Dry January 2023 Thread

[Anonymous]

Starting this thread as a support thread for those of us doing dry January. I have no social events planned in Jan so far and am training for a 10k that I will be running February, so dry January it is. Who's with me? We've got this!

[Anonymous]

With you! Last year's thread helped me tremendously.

[Anonymous]

I’m mostly with you; I’m visiting friends in my college town for one weekend, and I will be enjoying a few cocktails during that trip. But other than that, zero drinks inside my home or out to “regular” dinners.

[Anonymous]

I’ll be six month alcohol free in January, I plan to stay that way too. I’m in!

[Anonymous]

Yes please. I was on last year's thread and definitely need this one. Thank you for starting it.

[Anonymous]

I’m with you. On Jan 1

I’m going to try to skip my birthday too

[Anonymous]

Yes, though I plan to have ONE drink at ONE party. Otherwise I'm in for the rest of the month.

[Anonymous]

Some motivation:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/12/27/dry-january-health-benefits/

The benefits of ‘Dry January’ last longer than a month, studies show
. People who abstained from alcohol for a month started drinking less the rest of the year and showed striking improvements in their health.

[Anonymous]

I’m in!!!

[Anonymous]

I’m in! This will be my 4th year.

[Anonymous]

Count me in.

[Anonymous]

I'm in also. I did Dry January last year for the first time and also did "Sober September."

[Anonymous]

So now what? Can someone provide coping skills for the regular drinkers? Not a big cocktail/liquor person, but I enjoy wine with dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So now what? Can someone provide coping skills for the regular drinkers? Not a big cocktail/liquor person, but I enjoy wine with dinner.

What kind of coping skills? Some of the things I have used are:
Replacement N/A drinks
Breathing exercises
Journaling
Gratitude lists
Distraction (crossword puzzles, cleaning, etc)

You may want to check out Annie Grace’s The Alcohol Experiment app. It takes you through 30 days of informational videos on what alcohol actually does to you, and has journal prompts every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So now what? Can someone provide coping skills for the regular drinkers? Not a big cocktail/liquor person, but I enjoy wine with dinner.

Carbonated waters

100% pure cranberry juice