Dry Another Day! February beckons. Dry January (and beyond?) Thread 2. All welcome.

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Ah, there you are little dry pingywings. 🐧🐧🐧

Shiny new thread. I've swept the berg and we're good to go. Hop on.

Day 39 if not drinking and day 45952893 of having Covid, or so it feels.

I'm really not well but I can't stop eating. How can this be?? I'd have assumed that coughing until you want to vom, having a sore throat, fever and all the other bollocks that goes along with it would ruin your appetite. But no, not me. Equally I keep thinking how nice it would be to get absolutely hammered. Somethings no right with me. I want a kitchen disco. Even though I'd be dancing on my own I still want one 😂

Ach never mind, I'll keep at it. Hope everyone is doing okay, whatever way they choose and my fellow covids aren't too poorly.

Poor you @lunklitdays. Sounds miserable. Hope you start feeling better soon.

I have Covid too, feel crap and weirdly starving hungry constantly too.

Maybe it's a thing??

Checking in, dry during the week here after a planned slip at the weekend. I'm feeling quite low this week and have been having bad dreams. Not sure if that is linked to wine last weekend.

Checking in day 41. Lost the thread off my active list.
Just catching up but I’m currently playing the “will I or won’t I” dilemma for half term. Shall I give myself permission and potentially live to regret it or shall I take the option off the table?
41 days is my longest run since I was breastfeeding my youngest.

Day 41 here too and no plans (or desire) to have a drink.

My DS (11) has come down with Covid too now and is feeling really poorly, poor boy. So 50% of my household is buggy and trying to keep away from the other 50%!

Hi all.

Well done @HotWaterAndLemon and @DavetheCat2001 That’s amazing.

I’ve decided to let myself have two nights off a week. The reason for two is that I don’t want to drink all three nights at the weekend.

This week one of my two nights ended up being last night. We were having lamb and I really fancied red wine with it. So we did.

Now I have one night off at the weekend. Probably Sunday as we are having a roast.

That sounds like a really sensible approach @Peridot1

Having a glass of wine with a nice meal, moderating! Exactly what I wish I could do, rather than chugging the whole bloody bottle and then some more

That's my long term aim. Not planning on never drinking againnas I love wine, but need to be able drink it as an accompaniment to food, not as the main course!

Hmm. It’s moderation in that it’s only two nights but we may have finished the bottle last night. And may have opened a second…… Actually sticking to one bottle between us is my next aim.

For me I love the glass or two before dinner. And then a glass with dinner. Need to knock the wine after dinner on the head completely. I’m really enjoying my decaf tea at night so I do eventually switch to that. DH ended up finishing the second bottle.

We were at the stage that OH was going to our local shop to buy a bottle of wine, he was sneakily coming back with 2.

Those would be chugged, then he would say 'fancy another glass?', and I'd lamely protest for about 3 seconds, and then he'd be back round to the shop for a 3rd 😳

Man in shop must have thought he was some kind of alkie as it was a pretty regular occurrence.

Checking. Day 42 here, also name changed once or twice since the start of this thread.

Had a pang of wanting wine earlier but it's gone now.

Hope those with Covid feel better soon.

Hi everyone, I lost the thread for a bit. Hope you are all doing ok and those not wanting to drink are feeling strong for tomorrow. I've got to pick my DD up at 7.30 which would be well into Friday drinks in normal times. Now I just feel a bit relieved I need to go for a drive.

Evening all! Another dry weekend coming up. Can't believe I've lasted so long. I'm going out on 19th, so have to decide what to do that night.

Morning, well back to day 2 for me. I drank wine on Wednesday night. I knew I was going to tbh, been utterly fed up with this covid (still positive today, day 8).

I drank a whole bottle but it tasted vile, it didn't make me feel good and I had a rubbish sleep. I don't know why I didn't stop after the first glass. Well I do know, I wanted for it to get better and for me to feel relaxed and happier. None of that happened. So lesson learned. Another dry weekend coming up.

Happy Friday everyone

Hi pinguwings….. I lurked most of dry Jan and posted a few positive texts …. but then sloped off a few days pre feb despite good intentions. Is it ok if I try and join back in? X

Happy Friday evening gang..hope everyone is doing ok despite Covid, slipping off icebergs and general life!

Day 42 for me. I've never gone this long without a drink. I've done Dry Jan for the past 5 or 6 years without too much bother, but always plunged straight back into boozing come February.

It definitely feels like I have had a proper reset this time. I don't want to say I'll never drink again because actually I do really love wine..just a bit too much of it. Hoping I can get to a place where I can enjoy a few drinks but know when to stop.

I do wonder if I had a drink now after 6 weeks of abstinence though how that first glass would hit me..

Well my plan of being SO moderate and sensible lasted until Thursday evening. Drank last night too.

Back on the berg today. I may need tying down and sitting on to keep me on but I’m on!

@NewCherry

Hi pinguwings….. I lurked most of dry Jan and posted a few positive texts …. but then sloped off a few days pre feb despite good intentions. Is it ok if I try and join back in? X

Welcome back. I don't know if you saw the posts about sober capital - basically sober capital is a build up of all those days that you would normally have drank but didn't. So even if you've slipped up and had a few drinks, you still have more sober capital than you would have if you hadn't tried Dry January. Some people are tracking it on the Try Dry app as it gives you a visual.

Hi all, day 44 here. Am enjoying finding AF alternatives the Belle & Co Prosecco from Ocado and Iceland is nice only £4 as well 👍🏼

I managed another Fri and Sat night just with a couple of Aldi AF Saint Etiennes. Had a nice time and it didn't feel like anything was missing I feel like I might have forgotten what real beer tastes like now, so I quite like the Aldi stuff and can regard it as a treat.

The next thing on my horizon is half term as I have a week off work and would usually drink every night of the holidays. We have visitors too, which makes it extra difficult. Haven't decided what to do, but I am currently feeling quite proud of myself, so not sure I am ready to give that up!

I've found for me, not planning/ trying to decide if I am going to drink or not on a night out works.

I was umming and ahhing before a night out last weekend, until the day itself. I got there, OH asked if I wanted a drink, and at that moment the answer was 'no'.

Ended up drinking diet coke all evening and didn't miss having a booze drink at all.

I had been kind of worrying about the evening breaking my 'dry spell' too, and whilst I wanted to go, I sort of didn't too.. not sure if I'm making much sense here!

Actually just chilling out and seeing how I felt at the party was the best way.

Trying to predict if you are going to drink in advance is kind of exhausting!

Happy Sunday, I'm down 5lbs now. Like I said it's not just about the booze calories, it's also that I make healthier choices when I'm not hungover. If I can get to 10lbs by the end of March, I'll be so happy that I'll probably carry on until I lose a stone.

Well done @oopsIdiditagaintoo !

I've list 9lbs since the beginning of the year.. similarly to you have been making far more sensible food choices!

Have had a few damp days, not sopping wet like they could have been but I've had wine.

Few glasses on Friday as we were out with family we've not seen in two years.

Few glasses with dinner yesterday too. We went somewhere quite posh expensive and I was the only one drinking red I was ordering by the glass. £10 for a Malbec 😳

My relatives have just gone off to the airport and have left 2 glasses in a bottle. I'm debating between drinking it and tipping it... either way the plan is tomorrow to go back to no drinking. I'm going to stick to occasions / out of the house now I think.

May I join in? I took the decision in early January to seriously cut back on alcohol consumption as the amount I was drinking was damaging both physically and mentally. It all spiralled out of control after the various stresses of covid related stuff and a horrible bereavement.

I stumbled across an app via Instagram around that time (don’t know if I’m allowed to name it, or if that’s frowned upon) which has been such an enormous help and my cutting back has been successful thus far. My two golden rules are no drinking at home and no drinking alone. I’ve not gone completely dry but my husband is hugely supportive and we’ve been able to go out for meals where I’ve stopped after a couple of glasses instead of me having those couple and then continuing to try and chase the ‘high’.

Anyway. That’s my ‘story’ in a nutshell - it will be nice to hopefully find some additional support via this forum / thread.