Party of one

Australia has a long and often troubled relationship with alcohol, and the prolonged COVID-19 isolation measures have the potential to bring out the worst of our national battle with the bottle.

Taking a break from the booze

New draft guidelines recommend no more than 10 standard alcoholic drinks a week, but knowing how to take a break from booze altogether might have even greater benefits than merely cutting back.

Teen drinkers face more alcohol problems in later life

A new study has produced robust evidence that adolescents who drink regularly are twice as likely to be binge drinkers and drink drivers as adults. This appears to debunk the idea that teen experimentation with alcohol promotes responsible drinking; instead, it can set a young person up for problem drinking in later life.