Dry January doesn't have to mean sober January — at least for the 21 percent of participants turning to cannabis or CBD to make it through the month.
According to a survey by Civic Science, 67 percent of Dry January participants, or those choosing to abstain from alcohol consumption for the month of January, reported they are replacing alcohol with something — whether that be mocktails and alcohol-free beers or sodas and seltzers.
The largest share, 21 percent, said they would enjoy cannabis or non-psychoactive CBD in place of alcohol. The preference for substitutes wasn't uniform across all respondents. Cannabis was the most popular substitute among the youngest respondents with 34 percent of 21- to 24-year-olds preferring it. Among the 55 and older crowd, by contrast, just 9 percent reported they'd enjoy cannabis or CBD instead of alcohol, and 54 percent reported they'd stay the course without any support.
Dry January's Growing Popularity
Interest in Dry January has climbed over the recent years. At the close of 2022, about 41 percent of respondents in a separate survey by Civic Science reported they were "somewhat to very likely" to participate in Dry January come 2023. That's in-line with pre-pandemic data for the start of 2020, but slightly behind 2022 responses, which rebounded after a lag in interest during the 2021 pandemic year.
As with the preference for cannabis, interest in Dry January tends to vary by age — and younger generations are leading the charge. For the year of 2023, more than half of the youngest respondents, aged 21 to 24 years old, said they were "somewhat to very likely" to participate versus just 41 percent of those 55 and older.
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