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Tag: Dry January

  • Time for ‘Dry February’?

    So…completing Dry January was a doddle. And then, normal service resumed and I realised just how god-awful I feel after a night on the beers. Not ‘waking up in a skip’ or ‘I’ve lost all my belongings’ or ‘waking up with a mystery tattoo’ awful, but just exhausted and wiped out. So basically, the answer…

  • Dry January: done and dusted!

    It’s January 31st, which means this evening marks the end of Dry January. I’d love to be able to claim I’ve achieved something significant here, but I really can’t. Most days, I haven’t even thought of beer or the absence thereof. I’ve had quite a lot to do this month and being without beer hasn’t…

  • Dry January: one week in

    It’s been a week of no beers (or anything else booze-related) and, as predicted, it’s been a breeze. To be fair, I’d be worried if I couldn’t go seven days with consuming alcohol. But even a week has demonstrated some benefits: I’m sleeping better and feeling ever so slightly less… ‘prosperous’ around my waist. The…

  • Christmas mode activated

    I turned on my out of office setting on my work email account yesterday evening and it felt great. I’m now on holidays until the 4th of January – Christmas mode has been well and truly activated. I’m actually not in any way religious, so it’s more of a secular Christmas mode. No church for…