General Article I’m an addiction researcher and therapist. Here’s why promoting sober ‘dry months’ bothers me

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I’m an addiction researcher and therapist. Here’s why promoting sober ‘dry months’ bothers me.

Kara Fletcher, University of Regina

Campaigns that challenge people to abstain from alcohol for one month — often in support of a good cause — have emerged across the globe over the past decade. Dry January officially launched in 2013 with a public health campaign by British charity Alcohol Change.

Other “month of abstinence” campaigns have included Dry July, Sober September, Sober October and “Dry...

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