Dry January
January is usually a month of resolutions, goals, and monthly "challenges". Go one month vegan (veganuary), one month of an exercise every day, or one month of sobriety. Dry January started in the UK from an organization by the name Alcohol Change UK which aims at helping people reduce their alcohol intake both for health and social reasons. The challenge calls for participants to stop drinking for 31 days. Since the challenge started in the UK it's spread across the globe with more attention and look into the "sober-curious movement". Looking at one's relationship with alcohol and how much we consume on a weekly basis is something I think we should all at least try. As Alcohol Change puts it neatly, "Being alcohol-free for 31 days shows us that we don’t need alcohol to have fun, to relax, or to socialize. It helps us learn the skills we need to manage our drinking. That means that for the rest of the year we are better able to make decisions about when we drink and how much, so we can avoid slipping into drinking more than we really want to,"
