Dry January

[dij22]

Reviving this thread for all of us participating

[Tweet]

Longest I’ve gone since the pandemic is a week cause I was on some pretty serious antibiotics. Excited (maybe the wrong word) to do this again.

Also thanks to minor diet changes and general decrease in alcohol volume I’m down 6 pounds in December

[scoots]

I start marathon training again in a couple weeks, so that should keep me honest.

[claypoolfan]

Really want to start this right now but we're going to LA for the holiday next weekend and I know I'll cheat. I think I'm going to do it from Jan 15 until Valentine's Day or possibly until my wedding ceremony at the end of Feb.

[Pale Hose]

This will be my 6th year attempting, 4 of my first 5 have been successful.

[thebosma]

Would consider if I wasn’t going to be in south Florida next week. Prime day drunk territory

[llamaoftime]

Dec 26, 2020 15:01:09 GMT -6 llamaoftime said:

Sober month? In this economy?

[Tweet]

How we doing day 5'ers I saw a 4 pack of my favorite IPA in the grocery store and didn't buy it v proud of myself

[dij22]

Jan 6, 2023 12:07:39 GMT -6 Tweet said:

How we doing day 5'ers I saw a 4 pack of my favorite IPA in the grocery store and didn't buy it v proud of myself

Doing well. I've been drinking twice as much coffee which probably isn't good.

[irvred]

As a career bartender I hope you all can sleep at night knowing you’re taking food from me

[dij22]

I will Venmo you $8 if you mail me a beer in February

[claypoolfan]

Doing solid so far. Got my first real test tonight, going to a VR bar with some of my friends. Gonna [][][][][] to the max and at least one other person coming is also doing dry jan so I should be able to power through without booze.

[Pale Hose]

I'm fine, usually start getting a little bored around the 2nd or 3rd weekend of the month. It's amazing how much better my sleep is when I stop drinking.

[scoots]

First week has gone well - I've been playing a ton of God of War, drinking hop water and working out more. Already down 5 lbs, too.

Planning a trip to Spring Training in March, so that's the carrot for me at the moment.

[alady]

How much/often do you guys typically drink? I know I'm an outlier (maybe 2 drinks/1-2x/month) so I am curious.

[scoots]

Over 12 beers a week pretty easily.

[scoots]

I don't drink until I get drunk or anything, but 2 or 3 drinks a night on average is probably about right.

[Tweet]

Jan 6, 2023 14:03:38 GMT -6 alady said:

How much/often do you guys typically drink?

I plead the 5th (of Jack)

[Pale Hose]

During a normal week I usually drink 2-3 times. Maybe more like 3-4 times a week during the summer.

[dij22]

We'll split a bottle of wine a few times a week assuming we're not going to a concert. Depending on the concert, maybe 3 beers on those nights.

[mookie]

Yeah, probably half a bottle of wine 2 or 3 times a week, plus a Diet Coke + Jim Beam once or twice a week too. Plus those Monaco cocktails are pretty darn great too. So probably 4 or 5 nights a week.

If I'm going to a show though, I pretty much don't drink at all those nights. Rarely might have a whiskey somewhere for a show.

[neader]

Jan 6, 2023 14:29:06 GMT -6 mookie said:

So probably 4 or 5 nights a week.

If I'm going to a show though, I pretty much don't drink at all those nights.

You go to like three concerts a night this doesn't add up

[doso]

Jan 6, 2023 14:12:39 GMT -6 scoots said:

I don't drink until I get drunk or anything, but 2 or 3 drinks a night on average is probably about right.

This for me, too. If I’m feeling industrious, I’ll make a cocktail (Ramos Gin Fizz last night because we had egg whites on hand). If I’m not feeling industrious but craving a cocktail, I’ll make a Wooden Leg. Otherwise, going the easy route and cracking open a couple two/tree beers.

During the YLT Hanukkah run, I bought two 12 oz cans of beer at the beginning of each night and nursed them over the course of four hours. Felt like an accomplishment of sorts.

[sthubbins]

not doing dry january but here's how much I usually drink

weekday night at home: 0-1 drink
weekday night out: 1-2 drinks
weekend night at home: 2 drinks
weekend night out: 3 drinks, or more on special occasions like NYE

[goodson]

weekday night at home: 0
weekday night out: 7+
weekend night at home: 0
weekend night out: 10+

[claypoolfan]

I never drink at home on weeknights. If I'm out to dinner at a place with cocktails I might have one or two on those nights.

On the weekends though things can get kind of dicey. If we don't have plans on a given Saturday we have a tendency to be like we should go on a walk which usually ends up with us picking a coffee shop or bar to check out within a mile or two. If it's a bar it can culminate in drinking a lot, probably too much for a given day throughout the day because we'll normally come home and keep it going while we're making dinner or something like that and neither of us are really beer drinkers anymore, it's normally just a ton of mezcal and bourbon.

That's the kind of thing I'm kind of trying to get away from. Need to get better at not drinking more when I come home from a bar.

[scoots]

Drinking at home is great, improves your drink selection and can be combined with video games.

[krentist]

I do not drink at home and rarely during the week at all but when it's the weekend... Blast off.

[thebosma]

Rarely if ever drink at home. Usually just a couple glasses of wine. However if I’m at someone else’s house it’s going off. It makes me a cheaper drunk out in public and also creates fun scenarios like this exact moment where I’m in my in-laws kitchen caramelizing onions off a fucking bean

[monasterymonochrome]

Probably have a 1-2 drinks about once or twice a week? Anything more than 3 gets me well and fucked up these days. I had like 6-7 drinks on NYE and was goooone lmao.