I actually took the entirety of January of drinking, to save money, lose weight and just set my mind to doing something.
It sucked, esp. towards the end, for social reasons. I had my gf with me for most of it (she only did 3 weeks), so there was some solidarity there.
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste