Giving up alcohol for 12 months — how I broke the grog habit and changed my life along the way

3 days, 13 hours ago

I've been sober for three years but terribly miss drinking at Christmas time. Then I remind myself of the profound idea that's changed my life: There's no such thing as 'just a glass': CLOVER STROUD

Sometimes I urgently miss drinking. And while I am evangelical about sobriety and the good it's brought into my life, if I'm really honest there are certain times I really do miss getting drunk. If you really want to drink, there are only glasses, many, many glasses, and a single glass will never make you feel right. So I remind …

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4 days, 22 hours ago

Alcohol stole everything from my dad - then took him from me on Christmas Eve. That's why I'll be sober on Christmas Day... just like I have been for the past 20 years: RUTH SUNDERLAND

Daily Mail

Alcohol was once as essential a part of my Christmas as the fragrance of the fir tree, the crackle of wrapping paper and the aromas wafting in from the kitchen. Alan was highly intelligent with a ferocious work ethic, but fell into drinking after losing his job when the local steelworks shut Ruth gave up drink after witnessing the damage …

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1 week, 1 day ago

You don’t have to drink to feel festive. Here are 4 tips for cheery and sober holiday celebrations

LA Times

I covered my empty wine glass as the Italian waitress made her rounds, a bottle of Chianti in hand. That said, one thing I couldn’t ever figure out was how to celebrate an occasion — whether a holiday party, family get-together or wedding without alcohol. On the sparkling nonalcoholic front, Gonzalez recommends Prima Pavé Blanc de Blanc, a nonalcoholic wine …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Stay sober and have a jolly holiday season with these expert tips

Associated Press

Last year, when Lauren Haydel began her first sober holiday season, she wondered how difficult it would be to avoid alcohol at family parties and celebrations with friends. With so many alcohol-free products available and growing awareness about the benefits of staying sober, “there is maximum support.” If you are planning to stay sober this holiday season, here are tips …

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3 weeks ago

Christmas party advice: What do I do if I'm not drinking?

Slate

is Slate’s advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. Dear A.J., I’m about to enter my first sober “silly season”. I generally like to surround myself with supportive people who respect my recovery and want me to stay sober, but I’m still fearful of this Christmas period and going to pubs or parties where all this …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Commentary: ‘It’s 5 o’clock somewhere’ is no joke if you’ve seen alcohol’s toll

LA Times

Some people say toasting with water is bad luck. Meanwhile, the steady hardening of our livers and weakening of our hearts from alcohol abuse — especially among adults 25 to 34, who have seen a fourfold increase in deaths — appears to have barely registered beyond the advertising disclaimer to “please drink responsibly.” Ten-plus years into sobriety, I’ve had good …

Drink Hard

1 month ago

Why is everyone ‘sober-ish’ all of a sudden?

Live Mint

Have you noticed that your friends are a little less fun? One friend of mine observed, “When you go out to dinner with someone now and the waiter comes to take the drink order and they say, ‘just water for me,’ you know that person is saving their glass of wine for a better dinner. For many this health news …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

How much money you can save giving up alcohol: After my first sober month since 2010 - I was shocked at the cost, says ADAM LUCK

Daily Mail

Adam Luck admits he had not managed a completely dry month since the last Labour government, which ended in 2010 Just my luck. This represents a 29 per cent decline in alcohol consumption on the average total spend of £8.44 in the pandemic year 2020. Beer is a little better with 8 x 500ml of Adnams Ghost Ship 0.5 per …

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2 months ago

Tom Holland's Sober Journey: From Alcohol to Empowerment

Hindustan Times

Tom Holland shares his journey to sobriety after an eye-opening experience during Dry January. He reveals that he struggled with alcohol dependence and that an upsetting conversation with his doctor further fueled his realization that he might have a bigger issue. Despite facing challenges, Holland decided to complete a full year without alcohol and experienced positive changes in his life, …

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3 months ago

Sobriety: I had so many good times drinking. Do I have to feel bad about them now?

Slate

is Slate’s advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. —A Drinker Long Before a Drunk Dear a Drinker, I’ve had the same thoughts about my own drinking career—do all my good ol’ days become bad ones from here on out? So, Drinker Before a Drunk, here’s an honest question I’d like you to ask yourself: Is …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

What Happens When You Go Booze-free For A Month?

News 18

From cinema halls to messages on liquor bottles, we have read the warning, “Alcohol consumption is injurious to health.” Still, alcohol is one of the most consumed drinks. Recover from Liver Damage Regular alcohol consumption impacts the liver cells and can lead to liver disease. Brain Functioning Alcohol takes a toll on the brain and can lead to short-term damages …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

I’ve Been Sober for a Year. OK, Except for One Thing. It Still Counts, Right?

Slate

is Slate’s advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. It’s incredibly important to me that I haven’t used weed in a year, but telling people I’m a year sober feels like lying. But I also don’t feel like I owe everyone a detailed explanation of my substance use and abuse, nor do I feel like the …

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4 months ago

I Know I Should Quit Drinking—but I Haven’t Hit Rock Bottom

Slate

is Slate’s advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. You’ve already stated that it would take a larger reckoning—“I won’t quit drinking until my wife leaves me,” or until you lose your job or you drive your car into a lake. If you’re really dependent on alcohol, cold turkey could result in some serious medical problems, …

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6 months ago

Advice, stop drinking: How to handle the sense of longing.

Slate

is Slate’s new advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. Dear A.J., I have nine months of no booze and it’s as promised—slightly better for the body, heaps better for the emotional stability, but hard to know how to not long for the community of so many people I must now forgo … my tribe: the …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Giving up alcohol has many benefits to health and wellbeing. Here's how to pause the habit

ABC

What if I told you I'd found a tablet that could make you sleep better, think clearer, concentrate longer, run faster, and help your immune system? February is here, and this means I have joined febfast alongside thousands of Aussies to pause a habit in my life — drinking alcohol — while raising money for young people facing significant disadvantage. …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

How a Break From Alcohol Affects Your Health and Fitness Goals

Live Mint

Like many Americans, I embraced my first Dry January this year and consumed no alcohol for 31 days. I asked experts to explain how alcohol affects our health and fitness and whether one month of abstinence could move the needle on our fitness efforts. “Alcohol cancels out the effects of exercise," says Stella Volpe, department head of human nutrition, foods …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Successful Dry January? 10 ways your body will have changed

The Independent

The further we get into the 2020s, the cooler sobriety seems to get. “We know from research that the majority of those who take part are classified as ‘increasing risk drinkers’ which means they’re regularly drinking more than government guidelines,” says Professor Tony Rao, a consultant psychiatrist and alcohol use expert. People who give up alcohol for a month have …

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11 months, 1 week ago

'Quitting Was Something I Had Contemplated Doing For A Long Time'

Huff Post

Illustration: Maddie Abuyuan / Photo: Dani Hall More than five years ago, James Beard Award-nominated and Cincinnati-based chef and restaurant co-owner Jose Salazar chose to stop drinking. I actually don’t miss it all that much.” “If you tell people, 'Look, I really can’t eat that stuff anymore,' people would be like: 'Oh, great. I think that’s an amazing thing you’re …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Staying sober as a bartender: ‘There was a lot of shame at the start’

The Independent

Giving up booze, whether it’s for a month, a year or life, is hard at the best of times. “I thought everyone would think of me less, or judge me because I’m not drinking,” he says, but “in reality, people are not thinking about it as much as you might imagine”. “I found that little, small, possibly even meaningless, rewards …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

It’s the time for Dry January: Why giving up alcohol for a month is a good idea

Firstpost

The festivities and parties have come to an end. Dry January enables people to sleep better and have more energy, improve mental health and concentration, give brighter skin, help save money and provides an amazing sense of achievement. It showed that when regular drinkers avoided alcohol for 30 days, they “slept better, had more energy, lost weight, and lowered their …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Dry January: What happens to your body without alcohol?

Hindustan Times

I get up at 5:30 am, answering my son's lively questions after a round of exercise, before he goes to school and I head to work. My son is an early riser, but the fact that I spring out of bed even before him might be related to the fact that I can sleep much better without alcohol. No alcohol, …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Why I’m not doing ‘Dry January’ – and you don’t have to either

The Independent

I have never taken an extended break from alcohol for any reason other than being pregnant. The roots of Dry January actually date back to the Second World War, when the Finnish introduced something called “Ratis Januar” or “Sober January” – this was intended as a contribution to the war effort, to help conserve resources and promote good collective citizenship. …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Alcohol: Better without it in dry January

Hindustan Times

Three weeks without a drop of alcohol. My son is an early riser, but the fact that I spring out of bed even before him might be related to the fact that I can sleep much better without alcohol. No alcohol, no complaints After just one week, the sleep pattern normalizes, said Seitz, who emphasized that we are not talking …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

‘I decided to stay sober forever’: How Dry January is changing binge Britain

The Independent

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1 year ago

Column: Staying sober this Christmas, or have a loved one who is? 12 tips to follow

LA Times

It’s that most wonderful time of the year, when tips on how to control your holiday drinking — people consume more alcohol between Thanksgiving and New Year’s than any other time of year — compete with lists of festive cocktails and boozy treats. Surely after years a little Champagne won’t hurt.” “Come on, have a real drink; wait, are you …

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1 year ago

For years every time I drank alcohol I blacked out and 'caused chaos' - until the day it almost killed me. Here's how I turned my life around

Daily Mail

Amanda Goff's drinking problem creeped up on her. I would get blackout drunk every time and honestly I don't know how I am still alive,' she said. Amanda Goff had a drinking problem for ten years - but has not had a sip of alcohol for the last five and is feeling better than ever Amanda said she would be …

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1 year ago

7 simple tips for mindful drinking this festive season

India TV News

As the holiday season approaches, many of us find ourselves celebrating with friends and family, often accompanied by festive drinks. Let's explore 10 simple tips for mindful drinking that can help you savour the season without compromising your well-being. Having a predefined boundary helps you make conscious choices and reduces the likelihood of overindulgence and you can enjoy social events …

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1 year ago

Staying sober during the holidays is like waging battle. Bring on the real war against Christmas

Salon

It’s my first holiday season without booze since I was 13 and I already want to fight God and hunt my family for sport. Then I’m leaving town for the closest weed-legal state, with the singular goal of chiefing so hard the local budtender nicknames me “ISS” — because nerds with a death-wish have been trying to get inside and …

Sober Waging Battle

1 year, 1 month ago

I work in wine – here’s the trick I use to drink less

The Independent

It all started, aged 14, with a small bottle of Babycham. Well, it’s classed as drinking six or more units at one time – for context, a medium glass of 13 per cent wine contains 2.3 units of alcohol. Necking three glasses of cheap, mass-produced plonk where you have no idea of the full extent of the “ingredients” used in …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Are you sober for October? All the details on this trend, including mocktail recipes and how giving up alcohol can lead to more money and a smaller waistline

Daily Mail

If you were to ask a group of 20-somethings six years ago if instead of going to a club on Friday night they wanted to try a bar that specializes in booze-free drinks, you would be met with wrinkled brows and scoffs. ‘Almost 3 years later, I have indeed never drunk again *cue celebration dance* and I am delighted to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

AA isn’t the only way to change your relationship with alcohol. Here are other options

LA Times

This story was originally published in Group Therapy, a weekly newsletter answering questions sent by readers about what’s been weighing on their hearts and minds. Maybe AA’s hard line on what counts as recovery — lifelong abstinence from alcohol and all other drugs — has actually made it harder for you to change your relationship to drinking. Both are great …

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1 year, 3 months ago

5 ways to stay sober at a cocktail party when taking a break from alcohol

Salon

I recently decided to cut back on hard booze and to become a wine guy — both for health reasons and the fact that hangovers beat me down worse than Mike Tyson did his opponents back in 1988. Lucky for me, it was Labor Day weekend and three ultimate challenges were in store: dinner with my friends, which means drinks; …

Drink Challenge

1 year, 5 months ago

Affected by someone else’s drinking? 3 key pieces of advice for loved ones of alcoholics

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Why going sober could be the key to fitness success

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

By Not Drinking, This Bartender Became Better At His Job

Huff Post

Illustration:Jianan Liu/HuffPost Photo:Getty Images, Alethea Dalton Eric Nelson is the creator of Portland’s hot new cocktail bar pop-up Shipwreck and co-owner of Eem, Phuket Cafe and Langbaan restaurants. In this Voices in Food story, Nelson talks about how he became a better bartender, inspiring others to speak out about the importance of good mental health and changing the stigmatized work …

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2 years, 1 month ago

If You Drink To Decompress During The Holidays, Try This Instead

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING From a stereotypical perspective, the holiday season is filled with family, friends, seasonal decor and special recipes. Hangovers aside, alcohol can cause mental health struggles, liver problems and sleep disturbances — not to mention: even binge drinking just during the holidays can be detrimental to one’s health. Whether you give up the bottle for good or simply …

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2 years, 2 months ago

What Happens To Your Body When You Don't Drink Alcohol For A Month

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING We’ve all heard about Sober October or Dry January, a finite period of time when people voluntarily stop drinking alcohol as a way to give their body a “break” or “reset.” Abstaining from alcohol doesn’t need to be a trend reserved only for a specific month. We spoke to a few health experts to better understand what …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Sober October: Biggest benefits of having zero alcohol for a month

The Independent

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2 years, 2 months ago

3 Things To Consider Before Trying A Nonalcoholic Drink If You're Sober

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING In recent years, accessibility to nonalcoholic beverages has surged, and perhaps for good reason. Nonalcoholic, or “NA,” beverages give sober folks a substitute for the drinks that many may have previously relied on in social settings. “I feel as if you should be fully abstinent for the first two years of sobriety,” said Ashley Loeb Blassingame, a …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Britons cutting back on alcohol, poll finds

The Independent

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2 years, 9 months ago

How to win the struggle with alcoholism

Hindustan Times

A few years ago, I attended the funeral of a close family relative who had succumbed to alcoholism. People with Alcohol Use Disorder, the medical term for alcoholism, have an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences. Worldwide, alcoholism causes three million deaths every year, is responsible for 5.1% of the global …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Jane Lynch on her relapse into alcohol addiction: ‘I went back into denial’

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jane Lynch has reflected on her struggles with alcoholism, saying that …

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2 years, 10 months ago

The Secret Behind Chrissy Teigen’s ‘Endless Energy’ – She Quit Alcohol. Here’s How You Can Give It Up Too

News 18

Quitting alcohol can be very hard but it is not impossible. But if you are still struggling with it, American model Chrissy Teigen’s latest social media post may just offer you the motivation that you need. She went on to describe the changes she has noticed in herself since then, claiming that she now has ‘endless energy, lot less anxiety.’ …

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3 years ago

Taking part in Dry January? Here’s how to increase your chances of success

The Independent

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3 years ago

I’m Not An Alcoholic, But I Am A Non-Drinker. Here’s Why I Quit.

Huff Post

The author, before she decided to quit drinking. Over the past year, I slowly but radically changed my mind about alcohol’s place in my life, ultimately deciding to become a non-drinker. Then three things happened at once: We moved apartments, I decided to do Dry January, and I joined a friend in reading and discussing Holly Whitaker’s “Quit Like a …

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3 years, 1 month ago

4 Ways To Be More Considerate Of Sober People During The Holidays

Huff Post

svetikd via Getty Images Creating an inclusive party atmosphere is key to helping people who are sober navigate the holidays. It’s actually really big for relapses.” And it’s not always people who have trouble with alcohol, specifically, who feel the holiday party pressures. “Having a support person lets you, A, not feel so awkward, and B, they can be like, …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Australian alcohol guidelines: Experts reveal drinking in moderation could harm your health

Daily Mail

Drinking what most might consider to be a moderate amount of alcohol could be harming your health and mental wellbeing, experts have found. The good news is that as little as four weeks of sobriety can dramatically improve health and mental wellbeing - provided the temporary abstinence leads to a more moderate and mindful approach to drinking in the long …

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