Dry February 2021

[Prgirl_cesca]

Yay love this!!

I am planning to significantly cut down my alcohol intake for Feb. One thing is I have done daily yoga throughout January and it has changed my outlook on life and I feel amazing and I only really get to do it at 8pm when kids in bed and I 100% cannot practice if I have been boozing which pre january would be at least 4 evenings a week. So yeah it is mostly for that reason.

Tonight I am drinking a sparkling rose grape juice from coop. It's very sweet!

 

[Lollypad]

So i went to the shop today for my weekend essentials and just couldn't bring myself to buy booze. I just kept thinking how shit I will feel in the mornings.

So another weekend of fizzy juice and 0% Heineken it is for me then!

I’m just finding something so liberating about being awake and bright at 9am on a Saturday, I can’t face a drink!

 

[Fourcandles]

Signing in for my dry Feb

whenever I failed at dry Jan (every year for about the past 5 years) I used to hate people that said this, but I really do feel great for not drinking. I’ve barely been anxious at all. Coupled with a month of weight watchers I’ve also lost 18lbs - now just the same to go again! If I can stay off the booze and stick to fat club I’m hoping I’ll be a new woman by Easter.

 

[Fourcandles]

I’ve now not had a drink for over 1/10 of the year! And by the middle of this week it will be 1/9. I find that really satisfying. I know as soon as I’m allowed to socialise with people I’ll probably be straight back on it, but I am loving my current ambivalence towards booze

 

[ilikelamp]

I'm craving everything tonight!!!! Still going strong though, I've not had a drink since I started at the beginning Of Jan. I feel no better for it

 

[Pumpkinpie0991]

I’m tempted for Lent, but I’m wondering if I’ve found it easier because there’s no reason to drink? Like as soon as things start opening up and I can start seeing people will I just want to give up? But then it’s only an extra month on Dry Feb. Hmmm.

Same.
I think I’m going to try be drink free until whenever it may be that we can go back out and mingle. But not go too crazy, thinking now the fact I’ve gone near 2 month with no booze & its not really upset or bothered me really I should reign it in when the time comes to going out drinking.

Like actually enjoy what I’m drinking not just chucking it back and getting blotto for the fun of it. Got me thinking of all the concerts I went to and got shit faced and couldn’t even remember most of it sits sad and a little shameful with me now we can’t go to them - hopefully we can whenever it’s ‘covid safe’ if that even is a thing!!

 

[Boredofthegram]

I’ve gotten used to the not drinking now but with nothing to celebrate I think its been much easier. I also have been eating more though through boredom so not losing weight. One thing at a time, maybe I’ll give up choc for lent

 

[Grizzlybear]

Thank you! I had a moderate amount of booze this weekend. Apart from that, dry AF

well done everyone, and excited to continue

 

[Fourcandles]

How’s everyone doing? Another sober Friday night

today is 50 days since the start of dry Jan so nearly 14% of the year without a drink which I’m so pleased about!

 

[SpiceWeasel]

I actually ended up having a drink yesterday, I had two beers (bottles of Brew Dog) then stopped when I had dinner at 6.30! This is a huge achievement for me as I am not a two beers kinda gal still woke up in the night for an hour or so at 3am though, annoying considering I didn’t have a lot, without the pounding heart though which is good.

Agree about alcohol sending you down a path of depression. I haven’t actually been there in ages but I’ll put songs on I get emotional to and go all quiet and basically ruin the evening for my boyfriend! Or worse, very rarely but I will look up my ex on social media. We had a messy break up (he left me for someone else) and it is in fact her account I have to find as he doesn’t have SM. It is ridiculous as we would have broken up anyway without her involvement and I am a million times happier with my boyfriend now than I ever was with him but it was traumatic and I think sometimes when I’m drinking and feeling down it’s like I’ll go out of my way to make myself even more upset! Even as I’m doing it I’ll be like stop it you idiot

 

[comment on life]

I'm not sure who recommended this on here but thank you!!! It really does remind me of a mojito

 

[Pumpkinpie0991]

I’m literally on the cordial and Pepsi max. Mind I’ve noticed I’ve gone to drinking diet pops a lot more now, as I was trying to cut down. I’m happy I’m still drink free - 6 weeks total now!
But yeah I need to start getting more water flavours in to curb the pop!!!!

 

[Fourcandles]

How is everyone getting on? I feel like I’m really into the swing of not drinking now. This weekend will be interesting as Friday nights are always my weak point and this’ll be the first one without the achievement of dry Jan linked to it

 

[Fourcandles]

I’m still in the no boozing camp! I’m not really fussed about having a replacement but will have a fizzy water if I do.

I really fancy a wine but continued weight loss is spurring me on. It’s definitely slowed after a big January loss of 18lbs but I’m down 22lbs since Christmas and fitting in clothes I last wore in 2019 is more satisfying than a glass of wine

 

[cosmo girl]

I've completed my Dry January goal I noticed I was eating more sweet things than normal. I will have a drink this weekend. Good luck everyone with Dry February

 

[Grizzlybear]

@SpiceWeasel snap! 2 beers and dinner then done! Couldn’t believe it might have a couple tomorrow then that’ll be it. This is massive progress. I had a drink last Saturday and before that it was nye. I’m really loving how much clearer and positive I am without constant nights of drinking

 

[SpiceWeasel]

I had a glass of wine last night (bought a mini bottle) and it was really enjoyable and I felt totally satisfied with just one glass!

I really want to lose weight but sadly my body is hanging onto it for dear life

Even though I really want to lose weight and it’s practically all I think about I am struggling to go at it full pelt with the fact food/drink is all I have to look forward to at the moment! I idiotically/optimistically booked flights in Virgin’s Black Friday sale to the USA to go see my family in June and that was spurring me on but now I’m like what is the point went for a run this morning and was thinking how nice it would be to even be able to go for a run at the park in the nearest town!

 

[MyLittlePony25]

I’m still not drinking
I have no desire to drink at all, which is weird but I’m not complaining! My mental health is so much better and I’m slowly pulling myself out of the unmotivated state I’ve been in and going to get back into running again.

 

[Boredofthegram]

Failed at lent. I’ve had 2 drinks on 3 days in feb so far this year. I felt really guilty but then thought hang on you’ve still done 51 sober days so far and that’s such an improvement to last year.

 

[TravellingPants]

I’m quite surprised to report I am still dry! Definitely a time when living alone plays a big part, nobody to tempt me to just have one and it’s just not fun to drink alone. I’m trying to keep going until I can have a drink with a friend and daring to dream that might happen indoors (who knows when?!)

My mental health has also been pretty shaky in this last lockdown so it’s actually a relief not to have the impact of alcohol on it too. My skin is the best it’s been in years but I am quietly seething that I’ve barely lost any weight when it has fallen off in previous Dry Jans