wessimo said:

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Four weeks down, still going strong

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I think we're gonna make it!!!!!!

Keep it up y'all!

Good luck to you as well.

Sort of a Squid Games game right now for DoD and Federal Employees

I honestly have no idea what's going on. I'm in the field for 5 weeks trying not to freeze at the mountain warfare training center. I'll just let everything play out and hopefully it'll be better by the time I get back.

Ooooh look at you getting to go to some fun schools

Caved tonight, closed $5 mil in work today and had just spent 3 hours walking the HS for orientation for my 8th grade daughter lol

If anything, this month taught me a few things:

• abstaining has gotten easier as I've gotten older
• the gains in sleep, stress and overall energy from not drinking is pretty outstanding
• discovered new NA beer/cocktail options
• I still like a beer in situations, but don't miss the bourbon like I thought I would

Will probably leave February open before taking another break during Lent per tradition.

Couldn't wait one more day?!

lol jk

Good job man. Sounds like you learned a lot!

I know my wife and daughter were giving me crap at dinner about it. Deservedly so.

Now sell all your bourbon and ……..just kidding

Congrats sir

Made it. Planning to continue another week as a victory lap. This dry Jan was really helpful for me to reflect on my drinking habits and the impacts that was having on my health and relationships.

I have been training for a half marathon next Saturday and will likely partake in the finisher beer.

I've slowed down big time. I've got what I got and don't plan to get anymore anytime soon. A few will be gifts and a few nice ones drinkers. Def contemplated selling the pappy!

Besides getting sick the last few days of the month overall I feel much better. Down 8 lbs. Will drink minimally this next month as well. Goal weight should be reached by end of April and want to keep this up to get to that goal.

Second dry January in a row down.

Are secondary prices still trending down?

Run that back, Turbo

Made it through January. Looking forward to a glass of wine with steak tonight. I really enjoy the reset- especially after football/holidays, a time when my drinking really ramps up. Want to keep it to 3-4 drinks a week, vs 3-4 a day. Found out I really just enjoy pouring a bourbon while cooking and having a glass of wine with dinner even though I understand it is healthier to abstain.

So disappointing. Second dry January in a row and no weight loss from abstaining. Leads me to the obvious conclusion that I wasn't drinking enough if stopping had no positive effect on my weight. ;-)

34 Dry January's in the books

Grats! Did you forget you posted the same after midnight this morning?

Made it through January! Not that bad. Did discover some non-alcoholic beer in the process for football weekends.

1/25 survivor, first Burbon of the year today and uphill from there. Not far uphill. Cheers.

Last real drink was on 12/31 (I drank a lot of NA beers, though, so technically my January consumption was probably something like 1-2 drinks when you add up all those fake ones).

I have been a moderate-ish drinker for awhile: for me, a light week is 3-4 drinks, a normal one is 6-8, and a heavy one is maybe 14-16 (and I'm using the standardized 5oz of 12% wine, 12oz of 5% beer, or 1.5oz of 40% liquor scale. I'm not counting a pint of a 12% stout as one drink). This nearly 5 week stretch is the longest I've gone without booze in a long ass time.

While I'm sure that sobriety is a revelation for long time heavy drinkers, I gotta say that the "sleep like a teenager, workout like a D1 athlete, and think like a mentat!" tagline was way overblown. I don't feel much different at all. Yea, morning cardio is noticeably easier after zero drinks than three, but that's about it (and it's no different after one). I'll probably try to keep future drinking very low because of the unknown carcinogen risk (though the science is iffy at my level), but I'm not convinced I'm changing my life here.