Seasonal · 12 recordsA month without alcohol

The drinking is rarely the hard part; the events are. This plans for the specific occasions that will test it, gives you something to say, and asks you to write down what changed — because the point of a month off is the information it produces.

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Goal

Finish the month, and know what changed Week 5

Thirty-one days, with the hard occasions planned rather than survived.

Plan for the occasions Day 7

The events are the hard part, not the Tuesdays.

  • List every social thing in the monthDo firstDay 2
  • Decide what I am ordering, and what I am sayingDo firstDay 5
  • Tell one person I am doing itDay 6

Notice what changes Week 5

The whole return on the month, and it fades fast.

  • Write down how I feel in week oneDay 8
  • Write down sleep, money and mood at the endDo firstWeek 5

Routines

  • No alcohol todaydaily
  • Note how I sleptdaily
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The month starts

1 January09:00
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Write down what changed

Sleep, money, mood, weekends. That is the return on the month and it is gone within a fortnight if it is not written while it is still obvious.\n\nThe occasions are the hard part. A quiet Tuesday needs no plan; a wedding does, and deciding what to order in advance is most of it.

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A month without alcohol, answered.

The occasions, not the drink. A quiet Tuesday is easy and a wedding is not, so the plan asks you to list the specific events in the month and decide in advance what you will order and what you will say.
Write down what changed — sleep, money, mood, weight, how the weekends felt. That is the whole return on the month, and it is gone within a fortnight if it is not written while it is still obvious.
No, and the plan works in any month. January is simply when the most people are doing it, which makes the social side considerably easier than attempting the same thing in June.
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