The Dry January blog

Read stories, tips for the month, alcohol-free reviews and lots more!

How to do Dry January during COVID-19

These past two years have been pretty different to previous ones - so for this January here are some top tips for taking part in Dry January during COVID-19.

How to do Dry January during COVID-19

These past two years have been pretty different to previous ones - so for this January here are some top tips for taking part in Dry January during COVID-19.

Sober Spring: what next?

June 2022 | 10 minutes

With Sober Spring coming to an end, we thought now would be a good time to share some tips and stories from the experts – you!

Week fourteen: Sober Spring has sprung

Millie Gooch | June 2022 | 7 minutes

Millie Gooch, founder of the Sober Girl Society, brings us some brilliant tips on tackling Sober Spring - the three-month sabbatical off alcohol.

Week thirteen: Unwind without wine

Millie Gooch | June 2022 | 7 minutes

Millie Gooch, founder of the Sober Girl Society, brings us some brilliant tips on tackling Sober Spring - the three-month sabbatical off alcohol.

Six ways going alcohol-free is like going vegan

Amy HG | June 2022 | 10 minutes

Amy HG underwent a realisation that going sober isn’t so very different to going vegan.

Week twelve: Banish the cravings

Millie Gooch | June 2022 | 7 minutes

Millie Gooch, founder of the Sober Girl Society, brings us some brilliant tips on tackling Sober Spring - the three-month sabbatical off alcohol.

From hangxiety to starting a sober society at uni to help others like me

Charlie Martina | June 2022 | 10 minutes

Alcohol Change UK Community Champion Charlie Martina talks about how she set up Sober Soc at Liverpool University to meet other students who were willing to start having conversations about moderation or sobriety.

Week eleven: Make fun, fun again

Millie Gooch | June 2022 | 7 minutes

Millie Gooch, founder of the Sober Girl Society, brings us some brilliant tips on tackling Sober Spring - the three-month sabbatical off alcohol.

I lost my identity as a footballer but now sobriety is my superpower

Fraser Franks | May 2022 | 11 minutes

Ex-professional footballer, Fraser Franks, talks about his complicated relationship with alcohol, which started even before he’d touched a drop.

Drunk Me vs. Sober Me

DJ Glen John | May 2022 | 9 minutes

DJ Glen John found that in order to stop drinking, he had to do battle with his alter ego.

Week ten: Please don't stop the music

Millie Gooch | May 2022 | 7 minutes

Millie Gooch, founder of the Sober Girl Society, brings us some brilliant tips on tackling Sober Spring - the three-month sabbatical off alcohol.

The radical choice I made as a non-drinking dater

Tori Felder | May 2022 | 10 minutes

Whether a drinker or as a newly teetotal dater, Tori Felder didn’t have great romantic experiences, until a radical choice changed everything.

Week nine: The party's sober - not over!

Millie Gooch | May 2022 | 7 minutes

Millie Gooch, founder of the Sober Girl Society, brings us some brilliant tips on tackling Sober Spring - the three-month sabbatical off alcohol.