The new year equals new resolutions.

Now that you're working on the new, better version of yourself, you may feel compelled to give up something. In an effort to cut calories, save a few bucks (drinks and Uber can be expensive) or a myriad of other reasons, are you giving up drinking as part of your new year's resolution?

Vote in the poll, and let us know in the comments why alcohol will remain on the shelf this week, month or year. Or forever.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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