I mean, how bad can it be? It definitely can’t be worse than how I’m feeling now. And the promise of more fun, more money, and no hangovers sounds amazing. On the flip side, you might be wondering how to navigate this new territory of a month without alcohol. Will you have to white-knuckle your way through it? How will you be social? Do you need to hibernate for a month? What will you do instead? How will you have fun? What will people think?

I look back to when I was fifteen and how my peers were drinking and smoking and although it wasn’t something we were “supposed to” be doing at that age, it was just a known thing that everyone did. Making up stories about where you were, sneaking around, getting drunk and high, it was all just part of being a teenager back then.

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