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Why People Feel Threatened by Dry January (and Why That Pressure Is Harmful) 2 years sober dry january mocktails Jan 18, 2026

 

And everywhere I look—restaurants, bars, menus, social media, conversations—I keep seeing the same message:

“It’s exhausting to pick up the slack for people doing Dry January.”

That servers are tired.
That bartenders are annoyed.
That sober people are making things harder.

And honestly?

That ...

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Quit Drinking After the Holidays? How to Prepare Now alcohol and health dry january resources sober tools Dec 13, 2023

 

If you’re like me—and like most of my clients—you want to quit drinking… just not yet.
You want to get through the holidays first.

If you’re thinking about addressing your relationship with alcohol but putting it off until the new year, I hear you. Truly.

Living in the drinking cycle—worrying a...

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Preparing For Dry January dry january holidays Dec 31, 2022

What is Dry January? 

Dry January started in 2013 in the UK with Alastair Campbell, a columnist and political strategist, talking about his past drinking, and columnist Peter Oborne trying out the month off booze. 

In 2014 the University of Sussex started research on the benefits of ...

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The Week Between Christmas and New Year: A Sober Reset alcohol free holidays dry january holidays Dec 30, 2020

 

People love to joke about the strange, foggy time between Christmas and New Year’s—like it’s some kind of twilight zone.

For many people, it probably is.

It definitely was for me.

Before sobriety, this week meant bouncing from one holiday party to the next. I’d do the bare minimum to get showe...

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Should Dry January be One of Your Corporate Wellness Challenges? alcohol free corporate wellness dry january Jan 07, 2020

Alcohol is a ubiquitous part of our culture. Socializing with colleagues after work, the office holiday party, unwinding after an exhausting day—all of these occasions often revolve around drinking and can be awkward for people who don’t partake.

Until recently, that is.

 

A growing number of you...

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