Could you give up booze for a month?

Question 1

Resolution

Answer 1

Promises people make to themselves to stop or start doing sth.

How are your new year’s resolution?
I promised to start running, & stop eating biscuits & to give up alcohol, for a month. But I failed on all of them! I lasted a few days & then I started to crumble.
It’s easy to give in temptations, & it’s tough to give up drinking in the first place.

Question 2

Intentions

Answer 2

Plans to do sth.

Many people try to kick bad habits, their intentions are good.
It’s easy to give in to temptations & it’s tough to give up drinking in the first place.
… that’s even worse when you’re trying to fullfil your resolution.
I was a binge drinker rather than … .

Question 3

Peer pressure

Answer 3

That’s the influence a group of similar people have on you to behave like them.

We sometime drink because we give in to peer pressure, It’s so expected from us, it’s so ingrained in us, & you can’t buy a birthday cake … .

Question 4

Ingrained

Answer 4

When a attitude is ingrained it means it’s been that way for a long time, it’s difficult to change.
Ingrained describes an attitude or idea that has been there in a certain way for a long time & is difficult to change.

… it’s so ingrained in us.

Question 5

Merchandise

Answer 5

A word for goods we buy or sell.

Although it may be harmful, we see jokes about drinking through merchandise.

Question 6

Hangover anxiety

Answer 6

Hangover, that’s the sick & tired feeling you get after drinking too much alcohol.

I was getting that really bad hangover anxiety.
There are many benefits to remain sober- not being drunk.

Question 7

Permeate

Answer 7

When sth permeates it spreads through sth & influences every part of it.

I was getting that really bad hangover anxiety- like hangover fear & dread & I kind of noticed that was permeating everyday life.
the aroma of soup permeated the air.

When you binge you do sth occasionally but to extreme.