
How Dry January's continued presence reflects society's evolving -- and divisive -- relationship with alcohol
CNN
Dry January continues to have followers as the years go by, allowing the "sober curious" to reassess their relationship with alcohol and to decide how much to cut back on intake. Its yearly return may signal larger shifts in drinking culture.
Ditch meat for a month with Veganuary. Start that new gym membership, or try this new diet. The onslaught of demands to "start the new year right" seems endless.
One, though, has steadily gained supporters: Dry January. A version of the term, reportedly first coined in 2006 by John Ore, simply refers to skipping alcohol for the first month of the year. This voluntary month of sobriety has become a cultural bomb -- some praise its money-saving, weight-losing ways; others sneer at its braggy participants.

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