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The trends around alcohol abstinence, whether in ‘sober dating‘, in particular, or in lifestyle in general, are increasingly eclipsing its consumption due to all the harmful consequences that it can entail, such as anxiety, insomnia or headaches.
With the arrival of January, everything changes or is reborn. After a month of various excesses, a large part of society considers experimenting with the religion of ‘dry January’, in order to escape from all the symptoms that usually appear a few days after giving up drinking. As Harvard notes, these can include hallucinations, delirium, tachycardia and fever.
Millions of people abstain from alcohol during ‘Dry January‘, in order to establish a ‘reset’ of mind and body, which revitalises the heart, liver and memory.
Dry January began in 2012 as a public health initiative of Alcohol Change UK, a British charity that has had a major impact globally. Because giving up alcohol for even a month can make a significant difference to our health.
According to a study published in BMJ Open, regular drinkers who abstained from alcohol for 30 days slept better, had more energy and lost weight. They also reduced their blood pressure and cholesterol levels, as well as cancer-related proteins in their blood.
*illustration by Vesna Asanovic.