How Dry Can you Go? Ali Bacon's Dry January was more testing than expected
Dry January is hardly a new concept and when I mentioned I had taken it on I had a few ‘underwhelmed’ responses, like, ‘I am doing it anyway and not asking for money.’ Not that I was asking for money for myself, but for the golf club's chosen charity of SCaRF . It was actually a spur of the moment decision taken on Dec 31 st and one I quickly began to regret. Customary tipple First of all I may not be a heavy drinker but for the past few years (starting with a job where I wasn’t happy and needed the six o’clock pick me up) I had become – despite giving up that job - a very regular one. Some nights you just deserve it, right? Other times you just need it! So despite the eye-rolling from golfing buddies oblivious to my off the course habits, I knew it wouldn’t be easy. A few people did issue warnings – January? The very worst month for self-imposed sobriety! And so much longer than February! Too late, the die was cast, a sponsorship list was already in t...