For some, the new Dry January isn't actually dry.
“I think the flexibility that I’m building in this time will allow me to make long-lasting healthier choices for me,” Smith, who is doing the challenge with his wife this year, said., including better sleep, concentration and digestion, lower blood glucose, clearer skin, weight loss and less anxiety. Abstaining from alcohol for a month has also been linked to lower drinking in the following six months.
According to Gabutt, “minimizing alcohol intake," whether that involves abstaining from alcohol for a full month or drinking less in general, can produce health benefits. While he said the benefits of short-term alcohol abstinence depend on a person’s age, gender and underlying health, a 2018that monitored the health of 600,000 people found that regardless of demographics, higher alcohol consumption was associated with a greater rate of stroke, fatal aneurysms, health failure and death.
Kate Kastelein, a writer based in Maine, said she decided to go"dry" two years ago because of health issues, which has proved challenging given that “a lot of activities” in her town involve drinking. Yet during Dry January, she not only finds that people are more willing to try other activities like grabbing coffee or exercising together, but that she is also less likely to be asked invasive questions about her drinking because “people just assume you’re doing Dry January.
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