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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Jessica Burrell

What 'Sober October' really does to your body — from sleep to the microbiome

If you abstain from alcohol for 31 days, what could it do for your brain and body? It’s a question you might well have asked yourself at the start of October.

It’s also one you might have forgotten to answer when unseasonable warmth made the siren call of a cold pint too difficult to resist.

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