Indeed...On 20 January 2017 America starts down the road to being Great again. I wonder what decade black American's would like to go back to?.

Yes I succumbed in anticipation of next Friday. Now I've gotta decide how I want to behave for the rest of the month - keep it dry or no?

Does anyone want to go for the Dry January Challenge in 2018?
I was successful 2 years ago, but failed last year prior to the inauguration. Not sure I'm up to it this time, but may participate if there is a strong response.
Teetotalers prohibited!


https://www.salon.com/2015/12/31/why_ob ... e_partner/

I'm in need of addressing some other unhealthy habits like eating too damn much. Is there a club for that addiction?

LanDroid wrote:Does anyone want to go for the Dry January Challenge in 2018?
I was successful 2 years ago, but failed last year prior to the inauguration. Not sure I'm up to it this time, but may participate if there is a strong response.
Teetotalers prohibited!


https://www.salon.com/2015/12/31/why_ob ... e_partner/

Last year I tried it for the first time, was successful if you ignore the small party I had already scheduled at my house on Jan. 6 (I went an extra day into Feb. to compensate). I'll do it again. It seems good to confirm that missing a drink or two daily isn't that big of a deal. But going dry for 31 days might, as LanDroid says, help put the brakes on the habit getting out of hand as time goes on. Of course, I don't work anymore, so I'll have to see whether having so much more free time will make the dry month more torturous.

Chris OConnor wrote:I'm in need of addressing some other unhealthy habits like eating too damn much. Is there a club for that addiction?

It's a bigger control problem on the eating side, isn't it? We still gotta eat when going without booze. Maybe start a Starvation February thing? It's a short month. People might find it easier to deny themselves if they know there's an end date to their suffering. Maybe the experience of strict limits during Feb. could help them be moderate for the months afterwards. I don't know, maybe.

There is indeed; it is called Overeaters Anonymous. Their web site it https://oea.org

DWill wrote:

Chris OConnor wrote:I'm in need of addressing some other unhealthy habits like eating too damn much. Is there a club for that addiction?

It's a bigger control problem on the eating side, isn't it? We still gotta eat when going without booze.

I am a great believer in the opposition between connection and addiction. Computer strategy games are my addiction, and I definitely find a trade-off between connection time with friends and family, on the one hand, and computer game time, on the other.

It also helps to treat addictive substances or activities (e.g. eating cake) as a "social activity only". Just as drinking alone is a sign of a problem, so eating treats alone shows an imbalance.

I lost 20 pounds when I retired, and have kept it off. I am still a little bit overweight, but I love getting comments about how I am "looking good," etc. The key was getting enough sleep. Research has showed that insufficient sleep leads to more impulsive behavior.

An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finished all three, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.

The bartender says to him, "You know, a pint goes flat after I draw it; it would taste better if you bought one at a time." The Irishman replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in America, the other in Australia, and I’m here in Dublin. When we all left home, we promised that we’d drink this way to remember the days we all drank together."

The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar and always drinks the same way: he orders three pints and drinks the three pints by taking drinks from each of them in turn.

One day, he comes in and orders two pints. All the other regulars in the bar notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don’t want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your great loss."

The Irishman looks confused for a moment, then a lights dawns in his eye and he laughs. "Oh, no," he says, "Everyone is fine. I’ve just quit drinking!"

Best joke I've heard in a while. Thanks.