This will help you break up with booze
Finding your perfect alcohol alternative can be the key to joyful sobriety
By this point in the month, many of the people who set out with good intentions to do Dry January are drinking again. If you’ve been struggling with giving up booze, perhaps the very idea of ‘giving up’ is part of the problem. There is such an emphasis on deprivation, and far less focus on what you’re gaining.
There are plenty of reasons to enjoy freedom from booze, including more energy, better skin, sharpened concentration, fewer regrets, improved memory, saved cash, less anxiety, more restorative sleep, stronger immune system and smaller risk of developing lots of diseases including cancer. As one friend who no longer drinks told me: ‘The only thing I’ve given up is hangovers.’
Finding your perfect alcohol-free (AF) drink is a big part of reframing sobriety as a joyful thing. It’s helpful to have a replacement that scratches a similar itch, particularly if your drinking has become habitual. And the market has expanded e…
