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Are You Taking Part in Dry January?

Damita Miller-Shanklin I don’t know about you, but I had not heard about the concept of Dry January before last year..  But once I understood what it was about, it seemed to be a great opportunity to think about your alcohol intake and to make a change.  Dry January is a public health campaign that encourages people to abstain from alcohol for the entire month … Continue reading Are You Taking Part in Dry January?

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Empowering Sobriety: Navigating Dry January in the Black Community

Damita Miller-Shanklin Have you heard of the new thing to do in January? It involves no alcohol? Yes, you may have guess, it’s called Dry January. It officially became a thing in 2013 under the organization Alcohol Change UK. (Time.com) I have not done Dry January because I’m not there yet. But I was curious about how it worked and what made people choose to … Continue reading Empowering Sobriety: Navigating Dry January in the Black Community

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