Eight days into Dry July, I was offered a nice glass of champagne by someone I hadn’t seen for months. I decided it was OK. | OPINION by Sarah Berry
I was planning to do Dry July this year, but changed my mind and I don’t regret it one bit.
With that being said, 15 years as a health writer has taught me a thing or two. I have tried all manner of crazy things in that time, had more colonics than my nether regions would have liked, had extended periods of time without drinking alcohol and cleansed within an inch of my life. Literally, that time, dazed and confused following an extended fast,In short, I’ve done extremes in the name of health.
There are other things we pursue with full knowledge that they do not benefit our physical health but fulfil something else in us. I eat chocolate not because I am convinced by shoddy science suggesting it’s good for me, but because it gives me pleasure. Similarly, I don’t drink a glass of red wine because I believe the questionable science around its antioxidants and supposed health benefits, but because I find it a pleasure.
But, I’ve also come to realise that we can reset ourselves and care for our health in a variety of ways. Fasting and abstinence are some of these ways – and can certainly be pathways to moderation or to recognising that something we once did no longer serves us – but are not limited to these ways.
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