Waking up January 4th feeling good!!

Sleeping much better!

big-ag said:

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In. One of the downsides of being on the wrong side of my 40s is acid reflux when I have more than a couple of drinks. The more I drink the worse it is. Hoping a month off will reset that.

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Same here. I haven't had a drop of alcohol to since Christmas day. I'm also starting to drink a little vinegar every day to hopefully reset my stomach.

I'm feeling great but I'm not sure if that's dry January or just because I haven't had to go to work yet this year…

2.5 mos

Absolute said:

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Wife an I are in. 3rd or 4th year. Not terribly hard, but has started to feel necessary after the holidays. Already noticing the sleep part.

Son (27yo) said he was in and boasted he was going through Feb. Took the Family to the Stars game last night. At dinner he said he was doing "Damp" January instead. His definition of "Damp" was drinking allowed Friday, Saturday and Sunday daytime AND (this was the best part) ANY day that has a sporting event he wants to watch.....SO pretty much every day! So he drank at the game and dinner.....Loser.

Did have a friend last year that did the Damp thing with Damp being just Friday and Saturday. Guess if that works for you it is better than nothing. Seems to me that it just becomes habit and gradually increases through the year. Have really come to almost look forward to Dryuary and definitely save some money on wine and going out to dinner.

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I have done it before where it is no drinking if I have to work the next day and that seemed to work out okay. Also on the weekends no drinking until the sun goes down.

I do the no drinking for lent thing. But I'm also restricting drinking for just one weekend day in January.

I've been dry since NYE.


Wasn't exactly planned and not sure how long I'll go on with it.

Congrats dude!

Thanks brother.

Congrats on the baby and staying on track

No

Who is feeling good on Day 5?

Any noticeable differences this early in?

Aggie Therapist said:

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Who is feeling good on Day 5?

Any noticeable differences this early in?

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for me I have not really seen anything.

I researched this and it all depends what you are coming from. I have certainly been splitting a bottle of wine most nights the last few months and occasionally more so that certainly isn't healthy but not years of alcoholism either.

My research said that for those that were heavy drinkers you would have withdrawal (headache, brain fog, sleep issues) within first 4 days and then you start seeing better skin and better sleep etc etc etc.

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you may lose a pound or two of weight in the first week after stopping drinking, according to the Mayo Clinic.

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A pound after two weeks???

Well I was having more bourbon than I probably should nightly…..but didn't have those issues so far. Yay! I'm not an alcoholic.

However, this weight isn't flying off like the user above mentioned.

I need to drink way more water and keep exercising.

Yes for sure. Energy.

Wish yall the best!

Down 4 pounds

Freebirds yesterday prevented any weight loss

Yall making it through the weekend?

Down 5 lbs this week!

Think I'm shooting for humid January. No drinks so far this year but planning on having some wine or beer tonight with the Texans game.

If I can ditch weekday drinking and just a couple on the weekends, I'll call that a win.

Appreciate the honesty

Yup. It's tough.

LondonAg89 said:

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Yall making it through the weekend?

Down 5 lbs this week!

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Still dry

Going good here since the 2nd. I have terrible sleep problems with or without the booze but this weekend I managed to get 2 decent nights of sleep since I had the bed to myself so it helped me stay motivated. The long weekend next weekend with Mr. Diesel home will more challenging. He was supposed to be doing it as well but I think he made it 3 days. Did a dry June and a mostly dry Jan 2023 so it's been easier this go round.

Right there with you. 2 1/2 year old in the throes of terrible twos got to me last night.