Dryuary 2021
- Patrick T a y l o r
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Dryuary 2021
As if 2020 wasn't bad enough, I would like to start the new year by going dry for the entire month of January.
Trouble is, I only have enough willpower to write this post.
Anyone else interested?
Trouble is, I only have enough willpower to write this post.
Anyone else interested?
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Re: Dryuary 2021
My husband and I are planning to eat clean in January. We'll also be cutting way down on wine vs. the past month or two (there's a low bar). For us wine tends to precipitate overeating, so we can't control one without getting the other under control as well. Having said that we will have one cheat meal a week where anything goes, just to keep ourselves sane
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Re: Dryuary 2021
I’ve done dry January many times. Usually coupled with an intense diet regime. I’ve done everything from water only for seven days to full vegan and nothing with yeast for 60 days.
Last year I just made a conscious effort to avoid anything extra. No extra scoops and no “just one more” glasses of wine, beer, cocktail.
Undecided what I’ll do this year. I’ve been deprived of enough in 2020 not sure I want to start 2021 that way.
Last year I just made a conscious effort to avoid anything extra. No extra scoops and no “just one more” glasses of wine, beer, cocktail.
Undecided what I’ll do this year. I’ve been deprived of enough in 2020 not sure I want to start 2021 that way.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
Yay! The Dryuary (which autocorrected to Dreary lol) website has a signup option for daily emails. Not sure if I will sign up, but I definitely plan a daily check-in on this thread.
https://dryuary.org/wp/
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Re: Dryuary 2021
Hmm. I do not know. I tend to notice it in early January, after it has already begun. (Note: looks like there is a Dry Feb in Canada.)
I want to gear up this time around. It helps that my teetotaling in-laws will be visiting in early January.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
I plan to remain dry from roughly 1am until 5pm on Jan. 1.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
I am right there with you.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
I’ll be doing it.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
I've been back and forth, but being in a cold clime, February is a better month to be outside and active.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
i celebrate Ginuary each year, and if its a real good one can be followed by Februwagon
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Re: Dryuary 2021
I do this every year in conjunction with a ketogenic diet. It feels good. Then it feels good to start having wine again.
Sort of ITB - my husband imports a small amount of sake and I help out
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Re: Dryuary 2021
I have done dry February for the last 2 years. Will do so again for 2021.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
I plan to join as well, with a modified schedule that allows for 2 exceptions: weekends and weekdays.Kelly Walker wrote: ↑December 8th, 2020, 7:12 amI have done dry February for the last 2 years. Will do so again for 2021.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
Since 2020 is such a trainwreck, I decided to go dry in December. I figured, why start off a perfectly good year in 2021 without wine? When you had several doses of bad news for your parents, it was always best to drop all of it at once so they can only get mad once. Similarly, 2020 has been terrible, so why not end it without wine (or any other kind of alcohol)?
Eight days in, and it hasn't been too bad.
Eight days in, and it hasn't been too bad.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
A few years ago I took part in this foolishness - never again. I even gained weight. But the worst part was that I was on a business trip and we were out at dinner entertaining an executive from a bank that we wanted to work with. My sales guy (who knew I was doing a dry month) took one look at the wine list, smirked, looked at me and said, 'You are so much more knowledgeable about wine, why don't you pick something out." So I go through the process, pick out a bottle, taste it when it comes back, and after the waiter had poured everyone else's wine, I had to stop him from filling my glass. At that point my sales guy is just howling in laughter and I had to explain dry-January to everyone at the table. I do have to give my sales guy credit for being quick on his feet but what really irked me was only getting just the tiniest taste of a very nice bottle of wine. The club soda, even with a lime, didn't quite pair as well with my steak.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
My spouse and I did dry January this last year and it was a lot easier than I expected once I got out of the autopilot of opening a bottle of wine. For 2021 we decided against it because there are so many other things we aren’t able to do because of covid, we didn’t want to add to the list. But I expect we will do it again in the future. Good luck to you, and I hope you find it to be a good experience.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
February is a great time to do it. More specifically, February 29, 30 and 31st.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
The problem with this idea is - what on earth are you supposed to do on the holiday that is Friday 1st and the weekend that follows it? In my book those days still count as Christmas.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
I'm up in the air about doing it. I've done dry January (actually extended to President's Day Weekend) for the past 3 years. It's a good way to kick start a bit of weight loss for me. Every year, the weight seems to be harder and harder to lose. Ten years ago, if I did dry January, I'd lose 15lbs just thinking about it. This past time, I lost 8lbs and worked out everyday. It felt like hand to hand combat over each pound.
This year seems so effed up, I'm not so sure that I'm looking to deprive myself of something else.
This year seems so effed up, I'm not so sure that I'm looking to deprive myself of something else.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
I did dry March/ April/ May this year thanks to radiation treatment and related subsequent loss of taste (thankfully temporary).
I think I'm ok to pass on this.
I think I'm ok to pass on this.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
Ugh. You most definitely get a pass.C. Mc Cart wrote: ↑December 8th, 2020, 12:55 pm I did dry March/ April/ May this year thanks to radiation treatment and related subsequent loss of taste (thankfully temporary).
I think I'm ok to pass on this.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
Having had a pretty good case of Covid a month ago and being forced to go dry for a month I will skip the honorable "dry January" or any "uary" in favor of a more moderated drinking regime. My goal is 2 days a week, probably Fri and Sat or Sat and Sun. I think a bottle a weekend is reasonable. It's amazing the craving that occurs with wine. I had my 1st taste, one glass last Friday (28 days after 1st Covid symptom) and I've wanted wine every night right around 5pm. But I've skipped it in favor of strengthening my body from the still lingering effects of Covid.
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Re: Dryuary 2021
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Re: Dryuary 2021
Now THAT is my style. Ginuary. Love it.James Wright wrote: ↑December 8th, 2020, 3:25 am i celebrate Ginuary each year, and if its a real good one can be followed by Februwagon
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