Česky
In 2013, a group of people decided to improve the lives of men and women by abstaining in February, not because February is the shortest month, but because it is (was) a time of balls and parties when alcohol is hard to avoid.
Last year 9% of the adult population of the country, women and men equally, took part in the event. The benefit is not only better sleep, a clearer mind, weight reduction, saving money, a better sex life, but it is also an opportunity to help us find out if we can live with alcohol or if we have already succumbed to it. More than 1 million people in the country have alcohol problems.
"The aim is not to make people abstinent, but to highlight the negative consequences of high alcohol consumption. I and my colleagues from the orthopaedic department of Hořovice Hospital and from other departments of the hospital have been keeping this tradition for the third year. My wife supported this initiative by purchasing the book Dry February, which is certainly worth reading," described the head of the orthopaedic department , Milan Pastucha, MD.
