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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Sooo... After all the excesses of the last couple of days and then NYE still to come, who is thinking about doing dry January and giving their liver a break?
Is it too soon  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Dry and diet this Jan the last two years have hit me not in the best way "
I'm going to try and start the year with a cleaner, better plan! Start as you mean to go on haha |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"No, my birthday's in January. So will never be having a dry January thanks
Oh its my friends birthday in Jan too  "
And you couldn't possibly let them drink alone could you?  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I have a closer friends birthday to celebrate, other than that I’m going to keep it relatively dry I think."
What will you swap the alcohol for? I've got a soda stream, so i tend to have fizzy water with cordial |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"No, my birthday's in January. So will never be having a dry January thanks
Oh its my friends birthday in Jan too
And you couldn't possibly let them drink alone could you? "
well i doubt I'll see them until the summer.. We both turned 50 when the pandemic hit so we have a lot of catching up to do  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I did it last year. I didn’t feel any better for it. Never again  "
I definitely feel better (healthier) and slimmer when I don't drink... I took up drinking when the pandemic hit and i want to get back to 'my normality'  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I only drink socially and as I usually drive so I can't remember the last drink I had tbh..? "
Yeah i used to drive 320 miles a week so I'd maybe have one drink every few months |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I did it last year. I didn’t feel any better for it. Never again
I definitely feel better (healthier) and slimmer when I don't drink... I took up drinking when the pandemic hit and i want to get back to 'my normality' "
I didn’t feel any different but wouldn’t know about the slimmer part as I was training and eating better to shift the Christmas weight |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I’m mostly sober these days. Only drank twice this year so won’t be a problem 
Gosh twice! What were the occasions?
Mls and the day before Christmas Eve.. both only a couple too "
Amazing! Well done you |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"My liver has been dry all its life. ZERO Alcohol!
Wow that is very exemplary!!
I'm a Teetotal Scot. A rare specimen, and no doubt seen as a disgrace to true Scots! "
Did you just not get a taste for it when you were a teen? |
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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago
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"I can't guarantee it will be completely dry but I'll do my best.
How much do you typically drink in a week? "
Not very much, I'll go without for a couple of weeks then have about 6 in one week. It depends what comes up.
December was a bad month for drinking. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I did it last year. I didn’t feel any better for it. Never again
I definitely feel better (healthier) and slimmer when I don't drink... I took up drinking when the pandemic hit and i want to get back to 'my normality'
I didn’t feel any different but wouldn’t know about the slimmer part as I was training and eating better to shift the Christmas weight "
That's what I will need to do this year |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I can't guarantee it will be completely dry but I'll do my best.
How much do you typically drink in a week?
Not very much, I'll go without for a couple of weeks then have about 6 in one week. It depends what comes up.
December was a bad month for drinking. "
Yeah, nov +dec for me.. Practically d*unk every day.. Generally one glass wine, or a can cider a day |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I hardly drink so this would be the norm for me
That's where I want to get back to
I'm cheap on a night out, I like it that way "
My usually pub order is a pint of lime +soda |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I need to loose about 2 stone, so I probably should give it a go, but I'd rather chop an arm off
ROFL... How do you feel about exercise?? "
The arm is definitely coming off  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I did it last year. I didn’t feel any better for it. Never again
I definitely feel better (healthier) and slimmer when I don't drink... I took up drinking when the pandemic hit and i want to get back to 'my normality'
I didn’t feel any different but wouldn’t know about the slimmer part as I was training and eating better to shift the Christmas weight
That's what I will need to do this year "
Same here. I could cut back on drinking without stopping altogether |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
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"My liver has been dry all its life. ZERO Alcohol!
Wow that is very exemplary!!
I'm a Teetotal Scot. A rare specimen, and no doubt seen as a disgrace to true Scots!
Did you just not get a taste for it when you were a teen? "
Only once, in a Staff Bar at my first Hotel job, when someone "spiked" my Coca Cola and I ended up in hospital getting my stomach pumped out! It put me off for life! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I need to loose about 2 stone, so I probably should give it a go, but I'd rather chop an arm off
ROFL... How do you feel about exercise??
The arm is definitely coming off "
Two arms are so overrated |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I hardly drink so this would be the norm for me
That's where I want to get back to
I'm cheap on a night out, I like it that way
My usually pub order is a pint of lime +soda
That's noted "
Some places don't even bother charging |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I did it last year. I didn’t feel any better for it. Never again
I definitely feel better (healthier) and slimmer when I don't drink... I took up drinking when the pandemic hit and i want to get back to 'my normality'
I didn’t feel any different but wouldn’t know about the slimmer part as I was training and eating better to shift the Christmas weight
That's what I will need to do this year
Same here. I could cut back on drinking without stopping altogether"
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"My liver has been dry all its life. ZERO Alcohol!
Wow that is very exemplary!!
I'm a Teetotal Scot. A rare specimen, and no doubt seen as a disgrace to true Scots!
Did you just not get a taste for it when you were a teen?
Only once, in a Staff Bar at my first Hotel job, when someone "spiked" my Coca Cola and I ended up in hospital getting my stomach pumped out! It put me off for life!"
Oh gosh, that is not fun... I had my stomach pumped after something similar as a teen |
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"I hardly drink so this would be the norm for me
That's where I want to get back to
I'm cheap on a night out, I like it that way
My usually pub order is a pint of lime +soda
That's noted
Some places don't even bother charging "
You must say the right things  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"January is the month we drink the most looking forward to it
Whuuut?! Birthdays?? Anniversaries?? "
Actually, a memorial we attend every year. Few days of drinking and catching up with friends. We're not big drinkers any other time unless it's a glass infront of the TV now and then |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I hardly drink so this would be the norm for me
That's where I want to get back to
I'm cheap on a night out, I like it that way
My usually pub order is a pint of lime +soda
That's noted
Some places don't even bother charging
You must say the right things "
They are generally rolling their eyes |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"January is the month we drink the most looking forward to it
Whuuut?! Birthdays?? Anniversaries??
Actually, a memorial we attend every year. Few days of drinking and catching up with friends. We're not big drinkers any other time unless it's a glass infront of the TV now and then"
Ahh I'm sorry to hear that... Nice to catch up, but not under those circumstances |
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"I hardly drink so this would be the norm for me
That's where I want to get back to
I'm cheap on a night out, I like it that way
My usually pub order is a pint of lime +soda
That's noted
Some places don't even bother charging
You must say the right things
They are generally rolling their eyes "
I'd never do a thing like that |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I hardly drink so this would be the norm for me
That's where I want to get back to
I'm cheap on a night out, I like it that way
My usually pub order is a pint of lime +soda
That's noted
Some places don't even bother charging
You must say the right things
They are generally rolling their eyes
I'd never do a thing like that "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No excess here, I had two glasses of fizz yesterday and that's been my lot. January will be mostly dry apart from raising a glass to my dad on his birthday. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"No excess here, I had two glasses of fizz yesterday and that's been my lot. January will be mostly dry apart from raising a glass to my dad on his birthday. "
it's nice to toast loved ones, makes us feel connected x |
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I always start the year off with good intentions ....never lasts though and as my new year's resolution is to party hard at least once a month then I'll struggle to be completely dry 
That said I'll cut out all the Swift's halfs and save my self for a big night out every now and then |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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" I always start the year off with good intentions ....never lasts though and as my new year's resolution is to party hard at least once a month then I'll struggle to be completely dry
That said I'll cut out all the Swift's halfs and save my self for a big night out every now and then "
Cutting down is always a good thing |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sooo... After all the excesses of the last couple of days and then NYE still to come, who is thinking about doing dry January and giving their liver a break?
Is it too soon "
Hilarious!!!
Jokes aside I probably should tho
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Sooo... After all the excesses of the last couple of days and then NYE still to come, who is thinking about doing dry January and giving their liver a break?
Is it too soon
Hilarious!!!
Jokes aside I probably should tho
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You've got another week |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sooo... After all the excesses of the last couple of days and then NYE still to come, who is thinking about doing dry January and giving their liver a break?
Is it too soon
Hilarious!!!
Jokes aside I probably should tho
You've got another week "
I love your positive attitude honestly!!!
But I’m pretty sure January is going to be another shit show !
But hey !
I’ll give it a good half assed bash 
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Sooo... After all the excesses of the last couple of days and then NYE still to come, who is thinking about doing dry January and giving their liver a break?
Is it too soon
Hilarious!!!
Jokes aside I probably should tho
You've got another week
I love your positive attitude honestly!!!
But I’m pretty sure January is going to be another shit show !
But hey !
I’ll give it a good half assed bash
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yeahs its hard not to drink when it's such a shit show |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"January is the month we drink the most looking forward to it
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Agreed.
And also due to the fact there's two socials coming up (TBC) plus my buffday.  "
You have some good reasons |
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"January is the month we drink the most looking forward to it
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Agreed.
And also due to the fact there's two socials coming up (TBC) plus my buffday.
You have some good reasons "
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So what exactly does a "cleaner, better plan" entail? Is it 'as you were; carry on regardless"? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Don’t drink, but my liver took a battering from a virus in September
Oh dear, wishing you a speedy recovery x"
All good now thanks.
I’ve moved onto bronchitis & laryngitis now |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"January is the month we drink the most looking forward to it
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Agreed.
And also due to the fact there's two socials coming up (TBC) plus my buffday.
You have some good reasons
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So what exactly does a "cleaner, better plan" entail? Is it 'as you were; carry on regardless"? "
Nope... for me it means no alcohol and trying to eat non-processed, whole foods - as raw as possible
It also means getting back into the gym and setting /achieving some goals |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Don’t drink, but my liver took a battering from a virus in September
Oh dear, wishing you a speedy recovery x
All good now thanks.
I’ve moved onto bronchitis & laryngitis now "
Oh flipping heck |
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"So what exactly does a "cleaner, better plan" entail? Is it 'as you were; carry on regardless"?
Nope... for me it means no alcohol and trying to eat non-processed, whole foods - as raw as possible
It also means getting back into the gym and setting /achieving some goals "
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Such as puritanical response...and a million miles from what I was expecting!
In essence it's fresh air, exercise and raw food...are you going out to pasture? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"So what exactly does a "cleaner, better plan" entail? Is it 'as you were; carry on regardless"?
Nope... for me it means no alcohol and trying to eat non-processed, whole foods - as raw as possible
It also means getting back into the gym and setting /achieving some goals
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Such as puritanical response...and a million miles from what I was expecting!
In essence it's fresh air, exercise and raw food...are you going out to pasture? "
I'd say the opposite of going out to pasture lol |
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By *elle xWoman
over a year ago
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"I drank nosecco today and it tasted better than Prosecco 
Oh my nieces had some no-alcohol fizz! Apparently it tasted like grape fanta.. But i don't know what that is "
It kinda tasted like shloer not at all like Prosecco actually |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I drank nosecco today and it tasted better than Prosecco
Oh my nieces had some no-alcohol fizz! Apparently it tasted like grape fanta.. But i don't know what that is
It kinda tasted like shloer not at all like Prosecco actually "
I might get some |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It was a consideration after our Christmas excesses but we’ve booked Bongo’s bingo so can’t do that sober "
What the hell is bongo bingo lol.. Are you two giggling.. Straighten up !! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Might make it a dry year. Even numbers are dry, but undecided whether to continue the tradition "
Oh a whole year..that's interesting.. How did you decide to set yourself that challenge? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Might make it a dry year. Even numbers are dry, but undecided whether to continue the tradition
Oh a whole year..that's interesting.. How did you decide to set yourself that challenge? "
Few years ago decided to alternate months, then it turned into alternate years. Evens off. Odd on. |
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By *elle xWoman
over a year ago
Doire Theas |
"I drank nosecco today and it tasted better than Prosecco
Oh my nieces had some no-alcohol fizz! Apparently it tasted like grape fanta.. But i don't know what that is
It kinda tasted like shloer not at all like Prosecco actually
I might get some "
Haha |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Might make it a dry year. Even numbers are dry, but undecided whether to continue the tradition
Quitter "
The correct term would be ‘hiatus’. Quitting suggests a permanence, which would be precluded by the aforementioned planned resumption.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Might make it a dry year. Even numbers are dry, but undecided whether to continue the tradition
Quitter
The correct term would be ‘hiatus’. Quitting suggests a permanence, which would be precluded by the aforementioned planned resumption.
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Don’t get cocky you two I’ll have a come back eventually !!!!
Don’t wait up tho but it will come
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"It was a consideration after our Christmas excesses but we’ve booked Bongo’s bingo so can’t do that sober
What the hell is bongo bingo lol.. Are you two giggling.. Straighten up !! "
Google it…it’s a rave and bingo - it’s bonkers…Cookie won a bag on onions when she went and one of my friends won a mobility scooter.
It sounds right up our street… |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Might make it a dry year. Even numbers are dry, but undecided whether to continue the tradition
Oh a whole year..that's interesting.. How did you decide to set yourself that challenge?
Few years ago decided to alternate months, then it turned into alternate years. Evens off. Odd on. "
Oh intriguing! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It was a consideration after our Christmas excesses but we’ve booked Bongo’s bingo so can’t do that sober
What the hell is bongo bingo lol.. Are you two giggling.. Straighten up !!
Google it…it’s a rave and bingo - it’s bonkers…Cookie won a bag on onions when she went and one of my friends won a mobility scooter.
It sounds right up our street… "
Going to Google |
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"Sooo... After all the excesses of the last couple of days and then NYE still to come, who is thinking about doing dry January and giving their liver a break?
Is it too soon "
I usually don't drink too much, either way, It's good to start the year with a bit of detox and maybe join the gym more often! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Sooo... After all the excesses of the last couple of days and then NYE still to come, who is thinking about doing dry January and giving their liver a break?
Is it too soon
I usually don't drink too much, either way, It's good to start the year with a bit of detox and maybe join the gym more often! "
I think so too! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I’ll attempt to be dry but I guarantee the first Friday I’ll be in trouble
Same as this^^ ... Will try otherwise donation to charity for failure "
is the charity on for a record year? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Let me get through the rest of this month and then I’ll let you know
*bookmarking thread "
Yeah, last week to overindulge
Get one cracked open for breakfast! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Sod that.
Life’s too short to deny yourself the simple things that you enjoy. "
There is alcoholism in my family, so i definitely keep an eye on it! |
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"Sooo... After all the excesses of the last couple of days and then NYE still to come, who is thinking about doing dry January and giving their liver a break?
Is it too soon "
Dryish
Drier than December.
Probably just a glass or two of wine on Saturday night.
Part of “these troosers safe too fucking tight, and I’m not buying bigger ones” January.
... eat a bit better, drink a bit less, exercise a bit more, less nights out. Nothing drastic, but keep it up for jan and Feb and get SOMETHING out of those shitty winter months |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Sooo... After all the excesses of the last couple of days and then NYE still to come, who is thinking about doing dry January and giving their liver a break?
Is it too soon
Dryish
Drier than December.
Probably just a glass or two of wine on Saturday night.
Part of “these troosers safe too fucking tight, and I’m not buying bigger ones” January.
... eat a bit better, drink a bit less, exercise a bit more, less nights out. Nothing drastic, but keep it up for jan and Feb and get SOMETHING out of those shitty winter months "
Yeah that's my plan too! |
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By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago
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"I’ll attempt to be dry but I guarantee the first Friday I’ll be in trouble
Same as this^^ ... Will try otherwise donation to charity for failure
is the charity on for a record year? "
haha depends what the daily penalty fee gets agreed upon ... whole extended family in on it |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I’ll attempt to be dry but I guarantee the first Friday I’ll be in trouble
Same as this^^ ... Will try otherwise donation to charity for failure
is the charity on for a record year?
haha depends what the daily penalty fee gets agreed upon ... whole extended family in on it "
Oh wow! |
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By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago
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"Sooo... After all the excesses
... eat a bit better, drink a bit less, exercise a bit more, less nights out."
...none of us will be going out if lockdown 3 on the cards |
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"Sooo... After all the excesses of the last couple of days and then NYE still to come, who is thinking about doing dry January and giving their liver a break?
Is it too soon "
Never see the dry January thing as possible as most people have a drink to toast the NY.
So you already break it.
I did dry Feb a couple of years ago.
Now I am 90%dry so not an issue. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Sooo... After all the excesses
... eat a bit better, drink a bit less, exercise a bit more, less nights out.
...none of us will be going out if lockdown 3 on the cards "
Can still drink all night at home |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Dry January is OK but personally I prefer lots of lube, real or artificial as without it life can become quite painful, especially as we get older!
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Excellent advice! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sooo... After all the excesses of the last couple of days and then NYE still to come, who is thinking about doing dry January and giving their liver a break?
Is it too soon
Never see the dry January thing as possible as most people have a drink to toast the NY.
So you already break it.
I did dry Feb a couple of years ago.
Now I am 90%dry so not an issue. "
It is possible (DRY NYD)by not having a drink on NYE. |
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