Can you go without booze for 31 days?

I wouldn't want to tbh. We don't drink much at home, but a meal out in a pub or a curry house just calls out for a nice glass of wine.

I can go without alcohol for 365 days. It doesn't figure much in my life if at all.

I could never understand the curry and wine, I have to say. OH will have an Indian beer and I water.

Oh dear, just returned to gransnet tonight after a long absence, think I dipped in to the wrong forum here as I sip my regular glass of sherry!

I came back having just about forgotten about this thread to see it's gone to page 2, thought yippee, but sadly no takers!

Perhaps the people who don't drink at all could sign up anyway to boost the numbers , they were hoping to have 10,000 people signed up to take part and they're only on about 3000.

Thanks everyone for responding anyway

It can be done. I started a dry January 2 years ago and lasted until the 27th when I had a few wines for medicinal purposes as DH died unexpectedly. I had a dry month during this year and found it very easy to do but won't bother this January as I am staying with DD2, it's very hot and a glass or two definitely seems a good idea by late afternoon

I don't think it's likely that anyone's going to come on here and say they couldn't possibly give up booze for 31 days.

Those who don't drink, or drink very little, aren't going to be interested in signing up anyway.

To answer the original question - YES, I often do.

Is there a prize?

Now, if you replaced the 'booze' with 'chocolate' I bet there'd be a more ambivalent response!

I can and I have – in one instance for 18 months – but I don't want to. As far as chocolate is concerned, I could go without it for the rest of my life.

Cheese, then?

I expect most of us could give up something for 31 days, unless we were seriously addicted.

I don't want to go without anything that I like and that includes cheese.

www.newstatesman.com/science/2013/12/do-smart-people-drink-more-heres-some-science-ease-your-hangover

Just saying...

Soutra

I've just had a liver function test done which came back fine, so I'm not going to upset it now by changing the routine

I agree Kitty ... why risk it?

Alcoholics in rehabilitation often drink Blackcurrent juice. It seems to help them for some reason. The high juice own store brands are quite high in Blackcurrent and less sugar than more known brand.

I could give up alcohol and chocolates! Cheese would be a problem.

Nellymoser, there you have it, all of us have a weak point, cheese is mine as well.

No way! I have a small alcoholic something most evenings, and January? No way! It's the most miserable of months.
I may give it a go in February though - we're away on holiday then and out if a routine and spring will be springing when we get back with crocuses and so on. Yes, I'll give it a go in February when I stand a chance of success.

And there are only 28 days in February.

When I was a single parent I had to go withougt alocohol for much longer than that - now that I'm retired and a grandmother, I can't think of a good reason why I would want to !

Merlotgran - love the name , but I prefer shiraz !

No problem for me. I don't drink anyway. Never found anything I like. It all tastes like sour dishwater to me.

I can only have two small glasses of red wine a week. Any more and I get a migraine, and this is after having to abstain for a few years.
So, I don't feel inclined to give it up now.
Not many pleasures left!