
Kyla Gemmell knew drinking alcohol set off a domino effect that didn’t fall in line with how she wanted to live. A night of drinking disrupted her sleep for days, which led her to skip her workout routine and reach for fatty and salty foods that weren’t nurturing her. At 28, a weekend out drinking would take her two weeks to recover from.
That’s why one day in mid-November, she decided to stop drinking for a year.