Dry January

Lust for Life has been created by B / R / U / L / O an brewery!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

As the brewery’s name suggests, their focus is on brewing alcohol-free beers – particularly modern, hoppy craft ales.

Check out our review of their alcohol-free pale ale. Spoiler alert!🤫 It's one of the best we’ve tried.👇 https://alcoholchange.org.uk/low-and-no-alcohol-reviews/lust-for-life

When someone says 'just have one' when you said you don't feel like drinking tonight.

"When it comes to family events where alcohol is present, I have really focused on my boundaries."

Samantha shares her experience with alcohol, how it impacted her family, and how she sets boundaries and has open conversations about alcohol with her family.

Read her blog here: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/blog/samanthas-story-alcohol-my-family-and-me

Whether you’re a fitness fanatic or an occasional gym-goer, it is important to understand how alcohol can impact your physical performance.🏋️🏃‍♀️

Regular exercise is a key component of a healthy lifestyle, drinking too much can affect our physical and athletic performance.

Find out more about alcohol and fitness in our factsheet: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/fact-sheets/alcohol-and-fitness

Me protecting my sober bestie from sober shamers

Looking for a new low-alcohol beer option to enjoy this summer?☀️🧡🍺

Clean Break's Progression is a great light, mild pale ale that doesn't compromise on flavour!

Check it out: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/low-and-no-alcohol-reviews/clean-break-progression

"Coming from a South Asian family, having a problem with alcohol simply wasn't spoken about."

Sonia shares her relationship with alcohol throughout her life and growing up in a South Asian background in this blog: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/story/sonias-story-alcohol-is-glamorised-more-than-its-scrutinised

Celebrities opening up about their alcohol-free lifestyles is so vital in showing people that living life alcohol-free is completely normal!🧡

Check out Janey Lee Grace's blog on our website for her take on celebs ditching the alcohol, and why going sober is more than just a trend: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/blog/why-going-sober-is-more-than-just-a-celebrity-trend

POV: you’ve woken up to another hangover free summer morning!☀️🧡

"They saw the signs, stayed kind, and reached out to me, multiple times, till I actually took their hand."

All due to the compassion of one HR Manager, Sven is able to celebrate their sobriety with poetry five years on.

Read Sven's story about how they reunited with their passion and in May, represented England at the World Cup of Poetry Slam in Paris. https://alcoholchange.org.uk/story/svens-story-celebrating-my-sobriety-through-poetry

POV: someone called you boring because you only feel like having one drink tonight

The final is this weekend! Maybe you've gone a little hard watching previous matches? Knowing ‘how much is too much’ can be confusing when it comes to alcohol.

Most of us feel that we know when we’ve overdone it, but sometimes drinking can ‘creep up’ on us and, over time.

You can use our unit calculator on our website to find out how healthy your drinking is: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/interactive-tools/check-your-drinking

“As the effect of alcohol ripples outwards, affecting the family, loved ones, and wider society, so does the impact of recovery.”

Did you catch Celeste's story from about their experiencing growing up with an alcohol dependant parent, as well as their own journey recovering from alcohol harm?

Read the blog here: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/story/celestes-story-alcohol-has-profoundly-impacted-my-life-so-has-the-joy-of-recovery

If you’re trying to cut back on drinking alcohol but come from a family with a heavy drinking culture, navigating family events alcohol-free can be really challenging!

If you’re currently on your own alcohol-free journey or you're trying to cut back, but you find yourself dreading the next get-together, we've got some top tips to help you navigate the situation!

Read our blog here: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/blog/top-tips-on-navigating-a-family-gathering-alcohol-free

Drinking alcohol can affect your body in all sorts of different ways! 🧠👂👣 Use our interactive tool to find out how alcohol affects each part of you from your brain to your heart!

Check it out here👉 https://alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/interactive-tools/alcohol-and-your-body-map

POV: Waking up hangover free

"Most importantly, I liked myself again, who I was and how I was living."

Navigating an alcohol-free lifestyle isn't easy, but for Sarah it brought her joy and confidence.

Read Sarah's story on our website: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/story/sarahs-story-i-liked-myself-again-after-going-alcohol-free

Has helped you to reconsider your drinking habits?

Download to help you track your drinking, monitor your wellbeing and calculate calories, units and money saved by cutting down on your drinking.
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/interactive-tools/the-dry-january-app-1

None of us are immune from the impacts of drinking.

Drinking regularly or heavily can leave us with low energy, poor sleep, headaches, and hangovers, so even if you're staying active and eating a balanced diet, drinking can get in the way of this!

Discover more alcohol myths on our website: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/interactive-tools/alcohol-myths-busted

‼️Spoiler alert! Alcohol does not improve s*xual performance, and long-term heavy drinking can in fact negatively impact our s*xual health such as shrinking of s*x organs, reduce s***m formation and failure to ovulate.

Find out more about the effects of alcohol on s*xual performance on our new alcohol myth-busting page: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/interactive-tools/alcohol-myths-busted

Red wine sometimes receives good press in terms of its potential health benefits. But we're not being told the whole story.📰

🚨No research has definitively shown a cause-and-effect link between drinking alcohol and better heart health. And scientists tend to agree that, overall, the risks outweigh any benefits!

Drinking even moderate quantities of red wine can increase our chance of developing health conditions like high blood pressure.

Find out more on our new alcohol myth-busting page👇 https://alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/interactive-tools/alcohol-myths-busted

“It was then my relationship with Pride changed. No longer was the day about how drunk I could get, or how many clubs I could attend. It was about staying present.”

Scott Pearson ( on Instagram) shares his experience celebrating Pride sober for the very first time in 2019 and how much more meaningful the day and his life is since becoming alcohol-free!👇

https://alcoholchange.org.uk/blog/scotts-story-no-longer-was-pride-about-how-drunk-i-could-get-or-how-many-clubs-i-could-attend-it-was-about-staying-present

Having a few alcohol-free days a week can be a great way to cut down on your drinking, but it doesn't mean you have to miss out on summer refreshments!☀️😎

Check out our review of Saint Etienne, an alcohol-free lager that is easy-going and light⬇️ https://alcoholchange.org.uk/low-and-no-alcohol-reviews/saint-etienne

When someone asks why I'm not drinking for the third time!

“For a long time I had all my confidence wrapped up into alcohol"

Alcohol Change UK ambassador Fraser Franks uses his own experiences to talk to us about the complex relationship between alcohol and self-confidence: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/blog/fraser-franks-on-alcohol-and-self-confidence-for-a-long-time-i-had-all-my-confidence-wrapped-up-into-alcohol

It's this weekend! Whether you're heading to London or another Pride event Scott, on Instagram is here with some top tips and tricks to celebrate alcohol-free!

From having an exit plan and attending with supportive friends to utilising sober networks, Scott brings us the advice we need, whether it's part of a long term journey or we just plan on spending the day alcohol-free!

Check it out here👇 https://alcoholchange.org.uk/blog/mysoberpride-your-top-tips-to-live-your-best-alcohol-free-life-at-pride 🧡🌈

Hands up if you're off to Glastonbury Festivals!🙋🎪

We hope you have an amazing time - and don't forget if you want to be truly present and enjoy all the amazing artists, cutting down your drinking or keeping alcohol-free can make the weekend so much better!

Check out some of our tops tips on socialising alcohol-free: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/blog/tips-for-enjoying-a-social-life-without-alcohol

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Think everyone drinks in the UK? No they don't! Only around 50% of people drink alcohol once a week or more. That means that, every week, tens of millions of people in the UK don’t touch a drop!

This could be for religious or medical reasons; but some simply decide to enjoy life alcohol-free.