Does such a thing as a ‘dry January’ exist in your country?

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1. Probably, but from my experience it’s more common with smoking. People trying to stop or smoke less.

2. My gym is full with new faces every January. By mid February most are gone.

3. Yes, “tipaton tammikuu”, it translates to “dropless january”.

4. Yep, and I’m going for one this year after last night…

5. ‘veganuary’ is becoming a thing. You see advertising everywhere and the big grocery chains nudge you to buy their vegan products.

6. I haven’t heard about ‘dry January’ here, but some people do something similar during the fasting period between [Ash Wednesday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday) and [Holy Saturday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Saturday). Aside from that plenty of people try to either make up of the Christmas season by either dieting or going to the gym. Some also do it as a new years resolution.

7. Yes, it’s a thing but apart from my brother I don’t know anybody who participates in it.

   I prefer to stick to my routine of not drinking on weekdays and moderating my intake on weekends.

8. Husband and I have done it for over a decade now, but just out of our own volition, didn’t know it was a “thing”.

9. There are always people like that. Personally I stagnate my weight in January and only start to fight the fat gained during the Xmas holidays in April, before the jacketless time begins. But I don’t workout or something, I just eat less high calorie stuff. 2-3 weeks later I got my normal weight back.

10. Not specifically January. People just say they have a *vit månad* (white month) irregardless of when. Some friends might decide to do it together.

11. I mean, the etymology of January here is basically “dry month”, but no, we don’t do that here.

12. In Belgium there is Tournée Minerale, what is about not drinking for a month, but it takes place in February instead of January.

13. Not necessarily January, but we have something called “hvit måned”, which basically means white month and entails no alcohol for a month. Some people do it.

14. In Spain we don’t have any “don’t do this thing for a month” challenges, although I’m sure some of them will eventually arrive because we copy everything that’s popular on the internet. Nevertheless, saying you go on a diet or swearing off alcohol after the festivities (and failing to do so) is so common it’s basically a meme at this point.

15. Not popular here. Only the typical promises such as go to the gym, etc..

16. We have “dry February” here in Czech, I guess we have February because Czech is full of alcoholics and February has less days than January.

17. Not really, but there’s a state funded campaign “No drinking in September”. I don’t know anyone who actually follows it

18. In our languege january is called sausis which means ‘dry’

19. Is it a thing in Italy? I haven’t heard about that 🤔

20. Victorious February comes to mind 🙂 it’s what the communists used to call the month they seized power in Czechoslovakia. Now it’s jokingly used when referring to February sometimes, especially when you are in charge of presenting the monthly production reports for your company.