Dry January has nothing to do with the weather.
It s a challenge more people every year seem to set for themselves, after the excesses of the holidays, to skip alcohol for the 31 days of January.
According to the original program s website, https://alcoholchange.org.uk/, it started with 4,000 official participants and has grown to more than 100,000 signing up and 4 million taking part in 2020.
The site did not say whether those numbers include just those in the United Kingdom, or people from other countries as well, but you don t have to look far to find those who take the challenge in the United States.