January Has Become The Detox Month

Alcohol, meat, and sugar are all on hold for some people

An events space near me has been advertising a cocktail class they’re calling. Gin-uary. Every time it pops into my social media timeline, I think, “Why would they hold it this month. Don’t they know it’s Dry January?”

The idea of giving up alcohol after New Year’s dates back more than a decade. It began in 2012 as an initiative by Alcohol Change, UK, a …