ABC News' Dr. Jennifer Ashton Details the Health Benefits of Dry January: 'Give It a Try'

Photo: Michael Buckner/Variety/REX/ShutterstockDr. Jennifer Ashton is giving social media users tons of information after kicking off Dry January.On Thursday, the ABC chief medical correspondent appeared on a GMA3 Instagram video where she discussed the benefits of temporarily giving up alcohol for the new year. While sitting in her dressing room, Ashton, 53, urged anyone who’s considering it to give it a shot.“Well listen, I’ve been doing it for the last five years,” she shared.

ABC News' Jennifer Ashton Is Engaged to Tom Werner

Photo: Jennifer Ashton and Tom Werner Jennifer Ashtongot a happy surprise on New Year’s Eve — a proposal! The ABC News chief medical correspondent and doctor, 52, is engaged to television producer and businessman Tom Werner, 71. The couple has been dating for a year. “From the moment they met they were soulmates,” a close friend of the couple tells PEOPLE. “I said yes!” Ashton shared on Instagram Jan. 3 along with a photo of the happy couple.

ABC News' Jennifer Ashton on Her Ex-Husband's 2017 Suicide: 'I Was Feeling ... This Is My Fault'

Jennifer Ashton.Photo: Michael Benabib Eighteen days after Jennifer Ashton’s divorce from her husband of 21 years was finalized, Robert C. Ashton, Jr. jumped from the George Washington Bridge. Her first instinct was to blame herself. Opening up for the first time about the shock, pain and healing after Rob’s death on Feb. 11, 2017, at the age of 52, the ABC News chief medical correspondent and doctor recalls in an exclusive interview for this week’s issue of PEOPLE, driving over the George Washington Bridge herself that morning.

ABC News' Jennifer Ashton on Love After Ex-Husband's Suicide: 'I'm in an Amazing Relationship'

Photo: Michael Benabib After herex-husband’s suicide in 2017,Jennifer Ashton learned to navigate grief and guilt while parenting their two children as a single mother. But the doctor and ABC News chief medical correspondent never expected to fall in love again. “I was dealing with plenty of my own healing and recovery issues. I didn’t need a man to deal with on top of all that,” Ashton writes in herupcoming bookLife After Suicide,which is exclusively previewed in the new issue of PEOPLE.

ABC News' Jennifer Ashton Weds Tom Werner: 'I Never Thought I'd Find Love Like This'

In a wedding for the ages, ABC News' Dr. Jennifer Ashton married prolific television producer and Boston Red Sox chairman Tom Werner in an intimate affair on Saturday. “I’m so happy because I never thought I’d find love like this,” says Ashton, 53, who wore a Ralph Lauren Collection gown for the big day. “But when you’re older, it doesn’t take long to recognize when you’ve found your soul mate.”