Each year, countless people decide to ditch alcohol during the month of January after what is usually a very busy festive period filled with parties and gatherings. Dry January is a chance to give your liver - and your wallet - a bit of a break to kickstart the year on the right foot. And while most people decide to take a drink again the following month, one journalist extended her sobriety to last the rest of the year - with some interesting observations.
Express writer Chanelle Georgina participated in Dry January back in 2021, and although she found it easy at first thanks to the lockdown at the time, she faced a few challenges later down the line. But she stuck it out, and said she returned to the booze for a very simple reason. READ MORE: The 33p drink you need to have before bed to help insomnia It was around April time when pub visits and social gatherings became acceptable again, and Chanelle said she was keen to 'impose a challenge' on herself by abstaining from alcohol.
And despite some less-than-supportive attitudes from the people around her, she actually found it 'easier than anticipated'. But there was one thing in particular that really stuck out to her. She wrote: "It was during this time of teetotalism that the British culture of drinking became glaringly obvious.
I saw a drunk middle-aged woman falling off a chair outside a pub; her head smashed against the concrete floor. "She laughed it off and stumbled back up again to take another chug of her white wine.