Changing the alcohol norm: The potential of digital communities and alcohol-free challenges

Alcohol Issues - Episode 11 Changing the alcohol norm: The potential of digital communities and alcohol-free challenges

Movendi International's weekly in-depth conversation about latest alcohol issues.

Special edition - Dry January & February and more

As Dry February is in full swing in several countries, many people are continuing going alcohol-free after Dry January and there is this huge interest digital sober communities, we are bringing you a conversation with and about Hello Sunday Morning and Dry January.

There is the cultural phenomenon of Dry January, increasingly popular around the world. There is a campaign to spend February alcohol-free. There are initiatives for Sober Spring. Dry July and Sober October have also been established and enjoy increasing popularity. And there are campaign supporting people to spend the holidays alcohol-free.

Hello Sunday Morning and their Daybreaker App as well as Dry January and the Try Dry app are outstanding examples of the success and momentum to use digital technologies in support of people who want to reduce and quit their alcohol use and achieve other health and life goals in doing so.

Last October, to celebrate World Alcohol-Free Day on October 3rd and to support Sober October, we arranged an Sober Inspiration Talk with Andy Moore, CEO of Hello Sunday Morning, and Richard Piper, Chief Executive of Alcohol Change UK, the charity running Dry January. It was such an inspiring and insightful conversation that we want to bring some highlights back.

In this special edition, the Alcohol Issues Podcast host Maik Dünnbier is joined by Kristina Sperkova, the President of Movendi International and the moderator of the Sober Inspiration Talk with Andy and Richard. Kristina and Maik picked some highlights from the original conversation that they want to share. And they discuss some topics that Richard and Andy raise in more detail and depth.

Resources for the conversation with Andy and Richard

All about Alcohol Change UK and Richard:

Follow Richard on Twitter.

Follow Alcohol Change UK on Twitter.

1. Read more about Alcohol Change UK's important work, here.
2. Read more about DRY JANUARY, here.

And follow Dry January on Twitter.

Here's more about Hello Sunday Morning and Andy:

• Follow Hello Sunday Morning on Twitter, here.
• The Hello Sunday Morning website.
• Andy's blog post about changing the role alcohol plays in his life.
• The Daybreak app, can be downloaded here.

Feedback

For feedback, questions and suggestions of future topics, please get in touch at: maik.duennbier@movendi.ngo.

You are most welcome to follow Movendi International and Maik Dünnbier on Twitter, too.