Drink of the gods or drink of the devil, alcohol is as sacred as it is execrated. In pause mode during “Dry January”, no more question of raising glasses to the party or to sad solitude, the month of abstinence will allow fans to “make the water drinkable” as the poet said. Since last Wednesday, the sixth edition of sobriety has been served.
Want to store the bottles in the cellar and the cubicles in the attic? To banish all hangovers after a drunken end-of-year celebration? The “Dry January” campaign, a January without alcohol, sober or dry of your choice, has already started. However, it is never too late to join the more than 4 million 500 thousand French people who took the break on this date in 2024.
Launched in the United Kingdom eleven years earlier, the operation, supported by associations and addictologists, immediately began an international tour which continues to grow. Like a last Christmas gift to give yourself for your own health, like a gift for your wallet or a unique opportunity to take stock of your alcohol level and better control your consumption. Dependence affects more than 5 million people in France, costs 120 billion euros socially and represents the second non-inevitable cause of premature mortality after tobacco.
Became a heavy whiskey drinker “to anesthetize my depression and my suffering”Frédéric, a 42-year-old father, recounts his struggle to the Independent. Carla, a young student, testifies to the benefits of a temporary break. Benefits brought by the Perpignan addictologist psychiatrist Federico Caro… But dismissed by Frédéric Rouanet, president of the Aude winegrowers' union. Come on, the “digeo” time will wait. Or not. Bacchus and Dionysus will recover.
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