The Sober Spring blog

Check out blogs from sober influencers and experts, every week throughout Sober Spring. You can also read blogs from the Dry January® challenge with tips for your alcohol-free adventure.

Sober Spring Week 12: Reasons why we might romanticise drinking and how to stay on track

Mandy Manners is an Alcohol Change UK Ambassador, author and recovery coach.

Sober Spring Week 12: Reasons why we might romanticise drinking and how to stay on track

Mandy Manners is an Alcohol Change UK Ambassador, author and recovery coach.
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Press release: Almost nine million people planning to give up alcohol this January

December 2022 | 16 minutes

New research1 by Alcohol Change UK, the charity behind Dry January®, shows that almost 9 million people in the UK are planning to have a month off drinking in January 2023.
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10 years of Dry January® - Let's hear it for our alumni

December 2022 | 10 minutes

We can’t quite believe it’s been a decade of Dry January®.
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Managing your drinking and mental health during the cost of living crisis

December 2022 | 9 minutes

It’s tough out there at the moment, and if you feel you need a helping hand, that’s ok.
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Stu's story: I was a daily drinker

Stu Woodley | December 2022 | 10 minutes

Stu Woodley, 61, works as a musician in pubs and clubs and was a daily drinker, but one Dry January® everything changed.
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How to navigate the holiday season this Christmas

Faye | December 2022 | 9 minutes

Last December, I had to navigate the challenges of Christmas parties, seasonal gatherings with friends and of course family time at home, for the first time sober.
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Gifting and celebrating alcohol-free ideas for the festive season

December 2022 | 11 minutes

Our partners have come together offering supporters of Alcohol Change UK some amazing deals.
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Introducing the new and improved Try Dry® app

Angela Calcan | October 2022 | 9 minutes

You asked and we listened.
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Week fourteen: Sober Spring has sprung

Millie Gooch | June 2022 | 8 minutes

Millie Gooch, founder of the Sober Girl Society, brings us some brilliant tips on tackling Sober Spring - the three-month sabbatical off alcohol.
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Week thirteen: Unwind without wine

Millie Gooch | June 2022 | 8 minutes

Millie Gooch, founder of the Sober Girl Society, brings us some brilliant tips on tackling Sober Spring - the three-month sabbatical off alcohol.
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Six ways going alcohol-free is like going vegan

Amy HG | June 2022 | 11 minutes

Amy HG underwent a realisation that going sober isn’t so very different to going vegan.
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Week twelve: Banish the cravings

Millie Gooch | June 2022 | 8 minutes

Millie Gooch, founder of the Sober Girl Society, brings us some brilliant tips on tackling Sober Spring - the three-month sabbatical off alcohol.
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From hangxiety to starting a sober society at uni to help others like me

Charlie Martina | June 2022 | 11 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.