‘Dry January’ helped drive drinking rates to 96-year low — Harvard Gazette

‘Dry January’ helped drive drinking rates to 96-year low — Harvard Gazette

Health ‘Dry January’ helped drive drinking rates to 96-year low Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer October 14, 2025 8 min read Health experts say rise of sober-curious movement, shifts in tech, meds likely made difference in wake of pandemic excess Are shifts in drinking culture, wearable technology, and drug research combining to help cut alcohol consumption to levels not seen since the 1930s? Harv…