The Dry January® blog

Read stories, tips for the month, alcohol-free reviews and lots more!

Top tips for managing your drinking after Dry January®

If you’d like to drink more healthily and happily after Dry January®, this blog has some tips to help you.

Top tips for managing your drinking after Dry January®

If you’d like to drink more healthily and happily after Dry January®, this blog has some tips to help you.
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Changing your mindset

Dave | March 2023 | 9 minutes

Alcohol Change UK ambassador and alcohol-free influencer, Sober Dave, helps us think through ways to change our mindsets this Sober Spring.
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Week two: Are you really depriving yourself?

Millie Gooch | March 2023 | 9 minutes

When it comes to turning your back on alcohol, there are a fair few myths out there.
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The questions I asked myself before I became sober

Joe | March 2023 | 8 minutes

Our Community Champion, Joe, who has now been alcohol-free for just over a year shares the answers to his pre-sober quandaries.
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Week one: Being prepared is half the victory

Millie Gooch | March 2023 | 8 minutes

It’s officially time – the daffodils are blooming; the dark nights are swiftly becoming a thing of the past and you lovely lot have decided to embark upon, what I believe, will be the most transformative season of your life – Sober Spring!
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Debs' story: Dry January® was the reset button I needed 

March 2023 | 9 minutes

After drinking regularly for over 25 years, Debs has reset her relationship with alcohol after signing up to Dry January® with Alcohol Change UK.
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Amanda's story: "The strategies I learned during Dry January® are still important every day."

Amanda | January 2023 | 12 minutes

In this blog, Amanda reflects on her previous Dry Januaries and the lasting positive effects they had.
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How to reward yourself without alcohol

January 2023 | 10 minutes

We’re really pushing on through January now and if you’ve taken on the Dry January® challenge, you’ll be well on your way to a full month alcohol free.
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Having fun on a sober night in

Lauren Booker | January 2023 | 10 minutes

What on earth do you do on an evening in when you’re not drinking?
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What if my friends don’t like me sober?

Lauren Booker | January 2023 | 11 minutes

Lauren Booker has been alcohol-free for over eight years - and she knows that you don't need alcohol to have the social life you want.
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Adela's story: January doesn't have to be dry, but you should be living your best life

Adela Meer | January 2023 | 10 minutes

In her fourth year of mindful drinking, Adela explores how Dry January® helped change her relationship with alcohol
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Adele’s Dry January® story: “Dry January® has been much more fun than I expected”

Adele | January 2023 | 9 minutes

In this blog, Adele shares how she uses Dry January® to reset her drinking in the new year and moderates year-round.
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What kind of drinker are you?

Lauren Booker | January 2023 | 11 minutes

Find out whether you're a Weekender, Unwinder or Emotional drinker to help your Dry January® go smoothly.