5 Mocktails for Dry January and Beyond Tobie Stanger
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While the pandemic might limit our access to bars and big, boozy gatherings, many Americans are still drinking like we’re on the town. In a recent Consumer Reports nationally representative survey of more than 2,500 adults in the U.S., 23 percent said they drank more after COVID-19 hit than before. Still, if your New Year’s resolution includes staying away from alcohol, you’ve apparently got company. Using Google Trends, we found that searches for the term “nonalcoholic drink,” which peaks in late December and early January, are about 19 percent higher at the turn of this year versus the same period the year before.