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Podcast: Women's Health, Wisdom, and. . . WINE!
Episode: #132 - NOURISH YOUR FLOURISH NUGGET | Dry January: Is there a Target Age When We Should All Stop Drinking?
Description: Send a textDry January came from Emily Robinson, a young woman who gave up drinking for a month in January to better prepare for her first half marathon. The following year, she joined Alcohol Change UK and began to share her experience abstaining from alcohol, leading Dry January to officially become a campaign in 2013. The initiative peaked in 2022 after the pandemic saw elevated alcoholic intake (about 1 in 4 people drank more than usual). Dry January gives people a great excuse/reason and the confidence to carry on saying no thanks to alcohol, even after January h...