Dry January beckons — a month off the booze to let your body recover and reset. “Many cultures are far less tolerant of alcohol [excess intake] — people drink one or two, they don’t have ‘a session’. Quitting, even for a short period of a month, alleviates pressure on the liver and reduces accumulated fat there, says Ivers. If you lift that, you feel better.”She also warns that for those with existing anxiety or depressive disorders “drinking alcohol is like pouring petrol on the fire”. People have a thing about ‘how do you tell people’ you’re not drinking alcohol.
