I find that type of system works better for me as well. Not so torturous as to deprive myself at length from things I enjoy. Short term is pretty easy though.
Isn’t this why fad diets don’t work long term?
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This is what my wife and I have done for 20 years. Works for us. Never felt compelled to give it up for a specific month.
More like 4 days a week dry as I get older as there is no denying the negative impact alcohol has on getting good sleep.
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I find it generally pretty arbitrary. I don’t drink most of most months, so I’ll generally be participating for at least some of the month, but am doing a long weekend of events mid month.
That said, anything promoting decreasing alcohol consumption is likely not a bad thing from a health perspective.
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This is what we do too. Generally no booze Sun - Wed. And yeah, now into my 50s, there’s no denying I sleep better on the dry nights.
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I don’t know of any real statistics, but most people I talk to say the opposite - after a longer dry spell, they actually drink less when they start again.
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A somewhat contrarian point of view, which I have shared before, though in no way meant to criticize the moderation choice - we don’t have much interest in moderation. A glass of wine is of no interest to us, most of the time. I’d rather have none than one. For me, half a bottle is perfect, if I am going to drink at all. If we open a bottle, we almost always finsh it. And yes, we sometimes open a second, though I usually drink less than my 'fair share" of that, since I am half Jonathan’s size.
To each his own, of course, but the thought of just a glass isn’t fun for me. I also don’t want a spoonful of ice cream. If I’m having ice cream, I’m having a scoop or two. Or one cookie, unless it’s huge, of course. I’d rather say no most of the time, and then have the amount I want when I do indulge. Fortunately, what I want is generally not a truly unreasonable amount, so there is that.
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Supposedly it is better for your liver health to abstain for 1 month than it would be to simply reduce your consumption by 1/12.
I regularly go over a month without drinking but it’s not preplanned
That’s because I actually don’t drink that much at all so the occasions when I do are the exceptions
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Right on Sarah! A taste of honey is worse than none at all.
Everything in moderation … including moderation. So says Oscar Wilde.
Have dessert first too if you feel like it! Or pancakes for dinner (which I have done🙄)
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My wife and I will finish a bottle vs just having a glass, but then 3-4 days will pass before we have another. To us that’s moderation.
That’s sort of how we are but probably drink less often; we basically drink at dinners and events and rarely at home, although we will if we want to, which is not very often.
Your meals at home are typically the opposite of Sarah’s.
Idk, I doubt she’s eating capon right now during her cut.
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Funny you should mention - we took delivery of a fresh capon today, and will cook half tomorrow. It would not have worked while I was doing PSMF, as it’s too high in fat. But I have raised my daily fat for the next phase, and a small portion of capon can fit my macros if I am careful through the day. It’s not too different from your chicken legs.
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Chicken thighs we eat a lot of. I’m not crazy about drumsticks.
I am completely in favor of Dry January.
I have sworn to drink no wines with residual sugar for the entire month.
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That leaves a few outs, tho… 
Sarah - are you sure we’re not related? 
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I practice the same in reality. I would rather have half bottle twice a week than 1 glass six days. I was just wondering about the science.
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I’ve recently been experiencing something similar.
I spent decades drinking most every night, with the only breaks typically occurring when I had some nasty head cold or other illness, or when I had a trial coming up (I typically cut everything out a month or so ahead of trial, just to be as clear headed as possible).