Once again my wife and I did not participate in dry January 2022. Why is that? We do not drink so much that we feel the need to cut down on on drinking. We do not like being manipulated by health authorities or anyone else for that matter.
During January we had a period of 6 days when we did not drink., and that is because the thought did not cross our minds to open a bottle. This is a way life for us; we don't feel obliged to drink or not to drink.
Last Sunday, we had 7 people for dinner and drank two bottles of Champagne, a bottle of Prosecco, two bottles of red and a quarter bottle of sweet white wine. That meant that on average we each drank about 3/4 of a bottle of wine. This is more than the health recommendations. The next day we did not have a hangover and we didn't feel any sense of guilt. We didn't feel the need to go on the wagon for the rest of the month. Our drinking habits mean that over the course of the month we don't drink too much.
Without being sanctimonious or finger pointing, my opinion is that if you drink so much that you feel the need not to drink for the month of January then you might be better off not drinking at all. Lots of people indulge in dry January because of peer pressure or blandishments from the health authorities and they are not problem drinkers. There is, however, a substantial number of people who cannot control their drinking, if you are one of then the best advice is to quit altogether, as you can still enjoy your life by just drinking water, tea or coffee - this is what we did on our 6 day abstinence.
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