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If I don't have a drink in the evening it's because I forget to make a drink/open a bottle, I don't have what I really want and I'm too lazy to go to the liquor store, or because I'm just not interested.
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Originally Posted by roodd279
There is NO WAY that this is the January to give up drinking. : D
If I don't have a drink in the evening it's because I forget to make a drink/open a bottle, I don't have what I really want and I'm too lazy to go to the liquor store, or because I'm just not interested.
LOL!
I hadn't either, at least as an official thing, aside from people making New Year's resolutions. We knew someone who would always go dry during the end-of-year holidays, but we suspect it was more an attempt to avoid DUIs. He happened to be a bartender.
So this is my first time choosing to participate in the “Dry January” fad and I’m noticing something after the first week without any drink. I only think about a drink as it relates to certain meals. For example, I have always enjoyed a dry red wine with pizza or pasta dishes, and a beer with certain seafood ( raw oysters, steamed shrimp, etc.). I have found that in the absence of imbibing, the only time a drink crosses my mind is at dinner, depending on the meal. Of course most entrees ( chicken, fish, vegetarian entrees, etc.) don’t cause me to associate any type of alcoholic beverage) but as I said above, others do. I am genuinely surprised that aside from certain foods, alcohol does not even occur to me. Just curious if any other folks who are moderate drinkers have the same experience? Of course, it’s only been a week thus far but I have not observed any other changes that others allege they experience when they dont drink (e.g., better quality of sleep, more energy, etc.). Nothing has changed for me other than biting into a New York pizza and thinking, “it’s just not the same with iced tea”.
So... How’d it go?
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