{"id":3860,"date":"2026-01-02T11:04:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/dry-january-improves-mental-wellbeing\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:04:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:04:56","slug":"dry-january-improves-mental-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/dry-january-improves-mental-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry January improves mental wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-01-02 11:04:54<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Doing Dry January can improve a person&#8217;s mental wellbeing.<BR><br \/>\nExperts at Brown University in the US have revealed that a short break from drinking alcohol can boost mood, sleep and health &#8211; even if the individual doesn&#8217;t abstain from booze for the whole month.<BR><br \/>\nThe boffins conducted a major review of 16 studies that included 150,000 participants on the effects of Dry January, which sees people cut out alcohol for the first month of the year.<BR><br \/>\nThose who stopped drinking for the entire month reported improved sleep quality, mood and healthier liver function and blood pressure.<BR><br \/>\nThey were also more likely to lose weight, were able to concentrate better and had more energy than before.<BR><br \/>\nEven those who didn&#8217;t stop drinking entirely during January drank less afterwards and stated that they felt better for it.<BR><br \/>\nDespite this, a small number who couldn&#8217;t complete the challenge reported drinking more afterwards in a &#8216;rebound effect&#8217;.<BR><br \/>\nDr. Megan Strowger, the lead author of the study, said: &#8220;The effort leads to sustained moderation.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Overall, participating in Dry January allows people to pause, reflect and rethink their relationship with alcohol, including how it affects their social life, mental health and physical health.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nProfessor Suzanne Colby, a part of the team who produced the research, added: &#8220;There is so much more support for living an alcohol-free lifestyle now.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;It is more socially acceptable than ever to be &#8216;sober curious&#8217; or alcohol free.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Social norms have shifted, in part with the help of influencers on social media sharing the benefits of sobriety and reducing the stigma of not drinking.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-01-02 11:04:54 Doing Dry January can improve a person&#8217;s mental wellbeing. Experts at Brown University in the US have revealed that a short break from drinking alcohol can boost mood,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3861,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions\/3861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}