“I gave up drinking on the 1st of January. It’s better for your health, and it’s only one day”

A joke at first sounds like a new year’s resolution, but it isn’t.
   
“I gave up drinking on the 1st of January. It’s better for your health, and it’s only one day a year” was published in the book Pundamentalist: 1,000 jokes you probably haven’t heard before (2020) by English comedian Gary Delaney. “I gave up drinking alcohol on January 1st because it’s better for your health. Plus it’s only one day a year” was posted on Twitter by Bob Kostic on May 20, 2023.
 
     
Google Books
Pundamentalist:
1,000 jokes you probably haven’t heard before
By Gary Delaney
London, UK: Headline Book Publishing
2020
Pg. ?:
I gave up drinking on the 1st of January. It’s better for your health, and it’s only one day a year.
 
Twitter
Geoff Nelder - writing, reading & colouring in
@geoffnelder
I gave up drinking on the 1st January. It is better for your health, I feel much better, and it’s definitely worth the sacrifice. And what’s more, it’s only one day a year.
(Ta Chris Teague and @garyfry15 )
3:43 AM · Jan 29, 2021
   
Twitter
Phil Pellow
@Phil_Pellow
Pandemic Joke 491:
I gave up drinking on the 1st of January.  It’s better for your health, and after all, it’s only one day a year.
Joke 492 tomorrow. #pandemicjoke
3:44 AM · Aug 3, 2021
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/heyandy1 May 14, 2023
I gave up drinking alcohol on the 1st of January. It’s better for your health.
And it’s only one day a year.
 
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I gave up drinking alcohol on January 1st because it’s better for your health.
Plus it’s only one day a year.
5:56 PM · May 20, 2023