When you stop drinking, the detox process starts. In the first ten days after quitting, you may feel and look different. There may be tremors, trouble sleeping, and mood changes in the hours to days after your last drink but trust me, stick with it.
If you drink heavily, you may lose weight and sleep better. Skin, liver, and hydration may improve.
Memory, brain health, and mood may all get better. But how hard it is for each person to stop drinking will depend on their situation and how much they drank before they quit. If you want to stop drinking, you should talk to a doctor.
Is Dry January worth doing? – We believe it is, and here are 31 Reasons for Dry January’s 31 Days.
A strategy for a successful dry January
1. Choose a clear aim for Dry January, such as cutting back on alcohol or improving your health.
2. Anticipate obstacles and temptations. This may involve finding alternatives to drinking, identifying triggers, and coping with urges or social pressure to drink.
3. Surround yourself with encouraging people who will inspire you to achieve your objective. This may include friends and family who are engaging in dry January or supporting your alcohol reduction.
4. Stay entertained without booze. Hobbies, new interests, and time with non-drinkers are examples.
5. Track and applaud your improvement (see photo below for an idea). This may entail creating small, reasonable objectives and rewarding yourself when you meet them, or simply taking time to reflect on the wonderful changes you’re feeling since cutting back on alcohol.
6. Get help if you struggle with alcohol addiction or cutting back. A healthcare practitioner, support group, or therapist or coach may help.
7. Forgive yourself when you fail. Keep trying and learning from your failures – And go again!
8. Dry January is only one month, and it’s allowed to drink afterward. Develop year-round healthful practises.
9. Money saved – this is a no-brainer given how the cost of living crisis is hitting us all so hard.
10. Tier One’s Headshed supplement naturally relieves stress and anxiety, making Dry January easier. Based on medical research https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4883068/