"But, to be honest, I was too mentally exhausted to think about it.
"People asked if I wanted to go to the pub after the funeral - but I just went home with my granddaughter and snuggled up warm."
Ms Davidson said the Dry July challenge itself wasn't hard- her friends were supportive and she enjoyed going to see live bands at King Street Live without the "Dutch courage".
"At the bar, I could feel people's eyes on me, because they'd seen me in the paper.
"I just had water. I thought if they saw me with a fizzy drink, they'd think, 'she's got alcohol in that'."
She had a Baileys for her niece's birthday on August 1, but said it "went right to her head."
"I didn't like the feeling at all.
"I had a meeting afterwards, so I thought, 'I'd better have some chocolate, and sober up'."
Since then, Ms Davidson hasn't touched alcohol, and is planning on continuing her dry spell for as long as possible.
She is training for a 21km run, and said she is much fitter since stopping drinking - plus she feels like her skin condition had improved and she had more mental energy.
Though she once enjoyed "a nice bourbon" with friends before going out, she now has little interest in alcohol, even in social settings.
"If I had a drink now, I'd be asleep on the couch within minutes."
Since going dry, Ms Davidson said her friends and some family members have been considering their own drinking behaviours.
"People knew about me doing Dry July at mum's funeral - and there wasn't that much drinking going on, actually. I think it's had an influence."
Ms Davidson has avoided social occasions since going "dry" - but that is mainly on account of the weather.
"In the summer, I'll feel more like going to parties and not drinking."
