01/20/2026
Dry January is trendy.
It’s a reset, a challenge, a hashtag.
For many, it’s a month-long experiment.
For an alcoholic, it’s not a trend. It’s not a month.
It’s a life-or-death decision made over and over again—every morning, every afternoon, every evening. It’s choosing sobriety in moments no one sees. It’s sitting with cravings, grief, stress, celebration, loneliness… and still saying not today.
Recovery isn’t about January.
It’s about every moment of every day.
It’s courage in real time.
It’s survival.
It’s a life being rebuilt, one choice at a time.
Dry January is one path.
Recovery is another.
Neither is better—just different.
And for some, that different path is the one that saves their life.