So, guess what I'm doing next year? I’m becoming a Dryathlete. This sounds like some kind of winged sanitary protection, but turns out it's actually the catchy name the Cancer Research people have given to a month of non drinking in January. As you can probably imagine, I'm looking forward to this a bit like a hole in the head, but am hoping to achieve the following: 1) Mass weight loss (clearly the most important) 2) Mass money saving (which I must then try not to lose by then deciding to drink only Bollinger in February) 3) Mass money RAISING for Cancer Research So c'mon people. If I can go a month* without wine (sob, wail, gnash teeth, etc) then you can dig deep into your grimy pockets and donate a couple of quid to Cancer Research. Please do. That would be flipping marvellous. In the meantime, I have 12 days to empty my drinks cupboard ... Much love and big thanks xxx *In the interest of being entirely transparent I should clarify here that my personal Dryathlon will start on 2 January, on the basis it is highly unlikely I will remember to stop drinking at one minute to midnight on New Year's Eve. It's still thirty days though. THIRTY DAYS. Sob. PS If anyone fancies joining me on this month of sobriety then that would be wonderful - sign up and we can crack open a bottle of slimline tonic water to celebrate :)