Waving goodbye to the year – and to booze: How do you ensure a successful Dry January, and beyond?

31/12/2024 35 min Episodio 47
Waving goodbye to the year – and to booze: How do you ensure a successful Dry January, and beyond?

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After a one-week break for the festive holiday, co-hosts Cess and Ollie return to discuss how their sober Christmas Days went – Botivo was a big hit for Cess! Ollie, meanwhile, shares a story about being sozzled in front of Princess Catherine. Oops! And, with the news that a record 15.5 million Britons (29% of the adult population in the UK) are planning to participate in Dry January, the pair have plenty of tips to help those giving up booze for a month ... or perhaps longer.Happy New Year to all our listeners. Good luck. Here's to a healthy and prosperous 2025!Booze News Items:Daily Mirror: Guinness shortage update issued after stocks run dry and pubs ration drinks (https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/guinness-shortage-update-issued-after-34351484)Daily Mirror: Almost a third of Brits sign up for biggest Dry January yet - 5 top tips for success (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/dry-january-2025-success-tips-34346465) The Guardian: The Swedish sobriety secret: dry December – and off-licences shut on a Saturday night (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/18/the-swedish-sobriety-secret-dry-december-and-off-licences-shut-on-a-saturday-night)Gloucestershire Live (via MSN): 'I'm a GP and this is how Dry January you can reset your sleep in four weeks’ (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/im-a-gp-and-this-is-how-dry-january-you-can-reset-your-sleep-in-four-weeks/ar-AA1wqipp)#dryjanuary#soberjourney#sobercurious#soberadvice#sobriety#upperbottompodcast#christmasdrinking#drychristmas

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