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I quit drinking four years ago. I’m still confronting drinking culture.

People who stop drinking are constantly quizzed about why. I view my role in my friend group not as a scold but to model a dynamic sobriety.

Charles M. Blow

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Maybe you made a New Year’s resolution to cut down on the amount of alcohol you drink or to stop drinking altogether. Maybe you’ve committed to Dry January. Maybe you were alarmed by health warning that suggest consuming alcohol is a leading preventable cause of cancer and that alcoholic beverages should carry warning labels more like those for cigarettes.

Whatever the reason, a reconsideration of alcohol in our lives is in the air.

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