Day 1 – Welcome to Dryuary!
Kary May Hickey
Day 2: Getting Started-Your Motivation
“Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down stairs a step at a time.” Mark Twain Congratulations on deciding to take a break from drinking this month. Are you new to this? Read on. If you’ve done this before or are a member of…
Day 3: Glass Jar-A Tangible Tool
“If you’re never able to tolerate a little bit of pain and discomfort, you’ll never get better” – Angela Duckworth, Psychologist So, you’ve made the decision to stop drinking for a month. You will experience numerous benefits including clearer thinking, weight loss, increased energy and productivity, reduced cardiovascular risks, better skin, saved money, improved sleep,…
Day 4: What Is Your WHY?
“When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” — Unknown A few weeks ago, in preparation for writing this post, I asked members of the Moderation Management Private Facebook what their motivation was for taking a month off from drinking. Here’s what they had to say: “Dryuary: Reset, Rejuvenate, Reflect.” (this…
Day 5: Why You Should Use Dryuary to Uncover Your Alcohol Mindset
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed no hope at all“ – Dale Carnegie (Previously Published as: https://rachelhart.com/the-forbidden-fruit/) Dry January is so much more than a month of saying no. No matter your goal, time away from drinking is the perfect…
Day 6: The Treasures of Simplifying
Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful. – John Maeda Simplifying has been my goal for several years now. Our kids are long gone with families of their own. We’re retired, thinking of traveling more, and wanting to maintain less. I know in my heart that it’s the right time…
Day 7: So Tell Me What’s Holding You Back?
“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” – Anonymous 2020. The more time I spent at home alone with myself, the more I realized how much energy and time I spent on fighting against things and began to call into question some of my personal practices. When planting my garden, I…
Day 8: Will It Always Be Like This?
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller Will it always be like this? You know the answer already: “this too shall pass.” I knew that already, too, but I didn’t really know it when I first started trying to put together a few days in a row without drinking. It…
Day 9: The Scavenger Hunt
“You can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It all depends on how you view your life.”― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes Chances are, you’re already beginning to wonder why you signed up for this whole Dryuary thing. What were you thinking? What’s the point of spending a whole month…
Day 10: What’s Behind Our Cravings?
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” – John F. Kennedy What’s Behind Our Cravings? Cravings – they hit us out of nowhere and can leave us feeling as if the choice to drink or not to drink is life or death. What gives and why the heck does that even happen? I,…
Day 11: My Dryuary Motivation- ME!
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” – Theodore Roosevelt I practice moderate drinking most of the year, but I choose to not drink at all during January. Friends and family find this confusing – why drink 11 months out of the year, and not January?…
Day 12: Good Times Are Coming…Just Not Yet
“One of the greatest moments in life, realizing that two weeks ago your body couldn’t do what it just did.” — Mick Kremling, Fitness Guru You know how when you’ve been a bit of a couch potato, and then you decide one day, this is it! Gonna get fit! First day is always exciting.…
Day 13: Harnessing That Elusive Unicorn-Sleep!
“Sleep is like the unicorn – it is rumored to exist, but I doubt I will see any.” – Dr. Seuss Dear friends, No matter your culture, race, religion, gender identity or politics, the one thing most creatures great and small have in common is the need for sleep. It’s not news to anyone here that sleep…
Day 14: What do you have energy for?
“If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy The Changes I Have Energy For Have you heard the saying, “You never regret a workout”? Well, I am terrible at working out so here is my small edit… You never regret a night of abstinence. Think about it. When you wake up after a…
Day 15: #GetOutOfGroundHogDay Challenge
“The Only Limit To Our Realization Of Tomorrow Will Be Our Doubts Of Today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt #GetOutOfGroundHogDay Challenge If you’ve ever awakened with regrets ;), you’ll understand how frustrated Phil Connors is when he wakes up on Ground Hog day, just as he did the day before. The same music wakes him on…
Day 16: Doing Dryuary as a Couple
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis Today’s post comes to us from a previous Dryuary participant, who shares with us what it was like to embark on a one-month break from alcohol with her spouse: “In January 2020 my…