Why participate?

If you register for IkPas, we will do everything we can to provide you with the best possible care during the month (or a longer number of days of your choice) in which you do not drink alcohol. coach. If you sign up for IkPas, you get your own dashboard with a number of useful functions:

• The IkPas coach: a personal source of information that you can call upon if you have questions about IkPas or if you need something advice need during difficult times. The IkPas coach is ready for you!
• A forum where you experiences exchanges with other participants
• Your personal diary to keep track of your progress and experiences
• Badges you can to deserve in all kinds of situations, such as resisting alcohol at a dinner party or birthday party.
• Unique content which is only available to participants, such as: informative articles, tasty non-alcoholic recipes, useful tips and useful facts.
• The ability to set the contact frequency yourself. Would you like to receive a weekly newsletter, would you like to hear from us every day or just once every two weeks? You decide!
• The large benefit of your own IkPas account is that we can support you during your challenge and that you can make contact with fellow IkPassers. Because you experience a break period together.

Sign up or join a team

Together with the rest of the Netherlands you put your alcohol consumption on hold. So you are never alone. Do you want to participate with your family, football club, group of friends, department or the entire company? Then create a team. Because you all take a break together.

You can start any day. Or join one of our monthly challenges!

Join IkPas!

THIS GIVES YOU PARTICIPATION WITH IKPASS YOU

Of course we don't just shout something when we talk about the benefits of temporarily not drinking alcohol. Tranzo, the scientific center for care and welfare of Tilburg University, has been doing this for years research into the effects of not drinking among the participants of IkPas. And there are quite a few:

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AWARENESS

By temporarily not drinking alcohol you notice the role alcohol (often unconsciously) plays in your life. 58% of the participants are more aware of their alcohol consumption after IkPas and choose more aware or, when and how much they want to drink instead of acting out of habit.

DRINK LESS ALCOHOL

By participating in IkPas you also drink structurally after the break period less. Six months after IkPas, participants drank on average over 30% less than before the break period.

BETTER SLEEP

By temporarily not drinking alcohol you sleep better. 62% van de deelnemers kan dat beamen. En ook deelnemers die in het verleden slaapdagboeken invulden, hadden die ervaring.

FEELING PHYSICALLY FITTER

Not drinking alcohol makes you feel fitter. Dit wordt door 66% van de deelnemers bevestigd. Een aantal deelnemers maakten bijvoorbeeld ook melding van persoonlijke toptijden bij hardlopen.

FEELING MENTAL FITTER

You also have mental profit van geen alcohol drinken. 66% van de deelnemers ervaart dit.

BETTER TO SAY 'NO'

Not drinking alcohol also takes some getting used to for your environment; you will have to be steadfast in it to refuse of 'circles'. 64% is better able to say 'no' to alcohol after the break period. They don't necessarily have to be the BOB for that!

GOOD EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

With a pause period you set a example to young people. 50% of the participants feel that they have actually done so. Young people also notice this, as our research showed.

BREAKING HABIT BEHAVIOR

Participating in IkPas means you habits breaking through. No less than 43.5% of the participants feel that they have actually done so. And if it can be done with alcohol, it can also be done with chocolate. But that's another challenge...

TO LOSE WEIGHT

32% of the participants is after the IkPas action weight lost. An important reason for many participants to drink less alcohol, even after IkPas.

SAVE MONEY

By not buying alcohol, saves 55% of the participants money. And you can do other fun things with it.