Bravo to you for accomplishing this and for sharing your honest experience in this wonderful story. I had never heard of Dry January before reading this. You have inspired me to try something similar… - Andrew Jazprose Hill - Medium

Why Do a Dry January?

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Andrew Jazprose Hill

Feb 19, 2021

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Bravo to you for accomplishing this and for sharing your honest experience in this wonderful story. I had never heard of Dry January before reading this. You have inspired me to try something similar during other times of the year. Thank you for writing this.

Andrew Jazprose Hill

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"Read me, Seymour!" I write two newsletters on Substack: The Jazprose Diaries & The Fiction Fix. Short Stories & Serial Fiction. Plus Memoir, Essays & Satire

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