A lot of people do Dry January, hoping that it will reset their relationship with alcohol,

and then they feel confused or discouraged when it doesn't.

Dry January works, but just not in the way that most people think it does.

If you've ever taken a 30, 90, or even year-long break from drinking, felt better, and then slowly slid back into

the same patterns. This episode will explain why. We'll talk about why willpower works during

the challenge but fails afterward. Why the brain treats breaks as an exception instead of a

turning point, and what actually

has to change for sobriety to stick.

Once you understand the difference between a pause and a rewire, a lot of self-blame

starts to fall away.

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I'm your host Jill and today we are talking about whether or not dry January can change the way that you drink.

Dry January and any other 30, 90, or year-long challenges were not created to change people's

drinking habits long term, although that's what many of us hope that they will do.

Temporary abstinence campaigns were built as experiments, not treatments. They're meant to give people a short break from alcohol,

increase awareness, and create a contained period where drinking is socially acceptable to pause

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