Similar to last year's 40-Day Challenge, Twenty-One Debunked is participating in the fairly new Australian tradition of FebFast. To wit, it involves no drinking at all during the entire 28 days of February. Or one can choose the "half-arsed" option, and go a mere two weeks without drinking. Just about any drinker would benefit from a good detox period, and the benefits include improved health and energy, a better bank balance, and a better quality of life overall. As the FebFast folks would say, it's just the tonic for you.
If you have read a previous version of this post, please disregard the second paragraph. The idea outlined therein was admittedly silly and kind of takes away from the overall mission of Twenty-One Debunked. I'm sure that anyone who wants to see a cached version will just Google it anyway, but remember that it is no longer the case, and we apologize for such inane logorrhea (i.e. diarrhea of the mouth or keyboard).
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Saturday, February 8, 2014
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Take the 40-Day Challenge
Now that Lent has officially begun, we at Twenty-One Debunked hereby challenge anyone over 21 to give up something that is not usually given up for Lent--alcohol. Can you go 40 days and 40 nights* in a row without any drinking at all?
Those who are not quite as stout of heart may opt for a somewhat lesser challenge: at least not buying any alcohol at all during the 40 days of Lent, as well as not entering any bars for any reason except to order food and/or to be a designated driver. And go as many days in a row as possible without drinking any alcohol, even if someone else buys it.
Just so everyone knows, Twenty-One Debunked is not affiliated with any religion; we came up with this Lenten challenge for purely secular reasons (similar to Febfast in Australia), with an important twist. While the original purpose of Catholic Lent was for the non-poor to have a taste of what the poor were experiencing, our 40-Day Challenge gives people over 21 a chance to remember what it was like before they turned 21, at least in terms of buying alcohol and entering bars. We feel that drinking members of the pro-21 crowd would benefit the most from this exercise in self-denial. But just about any drinker can benefit in one way or another from the cleansing of a good detox period.
*We checked our calendars and found that this year there are actually 46 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Thus, one can still complete the challenge successfully if 40 of those days are spent sans alcohol, as long as it is 40 days in a row with no interruptions.
Those who are not quite as stout of heart may opt for a somewhat lesser challenge: at least not buying any alcohol at all during the 40 days of Lent, as well as not entering any bars for any reason except to order food and/or to be a designated driver. And go as many days in a row as possible without drinking any alcohol, even if someone else buys it.
Just so everyone knows, Twenty-One Debunked is not affiliated with any religion; we came up with this Lenten challenge for purely secular reasons (similar to Febfast in Australia), with an important twist. While the original purpose of Catholic Lent was for the non-poor to have a taste of what the poor were experiencing, our 40-Day Challenge gives people over 21 a chance to remember what it was like before they turned 21, at least in terms of buying alcohol and entering bars. We feel that drinking members of the pro-21 crowd would benefit the most from this exercise in self-denial. But just about any drinker can benefit in one way or another from the cleansing of a good detox period.
*We checked our calendars and found that this year there are actually 46 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Thus, one can still complete the challenge successfully if 40 of those days are spent sans alcohol, as long as it is 40 days in a row with no interruptions.
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