If You Really Want To Change Your Drinking Habits, Dry January Isn’t Enough
One of the biggest trends we hear about at the start of the New Year is “Dry January,” the commitment to abstain from alcohol throughout the entire month. The question is, though, is this the best way to usher in optimized health? Does this really work? What’s the promise?
Personally, I find these insta-health bursts to be a bit like “Monday Mentality.” You know, when you want to do something or make some kind of change (that you know you should already be making) in some area of your life, but say, “Ohhh, I’ll do that starting Monday” (or next month, next year, etc.). We procrastinate, fantasize, and essentially trap ourselves into a hope-addicted reality while taking little to no action and therefore generating little to no results in return.