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    Mik
    wrote on 8 Jan 2025, 02:19 last edited by
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    It just gives the liver false hope and is therefore cruel.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 8 Jan 2025, 02:20 last edited by
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      Ha

      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
      -Cormac McCarthy

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      • J jon-nyc
        8 Jan 2025, 02:17

        lol

        I’m a week in I guess. I ritualistically have seltzer while making dinner now, replacing the wine that had become something of a habit.

        And you, @89th? How’s it going?

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        89th
        wrote on 8 Jan 2025, 12:49 last edited by
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        @jon-nyc said in Dry January:

        And you, @89th? How’s it going?

        Overall good! Each day I've done some calisthenics (15 min of stretching and body-weight exercises like planks or squats), and 4 of 7 days I've done about 20 minutes on the stationary bike. Also tracking water intake, and sleeping a tad more.

        For dry January, I did give in on Sunday night while watching the Vikings lose... but felt it in the morning, and reminded me why it's good to cut the late night snacks/drinks out. I also don't keep any beer in the fridge... if it ain't cold, I ain't tempted to drink it!

        Not trying to do anything crazy, but slightly better eating, less snacking, slightly better sleep, less booze, more water, and regular/daily workouts of some sort. Most of them I do with the 3 kids all going crazy around playing with monster trucks or dolls, but such is life today...

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 30 Mar 2025, 23:09 last edited by
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          Mayla's birthday is this week while I'll be in Lisbon for our biannual international conference. So we're celebrating today. Tonight will be my first glass of anything alcoholic at home in 2025. I still drink when I'm at events.

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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            Mik
            wrote on 31 Mar 2025, 01:27 last edited by
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            Moderation claims another victim.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 31 Mar 2025, 01:30 last edited by
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              If it helps I’ll be shitfaced every night in Portugal.

              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
              -Cormac McCarthy

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              • J jon-nyc
                30 Mar 2025, 23:09

                Mayla's birthday is this week while I'll be in Lisbon for our biannual international conference. So we're celebrating today. Tonight will be my first glass of anything alcoholic at home in 2025. I still drink when I'm at events.

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                Doctor Phibes
                wrote on 31 Mar 2025, 01:31 last edited by
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                @jon-nyc said in Dry January:

                I still drink when I'm at events.

                My life is one big event. A solo event, admittedly, but an event nonetheless.

                I was only joking

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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on 31 Mar 2025, 01:32 last edited by
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                  Hey, it ain’t considered drinking alone if the wife and kids are somewhere in the house.

                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                  • J jon-nyc
                    31 Mar 2025, 01:30

                    If it helps I’ll be shitfaced every night in Portugal.

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 31 Mar 2025, 01:33 last edited by
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                    @jon-nyc said in Dry January:

                    If it helps I’ll be shitfaced every night in Portugal.

                    Portuguese reds are incredible bargains. I suspect they’ll have some great stuff.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      31 Mar 2025, 01:33

                      @jon-nyc said in Dry January:

                      If it helps I’ll be shitfaced every night in Portugal.

                      Portuguese reds are incredible bargains. I suspect they’ll have some great stuff.

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 31 Mar 2025, 01:42 last edited by jon-nyc
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                      @Mik said in Dry January:

                      @jon-nyc said in Dry January:

                      If it helps I’ll be shitfaced every night in Portugal.

                      Portuguese reds are incredible bargains.

                      I was in Portugal with the boy in the summer of 2022. We went to Nazaré, a beach town famous for the largest waves on the planet (but only in October). We went to a restaurant and I saw one of their vinhos verdes (‘green wine’, but really white) for 7€. I ordered it and they brought me THE WHOLE FUCKNG BOTTLE. FOR 7 EURO. IN A BEACH TOWN. IN SUMMER.

                      I was shocked but also embarrassed. Buying an entire bottle of wine to drink by myself before driving my son and I back to the hotel was not my plan.

                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                        Mik
                        wrote on 31 Mar 2025, 01:43 last edited by
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                        It’s just as wasted if you drink it and don’t want it.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 31 Mar 2025, 01:47 last edited by
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                          This was filmed on the beach we were at, maybe a year or two before we were there.

                          Link to video

                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                          -Cormac McCarthy

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