Bit open ended, but giving up booze till I get a new job closer to the other half. From experience I expect it'll take several months to sort that. Reasons - to save money as getting in debt, to loose the 2-3 stone I've piled on during the year, and so I actually get jobhunting stuff done at the weekend - rather than either boozing or being hungover.
FWIW a few years ago I gave up booze for 7-8 months after the New Year. I went from 20 stone to around 14, then went down to 12 the next year following a shorter New Years purge. I find after a 2-3 weeks of sobriety you forget what the fuss was all about and are perfectly happy - you enjoy the better sleep, lack of hangovers, extra free time, feel much better, etc...the problem I found was socialising with other people who expect 'the drinker' to make an appearance.
Only starting today as was visiting and getting the socialising out the way over Chrimbo. See how things go! Doing 20miles a day on the commute so weight should fall off pretty easy anyhow and without much dieting.
