Will a sober October lead to long-term health benefits?

[Northerner]

One of the biggest problems with alcohol is that it is so deeply embedded into the marrow of everyday life. Avoiding it is difficult, so much so that giving up for a month – not that long in the greater scheme of things – has become one of those monumental challenges that people take on for charity, like running a marathon or jumping out of a plane. Last year, 75,000 people signed up for Go Sober for October, raising £5m for Macmillan Cancer Support while recalibrating their relationship with alcohol.

Not to be confused with Stoptober (the smoking cessation campaign from Public Health England), Go Sober for October provides a second annual chance to join a mass, month-long break from booze. If you failed at Dry January (being snowed in calls for nips of brandy, right?), you still get another shot at giving up for a bit without being roundly eyed with suspicion and disapproval. With one in five adults drinking over the recommended upper limit of 14 units a week, according to a YouGov poll this year, livers up and down the land must be breathing sighs of relief.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...ber-october-lead-to-long-term-health-benefits

 

[SadhbhFiadh]

They give up alcohol as a sacrifice?
I knew someone who gave up smoking in order to have more money to spend in the pub. Just incidentally. 🙄

 

[mikeyB]

I don’t miss alcohol. It’s perfectly possible to have a good time without being pie-eyed. And cheaper. And somebody needs to be sober so that the true facts can be conveyed to the magistrates, or sheriff if you live in Caledonia.

 

[Hepato-pancreato]

With mike on this one. I don’t miss alcohol one bit. You could still smoke in pubs last time I drank in one. Can’t see one months abstinence having a long term effect on health . Definitely a short term effect . Your Lfts should be perfect and your pockets will be fuller.