Dry October

Why dry October ? Why is not dry April or dry July or dry September ??? In fact, why even do this ? Giving up alcohol for a month ... what box does it tick, in your life ? Looking at times of the year October seems to be a month for some to come to a realization the year is ending and soon before you know it, it will be Christmas. We want to prepare for this , we want to reflect on the year that we had and see what we can do to improve ourselves to end the year in a more positive way maybe ? or a more productive way for some . We start thinking of the new year , what can we change or introduce to our lives to be more happy ? or be more healthy or productive ? Then we start to make changes now . Its October let me be alcohol free and focus and clear my mind to see what else I can do . We want to feel better . In a world where health is becoming the talk of each second .. its making us think of methods to make ourselves better. Even though we are in a more content position we want to do more . thats human nature wanting more , something different or wanting to better ourselves. So we join the others and tick a box for us . Dry October it is . We can also look at it as a fashion , a thing to dom , to say we have done it . It may not bring happiness or make you feel any better than before but by doing so, it makes us feel like we are part of something out there . Something that looks and sounds good . It can be any month or anytime frame but we normally choose to do it January as it a new year beginning , or end of a year October or November preparing for the year end . We hardly do December ... how can we if it is a month of celebration . So even though we may want to do this for the right reasons we tend to choose time that is better for us . It raises some questions for me .. are you doing it for health reasons ? and choosing the time you should be choosing ? or are you merely ticking a box by choosing what others have influenced you ? is this really you ? if so tick a box and do it !