Dry January: Sober Curious

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  1. 2

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    My plans... 2020 lol!!!!!

    I gotta clean up my health after this shit year. It’s dry January time again. I was marginally successful in my goal of responsible drinking but bottomed out in the summer. Wasn’t getting wrecked, just more consistent with a couple of beers in the evenings than I’d hoped.
     
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  2. Gunners

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    I'm not doing dry January but doing pretty dry next 10 days as I'm going to my sister's in Florida and hopefully not catch/spread covid. I've been quite a mess this month.
     
  3. theregionsitter

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    I’m in

    I drink way too much
     
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  4. IHHH

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    « pretty dry » got me good. Not judging you though, it’s always good to cut down
     
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  5. BudKilmer

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    Will do a half marathon in February so dry January is a go.
     
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  6. IHHH

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    i don’t know how you freaks do this stuff, and I was a runner. But 21 kilometers seems like a nightmare
     
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  8. IHHH

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    Exactly, why don’t we start a « smash our own testicles » month while we are at it.
     
  9. IHHH

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    I am joking though, it’s a good thing to cut down or stop drinking and I applaud you guys for doing it.
     
  10. BellottiBold

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    100%
    But 2020 technically ending is nowhere near enough for me to feel like denying myself any of my simple pleasures.
     
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  11. War Grundle

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    Was able to make it 45 days to start this year so I’m game to do it again.
     
  12. TYdeFan05

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  13. bigred77

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  14. TC

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    In
     
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  15. IHHH

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  17. kinghill

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    Considering it
     
  18. Bruce Bowen

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  19. Hank Scorpio

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    Addiction has reared its ugly head. I'm in.
     
  20. mc415

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    Staying dry for a month sounds awful, I’m out ! I will commit to once a week dry night in January 2021
     
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  21. Daddy Rabbit

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  22. IHHH

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    this is how I spin this in my head, over a complete year I easily do not drink for at least 31 days. So I do my dry month but I extent it over a year.
     
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  23. IHHH

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    I can easily not drink for 31 days in a year, mostly mondays
     
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  24. Lip

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    Lol no
     
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  25. tylerdolphin

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    I regularly do sober 3-4 weeks when I'm at sea so I like to think that my 5 or so months a year of being 100% sober counteracts probably drinking too often when I'm home. Probably not but yolo.
     
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  26. bertwing

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    Gonna be a WAJ for Bert
     
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  27. IHHH

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    i don’t know how you guys do it, I would go absolutely nuts after 3 weeks. I would probably finally make an appearance on tv but not for the good reasons.
     
  28. IHHH

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    Congrats, that is awesome.
     
  29. Nole0515

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    I’m in. Also gonna add no dipping
     
  30. soulfly

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  31. WillySaliba

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    Going to give it a go this year. We did like 10 days leading up to Thanksgiving, felt good and it’s been debauchery ever since. Will be starting on the 4th.
     
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  32. jbr

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    The second half of 2020 has likely done a number on my liver and definitely on my wallet/waistline

    I hope to make it well past January
     
  33. theregionsitter

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    This, I'm spending way too much money on weird bourbons. When I drink I end up hitting up uber eats or the chips- gonna try and make it a dry first quarter until after we move into the new house
     
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  34. Lip

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    How about you start with a dry 12 hours and then go from there.
     
  35. hood b. goode

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    im down, may have some drinks on new years day, but ill go a day into February
     
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  36. Whammy

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    I’m in - have become a fat unhealthy piece of shit during this pandemic. Ran two miles yesterday to burn off the booze and Egg Noh, ‘twas horrific
     
  37. Todd Bonzales

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  38. GoodForAnother

    GoodForAnother I’d rather be down the allotment
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  39. Lip

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    hey
     
  40. jokewood

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    In.

    So I have a month's worth of drinking to do over the next few days.
     
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  41. Baron

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  42. Shiggityshwo

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    like I'm gonna watch the Orange Bowl sober

    :yaoface:

    I'll probably take the next weekend off though, will be time for a good 14 day reset
     
  43. TC

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    Feeling nice and not hungover this morning :thumb:
     
  44. jbr

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    I did no booze for the week after Christmas and then got crunk on NYE. Felt like hell for most of yesterday.

    Day 1 of dry January done.
     
  45. TC

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    I got good and drunk NYE so I’d be extra motivated to give it a rest. Drank all the big IPAs I had :drunk:
     
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  46. Blu Tang Clan

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    I typically go day after the Super Bowl until the first day of the Big Ten tournament. That or the month of April.
     
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  47. jbr

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    My NYE day/night drinking:

    2x 16oz 8% IPA
    2x 375ml 13.9% BA Stout
    2x 12oz Hibernation Ale
    A bottle of Heidsieck sparkling rose
    8-12 oz of bourbon

    I drank at least a gallon of liquid yesterday to attempt recovery. I’m still sweating it all out and carrying around an extra 10lbs of water weight.
     
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  48. Thoros of Beer

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    It's beautiful timing, really
     
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  49. Daniel Ocean

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    So far so good.
     
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  50. Goose

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    Started today because the playoff game was yesterday. Being hungover sucks
     
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