyday
Workout 3 days a week with a trainer
Fast every Monday
Eat well

Life s good!!!

Surgeon General is proposing putting an alcohol causes cancer sticker on alcoholic beverages just like tobacco products. Not sure that has prevented anyone from much of anything … but … anyways

Where I grew up most of us started drinking around 14-15 years old. When I was 25 or so I had a preemployment physical for work and the physician said all my liver markers were high and that I should slow down on the alcohol. I did a 180 with a few slips in my late 20s. Still a sipper of beer and red wine when the occasion calls but cannot remember the last time I had more than two in a day.

I too watched the hockey parent crowd (dads and moms) be completely hung over especially on Sunday morning tournament days. I never quite understood the attraction to being wasted in front of 10 – 15-year-old kids and facing a hangover the next morning… I ran into quite a few of these guys at a hockey association golf fundraiser about 10 years later at a nice country club. Many of these same guys were still the same and this was at 3 in the afternoon … I looked a few up on the internet and yep … quite a few had DUIs.

I also know people (some unfortunately too close) that the alcohol demon messed up their finances, marriages, careers, and some eventually died from it. It can be a wicked cycle for more people than you realize … some hide it well.

Youbetcha wrote:

Quit drinking a couple years back. One of the best choices I have made

Same here. Not a ounce of regret

We need about 4 inches of snow on the ground and on the ice so that I can take my cleats off. I could also go for some days with temps around 20 – 27F instead of single digit (and not much above that) highs.

Good move wearing cleats when drinking on the ice! Lessens the risk of fall

(I’m guessing this was meant for the weather thread )

I always get irritated by the people that watch others drink and tell you to finish your drink … it is often women in an afterwork setting. I usually push it over towards them or hand it to the person making the comment and saying all yours … Sometimes a beer gets warm or it doesn’t taste the way I thought it would … I am not underage and in desperate need of every ounce of booze to get me drunk. God forbid anyone of those people have to watch my wife and I share a beer when we are out to eat.

I’m doing the dry January thing this year. I rarely ever go too far, but I haven’t taken a month off maybe ever. I found that I like the ritual more than the feeling. A few N/A beers and some kombucha on occasion and I don’t think this will be too tough.

It’s always good to “check in” though

Eelpoutguy wrote:

I drink everyday
Workout 3 days a week with a trainer
Fast every Monday
Eat well

Life s good!!!

ya fergot running for fire extinguishers!!!!!

seriously……what do you mean by fasting…….not eating at all>???????

Fasting is code for my ex’s get my lunch money on Mondays.

Dutchboy wrote:

Fasting is code for my ex’s get my lunch money on Mondays.

Yup,
Sunday afternoon is last eats, then I typically don’t eat until Tuesday pm.
Feels great, never have a stomach issue.

And yes, x capitalized on that! but we are friends again.

Lifes good, it really is.

I’ve started buying a 12 pack of NA every time I go to the liquor store. I still get my usual bourbons and beers, but having the NA around is a good option too as they’ve come a long ways with flavors and types.

Alcohol is no doubt bad for people in excess. I’d still argue that soda is killing just as many people though. The guy who drinks 5 Mtn. Dews a day or more is just as addicted to chemicals as the guy who has has a bourbon after dinner each night.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

I drink everyday
Workout 3 days a week with a trainer
Fast every Monday
Eat well

Life s good!!!

Is ‘trainer’ codename for “Belle”?
And you “train” fast on Mondays?
Not going to comment on what you eat…

My life would be good too if that were my life.

Fasting,dry January? What the hell is wrong with this world?

ice fishing = boozing

Sitting in a heated fishouse and watching TV without having a sippy now and then doesn’t sound right to me.

Bidennomics almost made me tip over at the liquor store the other day though.