I made it until the Lions playoff game I went to on 1/21. I will say that I have continued to drink less anyway. There have been some dinners where i only drank water and I think I am going to look to continue that on some of the mid wk stuff.
I’m not going to be sober, but the plan is to keep my drinking, especially binge drinking on the weekends, to a minimum.
bought a 6pack last night with the plan on drinking a few or all of them got home 9:30pm and decided going to sleep would be smarter this morning, very glad I took the sleeping route. maybe I'll have a few Sunday.
Went to a nice dinner last night, had a virgin mojito that was incredible. Followed up with the Savannah Bananas and my first thought when I got there was god dammit this event was made for me to be drunk at but never fully considered ordering one. Leaving the stadium/waking up this morning couldn't have been happier that I didn't. Had a great time without.
I always start on the Monday after the Super Bowl. I’ll start my RP app and just quit drinking for a month after. Not like I’m boozing hard today or anything. Probably take a 6 pack to our friends’ house to watch the game until halftime. They don’t really ever drink at all so not like it’s gonna be crazy.
Stayed strong since 1/1 last night. Work dinner and everyone was boozing hard. Expensive red wine's flowing to accompany some good steak. Really wanted a glass of that sweet nectar. I'm not hungover today and able to workout this AM, so glad I didn't. Hoping to continue to stay strong until Late April when I go on a solo vacation to El Salvador, where I plan to have a few beers
I failed. I think part of putting shit out in the world is being honest during times of imperfection. I ski every weekend and alcohol is such a part of the culture. I folded. Being sober or more sober is a desire. I am lucky that it’s not a necessity. I understand that’s a huge difference. I am not an alcoholic, but the son of one. I am not afraid of my ability to control my drinking, but am afraid of setting an example to and for my kids that alcohol is needed to have fun as an adult. This is where I struggle. I am not one that enjoys being social and alcohol helps me get through those moments. I cannot control my and my wife’s family addictive genes, that history of alcoholism is a worry that I have for my kids, but I am working on being a better example to them. Work in progress.
I'm also the son of a former alcoholic. My dad quit cold turkey which is impressive and has gone strong for around 30 years now. My brother is starting to fall into alcoholism though if he isn't already there. I've used alcohol in the past to help with being more social and understand that struggle. I think some of this is why I try to do dry January each year. I don't drink heavy that often, but don't want it to ever get the best of me so I'm always conscious of how much I do drink. I think it's good to be honest and think you make a lot of good points.
Haven't had a drink since SB. Wasn't really planning to at first but at this point I may try to make it to MLB opening day.
Same plan this year, going to Vegas same weekend so sobriety until then good luck to everyone doing dry january
Sober between Christmas and New Year's is absolute sicko shit. If you can do that, you can do anything.
I’ll be back. Was really easy after the first weekend last year. No booze no carbs all Jan to I’m looking good for the single Milfs on Vday.
Different strokes and whatnot. We gravitate toward national parks and beaches. I just don’t love being around people.
for every disney trip you take your family to you should be required to take them on an equivalent trip that is culturally enriching.
Riding rides is rad and also the trick is to go in the afternoon and stay late so you aren't really around that many people. I'm also a big not crowd person but there's ways to avoid the rush for the most part.
Clearly not my idea. We live 45 minutes away and have never taken them. Their friends keep talking about it, and then my mom had to mention that she would drop us off at Disneyland after school. I hate crowds so we’re going during the week.
Going to Hawaii this year so trying to get them a good range of experiences. Europe in the next year or two.
We want to take our son at some point. He’s 4 but he loves the fuck out of all things Disney, Marvel, Pixar, etc. Thinking maybe in a year or 2 we take him but we’d both be first timers as well so we’d go through a girl I went to school with because she goes multiple times a year with her family and actually does travel planning for Disney trips as a side gig.
took our 6 year old this summer and he had the time of his life. he was tall enough to ride everything except tower of terror and rock n roller coaster so right around that age imo. wife really wants to take the 3 year old but i just don’t think it’s worth the money for something she won’t appreciate/remember it was exhausting and disney adults are weird but seeing him get to do it was worth it. also i was too tired to bother with drinking when we got back to the hotel so maybe it’d be beneficial for dry january
4 or 5 to 10-11. 4 or 5 is so fuckin fun if they're dressing up like princesses or toy story or star wars fans. 10 or 11 they'll ride the roller coasters and whatnot. Anything older than that and it's like, Universal and anything younger than that and they won't get anything out of it. Even on the low end there they won't remember shit if you take them to something more interesting.
I had the most fun with my kids when they were mid to late teens Third week of Christmas vacation used to be a great time to go but ten years ago it changed and now that week is as crowded as any other
Same. 11 and 9 and they've never really asked. Probably helps that they never gravitated towards any Disney shows when they were younger and my wife and I dgaf about Disney. My 11 yr old is very interested in going to Star Wars land though. She's 95% her mom, but she got my height and interest in nerdy shit. Oh, and in for dry January minus a conference I'm probably going to mid-Jan.