The benfits of a booze break
Want to improve your running and your health? It might be time to consider changing your relationship with alcohol, says Fiona Bugler
More and more people are re-examining their relationship with alcohol, either giving up completely or taking a booze break. But unlike giving up chocolate, co_ ee or smoking, giving up drinking has until recently been stigmatised, o_ en seen as a sign of being out of control, having a problem and being labelled an alcoholic.
But attitudes are changing and if not drinking means you do have a problem, you’re in good company. According to the Office of National Statistics 20 per cent of respondents to a 2017 survey said they did not drink alcohol at all, and a high number of young people are choosing not to drink. For non-drinkers or those on a boozebreak, there are now more choices than ever before.
“There’s no part of your body not affected by drinking alcohol,” says Laura Willoughby, founder of Club Soda (clubsoda.com), an online club and resource, promoting mindful drinking, with a goal of creating a world where nobody has to feel out of place if they are not drinking alcohol.
Look younger, feel better
“If there was a pill you could take that would make you look younger, sleep better, lose weight and feel more energetic, most of us would take it. For regular drinkers giving up alcohol can do all of that,” says Willoughby.
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