OPINION A One Year No Beer member taking the 90-day challenge AT the start of the year, and with hopes of emerging from the coronavirus pandemic on the horizon, I embarked on Dry January. Like many Brits, I reckon I drank more during 2020. With the pubs and restaurants shut, drinking at home became the norm for many – and I definitely felt it. Although I actually lost weight last year – about a stone between March and December thanks to eating less junk food – my alcohol intake increased. Cold beers in the garden during those lockdown summer months, a few cans every time the football was on (and it was on a lot), a glass of wine or three with dinner, a “well-earned” drink after a stressful day working from home with the kids running around my feet.