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Notes On Caffeine, Booze & Sugar Free January 2024

February 27, 2024February 11, 2024 by Robert Alstead

It’s just after 10pm, 2nd January. Post bed-time. There is peace in the house. I just wanted to take a few minutes to write some notes on the start of another January of no sugar, alcohol or caffeine. Can’t remember how many times we’ve done this now – possibly the fourth dry January for me, … Read more

Notes from a Month of Abstinence (no Sugar, Booze, or Caffeine)

April 12, 2023January 31, 2021 by Robert Alstead

The idea for a vice fast had crossed my mind as the end of the year approached, but it was my seven-year-old who made it something concrete. Mid-December, he declared that as soon as Christmas was over he was going to give up sugar. No candy, maple syrup, ice cream, donuts, granola bars, chocolate, cookies, … Read more