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When alcohol sales across the United States are immersed in 2019,Kelly Ripa joked she had to blame. "They say the Americans bought less wine last year," Ripa said on ABCLiving with Kelly and Ryan As of January 20, 2020. "This is the first drop of a quarter of a century. ... I think it's because I stopped drinking, that I caused this dip. I influenced the market."

At the time, she did not reveal why she had abandoned alcohol, and many people wondered what was behind the decision of the Peppy Talk Show host. The next month, however, the 51-year-old mother has opened on the life of life, revealing his motivation to bid Boonze Goodbye. Read it to find out why Ripa puts its wine glass for good and the only thing that surprised her from sober life.

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Like many of us, Ripa said that she liked to have a moderation before giving up alcohol in 2019. Nevertheless, she saysPeople Magazine in 2020, she felt persistent effects after a night of indulgence. "I was not someone who has drunk - but even like two glasses of wine at a girl's night dinner; I would feel it the next morning."

It is not surprising, because women are more likely tofeel the side effects of alcohol faster than men, according to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). "Alcohol lies mainly in body water and book for the book, women have less water in their bodies than men," they explain. "It means that after a woman and a man of the same weight, the same amount of alcohol, the alcohol concentration of the woman (tray, the amount of alcohol in the blood) will tend to be higher, putting it at a higher risk of prejudice. "

Disease control and prevention centers (CDC), citing theFood Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, "Does not recommend that people who do not drink alcohol begin to drink for a reason" and say that if women choose to drink,they should limit consumption to one (or less!) Beverages a day.

Although the calendar of the ripa turn to the sobriety coincides coarsely withRyan Seacrest joining her as a co-facilitator in the morning of the show, which encourages her to joke on the air there was a connection: "I started the show and she stopped drinking. What does it tell you? " - The truth is, there was no drama behind his decision.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Ripa says she simply took a challenge to stop drinking for a month, with a group of friends. "I did a sober month - all my girlfriends did it, we all did it together - and I never returned to her," she saysPeople. "I just do not really feel the need nor the desire to go back there. It was not really a choice or a thought, it was just:" Yeah, I guess I do not drink anymore. "

Unlike to abandon tobacco, that she says she did 25 years ago, Cutting Booze was not a struggle. "Leave [tobacco] I really had to think," she said. "But drinking was very easy. I did not really think about it at all."

The surprising thing about stop drinking, Ripa saidPeople, how many people questioned his choice. When she stopped using tobacco, "nobody ever wondered why. But I stopped drinking and everyone is like"Why Have you stopped drinking? ... for me, it was like, I do not do it anymore. I felt better so I stopped. "

PsychotherapistVeronica Valli, founder ofThe Sobre Sobriety Program, says that the received RIPA reaction is not unusual. "If you think about our culture, it's not something we have always asked questions (until we do). We believe that alcohol is the best way to have fun, from the Excitement, belonging and connection. Who would like to give this? Why people repel and say that he will not hurt. They want things to stay as they are because it's easier and more comfortable. "

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For many of us, you abstain from our after-work beer or our glass of night wine is unthinkable, especially since the pandemic, during whichSales of wine and rigid liquor, according to CNN. But Ripa says she had no trouble leaving the habit. In fact, she had the opposite experience. "It felt good," said RipaPeople. "I felt like I looked good, I felt like I did not trust me."

Judging from her brilliant skin and apparently boundless energy, we would accept that the consumption of not drinking certainly seems the convention - and can even inspire others trying a sober month (or more!).

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