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Richard de Visser, Professor of Health Psychology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex

Better sleep, more energy and feeling in control: the reported benefits of Dry January

Better quality sleep is just one of the perks. Prostock-studio/ Shutterstock

Since it was started in 2013 by the charity Alcohol Change UK, the Dry January challenge has significantly grown in popularity, becoming a very popular new year’s resolution. In 2023, 175,000 people officially signed up to take on the challenge of going alcohol-free for the entire month of January – and it’s likely many more will have done it unofficially.

Taking a month-long break from alcohol can have many benefits. And these benefits appear pretty quickly – across various aspects of health and wellbeing.

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