Robin Abcarian: Dry January hasn't been so bad after all

It's almost the end of my first Dry January, and I am happy to report — as if you didn't already know — that it's possible to stop drinking even when you think you can't.

Over the years, for fairly mundane reasons, I have become uneasy about my relationship with alcohol. Drinking feels too much like a mindless habit. It makes me fat. It interferes with a good night's sleep. It's embarrassing to admit to having a hangover at my age.

I've never been arrested for driving drunk, never blacked out and gone home with