Metro - Giving up alcohol at 24
hasn’t been a life sentence – it has set me free
From the age of 12 it stripped me of my
dignity, dreams and self-respect. All it gave me was the constant
inability to show up for the life I deserved, and it’s taken me
over 10 years to see this.
RTE.ie (Ireland) - One in five
adults classified as a hazardous drinker – report
Ireland needs to
examine and assess its deep-rooted cultural norm relating to alcohol,
according to a Drinkaware survey, which shows that more than one in
five adults are classified as a hazardous drinker.
The New York Times
- How Much Alcohol Can You Drink Safely?
Humans have been
drinking fermented concoctions since the beginning of recorded time.
But despite that long relationship with alcohol, we still don’t
know what exactly the molecule does to our brains to create a feeling
of intoxication.
The Guardian - How
cleaning helped me rebuild what alcohol had ruined
If you’ve ever
done a real detox off drugs and alcohol to get clean, the whole
notion of cleaning your flat as a way to some sort of psychological
Nirvana seems suspect. Yet this is exactly what the new cleaning
gurus, like Marie Kondo, Mrs Hinch (2.4m Instagram fans and counting)
and Lynsey “Queen of Clean” Crombie, would have us believe.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Alcohol is a factor in at least a third of all homicide
cases
Alcohol fuelled a
fight between Ngaire Tukiwaho and her partner. But her 1-month-old
son was the ultimate victim. Brad Flahive examines the connection
between booze and homicide for The Homicide Report.
The Drum (USA) -
Alcohol advertisers warned of possible court action for flouting
rules
Alcohol brands are
being warned that they must be ready to face potential court action
for conveying irresponsible messages to consumers through
advertising, including the inadvertent targeting of underage
drinkers.
Cyprus Mail
(Cyprus) - Cypriot teens consume more alcohol than EU counterparts
Cyprus minors
consume a lot of alcohol compared with those in other European
countries, and little is done to regulate the sale of alcohol to
those under the age of 18, the secondary-school parents association
said on Tuesday.
The Guardian (UK)
- Britons get drunk more often than 35 other nations, survey finds
Drinkers in the UK
get drunk more than any other nation in the world, findings from a
global survey suggest.
EURACTIV (EU) -
Romania torpedoes EU deal on alcohol excise duties over moonshine
Member states
clashed on the reform of alcohol excise duties during a meeting of EU
financial ministers last Friday (17 May), as the Romanian Presidency
of the EU tried to raise the maximum limit on home distillation, in
pursuit of its own national interest.
The Bolton News
(UK) - 1,000 children a year brain damaged by alcohol in the womb
in Greater Manchester
A THOUSAND
children are born a year with brain damage in Greater Manchester
because their mums drank while expecting – now health bosses have
launched a pilot to end the "hidden epidemic".
HUB (USA) -
Majority of campus alcohol policies fail to receive 'most
effective' rating from experts
Alcohol policy
experts and researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health who evaluated common university alcohol policies found
that fewer than half of the approaches for reducing problematic
alcohol consumption rated as "most effective."
The BMJ - Helen
Salisbury: Alcohol excess—time for new measures?
In a recent issue
of The BMJ I was struck by two articles on the same theme: when
industries make money from selling products that cause harm, can we
expect them to contribute meaningfully to improving public health?
One covered the World Health Organization’s recent instruction to
its staff not to engage with the alcohol industry when developing
public health policy and to warn governments against such
collaboration.
MDEdge (UK) - More
than 40% of U.K. physicians report binge drinking
Occupational
distress among physicians is tied to increased odds of substance use,
sleep disturbance, binge eating, and poor health in general, a
cross-sectional study of 417 U.K. doctors shows.
Automotive News
(USA) - Devote more r&d to prevent drunken driving
While many new and
emerging issues grab headlines, drunken driving is still the leading
cause of highway deaths.
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