It's today's Blaine, so let me tell you about today.

It's February 1st, which means dry January is over.

If you don't know about dry January, the deal is you start the year by staining from alcohol,

people drink a lot during the holidays, so why not try and drink nothing at all in January.

But this dry January felt a little more lit than those that preceded it.

Just anecdotally, I heard about people taking part way more than usual.

But on top of that, a lot of people were talking about the latest study on how much alcohol

you should be drinking.

Because based on the latest study, if you really want to play it safe, you shouldn't drink

any.

That study came out of Canada where previous guidance said you could drink about two drinks a day

and be safe.

This new guidance says if you have to drink, try and keep it at two drinks a week.

These recommendations come as young people across Western nations are already drinking

less.

On the show today, we're going to humor dry February.

We're going to hear the case for not drinking at all.

Today, it's going to be explained.

Sean Ramesfer here with Dr. Tim Nami, Director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.

It's one of the groups behind the latest study on how alcohol affects our health, and we

wanted to go straight to the source.

Alcohol is related to a number of different causes of death.

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