Sober for October?

[coffeejo]

Allegedly giving up alcohol for a month is something Alcoholics do to 'prove' they're not an Alky.

Maybe some do (or at least say they will) but we're talking about a disease, not a preference or a habit.

 

[keithmac]

My wife did it last year, she was miserable as sin by the last week!.

 

[MarkF]

I've been on the piss since early June and have had a whale of a time. I usually have a totally dry November but think I'll bring in forward to October this year, may do November too.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I think i posted the same story last year. Anyway,quite a few years ago i wanted to see how long i could go without beer. I was quite successful. Instead of setting myself a set target of say a month i just weighed up how i felt the following day and if i was ok i'd do another dry day. After about 3 weeks i got to the stage where i didn't fancy anymore beer. This worried me. Just imagine a life without beer i thought. So i started boozing again to get myself back onto it. I think i saved myself just in time!

 

[Dayvo]

I'm actually thinking about it.

As long as you still get the beers in...

 

[mustang1]

Maybe I can use sober October to give up chocolate/cakes/junk? Idk if I can do it. Maybe I will donthe first week of october. Is there an equivalent specifically to give up junk food?

 

[coffeejo]

Maybe I can use sober October to give up chocolate/cakes/junk? Idk if I can do it. Maybe I will donthe first week of october. Is there an equivalent specifically to give up junk food?

Dejunk June?

 

[John the Monkey]

Surely if you can't abstain for a month then you have a problem, no?

It could be that it's a cherished, responsibly enjoyed pleasure that eases our passage though this Vale of tears though, I suppose.

 

[John the Monkey]

Maybe I can use sober October to give up chocolate/cakes/junk? Idk if I can do it. Maybe I will donthe first week of october. Is there an equivalent specifically to give up junk food?

Pick 30 days and do it, if you want to.

 

[subaqua]

nah, I will just do no alcohol on a "schoolnight" that gives me friday night and thursday night for a bevvy. have lost nearly a stone by doing that !

 

[keithmac]

I found Guinness was a good tipple when I was on a diet, two pints were tasty and filling for want of a better word!.

 

[TheDoctor]

Surely if you can't abstain for a month then you have a problem, no?

I don't see that that follows at all. I don't consider myself addicted to toast, but it's a rare week when I don't have some, let alone a month.
I'd struggle to do a month without most things in life.

 

[slowmotion]

I gave up buying newspapers at the beginning of February 2016 and I've stuck to it through sheer will-power. It's been so good for my general well-being, (what with the Referendum an' all) , that I feel that I can stick on the grog in October.

Terribly sorry.

 

[mustang1]

Dejunk June?

Remind me closer to the time.

 

[mustang1]

Pick 30 days and do it, if you want to.

I want to. My will power is the weakest thing about me. But sometimes I surprise myself. Let's see.