6 strategies to help you take a break from drinking alcohol

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🗓️ 2 January 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

If you want to cut back on alcohol, here's how to make a plan, navigate tricky social situations and reassess your relationship with alcohol so you can experience the benefits of dry January.

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0:20.6	nPR's life kit I'm Allison Aubrey.
0:23.0	If you've decided to take a break from alcohol,
0:26.0	one thing to anticipate
0:28.0	is the reaction from your friends and colleagues.
0:30.0	They may not get it.
0:32.0	Oh, you don't want to drink.
0:33.0	Well, why not? Well, why not?
0:36.0	There was a Friday happy hour every time and I would show up and people would say like,
0:42.0	oh, really just a sprite, really just just water why don't you just have a beer they just kept asking why why why why and
0:47.8	Sometimes people would try to joke around like oh well are you pregnant or you know what do you mean you don't like alcohol? Everybody likes drink
0:53.8	But don't let any of this hold you back taking a break gives you a chance to
0:58.8	evaluate your relationship with alcohol. We think that one of the best things about taking a
1:04.7	break from alcohol is simply stepping back and and looking at how alcohol fits
1:09.9	into one's life. In this episode of Life Kit,
1:15.0	Dry January is a thing.
1:17.0	So is sober September or October, whatever time you choose.
1:21.0	These tips will help you take a break from alcohol, whether it's for 30 days or longer.
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