Dry January: Sober Curious

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  1. CaneKnight

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    I've got too much work to even think about drinking. This was the perfect time to do dry January for me
     
  2. Daniel Ocean

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    well I tried
     
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  3. TC

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    I wonder why people feel like they need to drink during sporting events

    [Cut to massive amounts of alcohol advertisements]
     
  4. CaneKnight

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    Unless my team is getting pounded I generally like to watch sober....
     
  5. Hank Scorpio

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    Feel the same if it's a team I care about
     
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  6. DistantFactor

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    Before Covid big sporting events were typically a reason to get together from a social stand point, hence the drinking association.
     
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  7. Daniel Ocean

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    with me it’s more about grilling and relaxing I usually only drink Saturday so it works out that I grill, have a few drinks and watch the game.
     
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  8. Bruce Bowen

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    This weekend was tough. Took my son to the zoo and couldn't help but notice every person with a beer which seemed like damn near everyone.
     
  9. theregionsitter

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    I never understood drinking at a place like a zoo with your kids, is it really that fucking necessary to have a $14 bud light and look at Monkeys in a cage?
     
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  10. Goose

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    I took a girl on a date to the zoo and we got drunk and it was awesome
     
  11. WillySaliba

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    congrats on sex. How much did you drop?
     
  12. Goose

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    Not enough to get sex but we made out in the nocturnal room
     
  13. Bruce Bowen

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    If beer is served people will drink it's science. Dave and Busters was no doubt spawned from parents wishing they could drink at Chuck E Cheese.
     
  14. Tex

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    You can get drunk at Chuck E. Cheese’s. They have cheap pitchers and it’s the old school large/tall pitchers.
     
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  15. jbr

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    All my Covid weight is gone.

    Broke the 250 mark this morning. From 262.4 on Dec 26 to 249.8 on 1/19. Shooting for 242.4 on 2/5 cause all the beers will be drank on super bowl weekend.
     
  16. Roy

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    Fell off the wagon this weekend bros :(

    shits hard
     
  17. Bruce Bowen

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    Pouring one out for a lost homie
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  18. War Grundle

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    Still dry. Been drinking like 100oz of water a day.
     
  19. Can I Spliff it

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    Every month is dry to ben shapiro

    Wakka wakka wakka wakka

    Whats this thread about?
     
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  20. ashy larry

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    just a cheat day. hop back on
     
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  21. Hank Scorpio

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  22. Fancy

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    One day doesn't make the month a failure. Dust yourself off <3

    I know I'm only doing weekdays but I really wanted a drink tonight. Thought of this thread and decided to push on until the weekend.
     
  23. kinghill

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    Have been drinking a little bit on 5 day vacation but nothing crazy. Will finish off the last 10 days of the month dry. Good enough for me.
     
  24. jbr

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    Taking a one day inauguration dry January hiatus
     
  25. Fancy

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    Might have a #RyeForTheNewGuy
     
  26. Baseballman86

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    On cruise control now, but already planning that first bourbon on February 1st. Sucks we’ve got 2 weekends left though
     
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  27. TC

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    Bought 2 six packs today :thumb:

    Ain’t drinking them til February though
     
  28. Nole0515

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    I've bought 4 bottle of bourbon this past week. Havent touched them yet. Waiting for February
     
  29. theregionsitter

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    Minus the NFL this is getting easier
     
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  30. Shunface

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    We just talking alcohol here?
     
  31. Tex

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    The wife is going out of town February 19th for the weekend. I might ride dry January till then and just get blackout and finish my last bit of shrooms I’ve been holding on to. We shall see.
     
  32. strike

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    My wife nearly went back home last weekend to see her family with our one year old. Would have been my first weekend alone since she was born. Don’t think dry January would have survived with that nfl slate.
     
  33. Daniel Ocean

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    Shapiro that you?
     
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  34. Shunface

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    Ernie that you?
     
  35. TC

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    Mods please change title to "Talking Alcohol"
     
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  36. Hank Scorpio

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    Had that happen one weekend a few months ago where my wife took the kids to visit her sister and ended up staying the night. The solitude was glorious.
     
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  37. TC

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    I do crystal meth when the wife's out of town. She always wonders why I never touch the leftovers
     
  38. theregionsitter

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    this is a vibe
     
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  39. Shunface

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    Curios if this was a safe place for the herb smokers taking some time off.

    Guess only the drunks are allowed in here.
     
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  40. TC

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    A couple people mentioned bud earlier in the thread. You doing no bud Jan?
     
  41. Shunface

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    Trying. Not gonna lie and say I don’t smoke for the enjoyment.

    But it’s also been my crutch to sleep at night.
     
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  42. TC

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    I figure you're not truly "sober" unless you're off weed, alcohol, and everything. Still tough to draw a line though because what about caffeine, what about prescription medicine, etc. There's a lot of little things that take the edge off of life
     
  43. kinghill

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    That's much harder than not drinking, imo, at least from my experience. The dependency on :leaf: to sleep and even eat was pretty consistent way back years ago when I smoked daily.
     
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  44. Daniel Ocean

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    dude it was a “you can’t get your wife wet” joke hence Shapiro as in Ben.
     
  45. kinghill

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    tip: never explain the joke.
     
  46. Shunface

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    Dude, I’m aware. I just thought it was a dumbass comment. But understanding you just can’t seem to not bring politics into the discussion I really didn’t expect less from you.
     
  47. TC

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    Let's relax guys. It's been 22 days since anyone's had a drink so we're all a little edgy
     
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  48. Shunface

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    Agreed. Sometimes it’d just be nice if people could manage to keep the politics in the politics thread(s). Not everyone let’s it run their lives.
     
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  49. TC

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    You can't afford to be neutral on a moving train!!!!!!!!!

    (I agree.)
     
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  50. ashy larry

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    solidarity, brothers. almost home