What Happens After Dry January? (E266)

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So you’ve taken a break from alcohol and now you’re wondering do you stay sober or do you go back to drinking? In this episode I’ll discuss your options, when the best benefits from a break are, whether it’s possible for some people to moderate their drinking after a break, and how to know if you really have a problem and need to be sober or not.

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Gillian Tietz. What Happens After Dry January? (E266). Sober Powered. 2025

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1. Gillian Tietz. Why You Obsess About Your Drinking (E127). Sober Powered. 2022

2. Miller & Fillmore, 2011. Persistence of attentional bias toward alcohol-related stimuli in intoxicated social drinkers. Drug & Alcohol Dependence.