Christian millennials around the world have temporarily given up alcohol and social media during the Lenten season leading up to Easter day.

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During the 40-day period set aside for added reflection, fasting and prayer, many in the Christian faith “give up” an aspect in their life during Lent. Other people may add a habit, such as reading passages from the Bible, to their life during this season, or go out of their way to help others in need.

Sometimes it’s good to set aside worldly possessions, interactions or practices for the sake of some interior silence and recollection — it’s a chance to help us get back in touch with God.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has found that many young Christians in the millennial generation have given up wine, shame and social media this year.

For example, after renouncing her normal indulgence of a glass of wine at the airport during a flight delay, Laura Bradley, a website manager, told the network in Australia, “It was a time for me to reflect on my own faith, to take something I’d been using regularly and offer it up as a prayer for my own spiritual journey.”

An annual analysis by OpenBible.info of over 700,000 tweets that mention Lent this year discovered that alcohol was the top mentioned item to offer up.

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“This year, alcohol topped the list for the first time,” the folks at OpenBible.info blogged at the beginning of the month. Social networking came up at number two on the list.

Attached to his phone on a regular basis, college student Daniel O’Connell told the Australian public broadcaster ABC, “I’ve turned it onto silent so I won’t be interrupted unless someone calls me — which is quite rare, because everyone texts or messages me on Facebook.”

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In Hartford, Connecticut, an archdiocese urged its parishioners to engage in a “phone fast” this Lent, blogger Bob Collins wrote on the Minnesota Public Radio blog NewsCut.

“This is just a contemporary new twist to the aspect of fasting,” Hartford Archbishop Leonard P. Blair said.

He added, “The technology by which we have all these communications and social media and instant communications are [sic] all very good and positive things, but I think we all acknowledge that … sometimes it’s good to set those things aside for the sake of some interior silence and recollection. [It’s] a chance to put us back in touch with God and one another.”

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Another on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s list for millennials? Shame.

“Shame is one of the biggest things that prevent us from repairing our relationship with God,” said college student William Hill, who attends the University of New South Wales in a suburb of Sydne. Hill “gave up” shame for Lent to be able to fully trust in the process of repentance and forgiveness.

Although Lent is more commonly emphasized in liturgical churches, in the past even some millennials who consider themselves non-religious have chosen to give up things during Lent. In 2013, for example, 20-something Kelly Shedd considered herself nondenominational and chose chocolate for her Lenten sacrifice, as the Southern California public radio station 89.3 KPCC reported.

“It sounds silly, but practicing Lent puts things in perspective for me,” Shedd said at the time. “For 40 days I am constantly encountering that ‘want,’ and it reminds me of just how blessed I am.”