In 2015, Professor Kevin Moore of the Royal Free Hospital, London, co-authored one of the largest ever studies into the effects of a four-week break from alcohol.

By the end of the four weeks, the participants of the studies had each lost on average, 40% of their liver fat and 3kg in weight. They had also reduced their cholesterol, lowered glucose levels as well as many other health improvements.

Firstly we need to identify that alcohol is a depressant, so its actually causing a large part of your anxiety and even depression.

Alcohol helps you to sleep? Nope… Trust us, it really doesn’t. Google it. Alcohol disturbs your sleep, stops you from going into REM (that’s the really deep rejuvenating sleep, mmm) so you feel tired again.

Society has conditioned you that you need alcohol to be successful, to be cool, to be sexy, to have fun, to relax, the list goes on and on. How will you fare going up against years of social conditioning, second-hand peer pressure and self-doubt, all on your own?

Imagine the thought of looking in the mirror and feeling inflated, being able to not have to use drink as the crutch to get through stressful days. Or having to use drink to feel more confident at social events. Even dropping the extra pounds and feeling more confident in your own skin. When your re-wire the relationship you have with drink it becomes natural rather than a challenge.