Press release · For release 25 October 2026

The Quiet Month opens its founding January 2027.

One calm, alcohol-free month for up to four guests starts on 1 January 2027. Places are by application, and the founder lives the month alongside the guests. For everyone else there is a free January email programme, 30 Quiet Days.

Photo: illustrative, not our guests or venue. Credit below.

What is new

• The founding month starts on 1 January 2027: up to 4 guests, by application, 21 and over. After that, a new month starts on the 1st of every month. January 2027.
• Free 30 Quiet Days, 1 to 31 January 2027: one short email each morning, no streaks, leave in one click. You don't have to be sober to join. 30 Quiet Days.
• Gift and company options: a month can be given (the guest decides on their own call), or paid by a company for one leader.

The release

25 October 2026. The Quiet Month today opened applications for its founding month, which begins on 1 January 2027. Up to four guests spend one calm, alcohol-free month alongside the founder, Sami Adham (a professional name): shared low-carb meals, a daily walk or workout, short optional meditation, outings, early nights and phones down. It is not therapy and not a medical service.

The idea is simple. Most January breaks only remove something. "The evenings stay the same, so the gap where the drink was stays empty," says Sami Adham. "A slower month adds things instead: earlier nights, slower mornings, fewer screens, simple food and a daily walk. And no streaks. Miss a day, pick up the next one."

The programme fee is US$10,000 per guest for the month. Each guest books and pays their own flat, in their own name. Nothing is paid before a free video call and a signed agreement, and payment is by bank transfer only, on an invoice emailed from info@thequietmonth.com. The location is never published; it is shared privately with accepted guests.

For people who can't take a month away, the free 30 Quiet Days runs from 1 to 31 January 2027: one short email each morning with one small thing to try, an optional daily check-in with Rowan (an AI assistant), and no streaks. "Plan February in January," Sami says. "Decide what you keep before the month ends."

"Dry January" is a registered trade mark of Alcohol Change UK. The Quiet Month and 30 Quiet Days are not linked to Alcohol Change UK or its campaign.

Safety line for any story: if you drink heavily every day, talk to a doctor before stopping suddenly.

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About the founder

Sami Adham is the professional name of the founder of The Quiet Month. A few years ago he stopped drinking and smoking and changed how he eats, moves and rests. Now he lives a slow routine: early nights, walks, simple food, phones down. From January 2027 he shares that routine for one month with up to four guests. He is self-taught in nutrition and is not a doctor, counsellor or coach. Guests receive his full legal name in writing before they sign or pay. No photo of Sami is published. About Sami.

He can speak on: why January breaks wobble in week 2, filling the evening gap, screens and sleep, why streaks backfire, and planning February before January ends. He keeps to daily habits and does not give medical advice.

Six lines you can quote

All attributable to Sami Adham, founder of The Quiet Month.

1. "Most January breaks only take something away. The evenings stay the same, so the gap where the drink was stays empty."
2. "A slower month adds things instead: earlier nights, slower mornings, fewer screens, simple food and a daily walk."
3. "No streaks and no guilt. Miss a day, pick up the next one."
4. "Plan February in January. Decide what you keep before the month ends."
5. "Up to four guests, never more. A month you can live is better than a month you win."
6. "I'm self-taught in nutrition, not a doctor. I keep to daily habits, never medical advice."