Alcohol Awareness

Below are our 17 articles in the alcohol awareness' category:

A Brief History of Alcohol
People have been making and drinking alcohol since prehistory. Regarding the current media hype about binge drinking, it is easy to forget that these...
Alcohol and Holidays
Recent research by an insurance company reveals that as many as four out of five Britons admit to being ‘very drunk’ while on holiday. Over an...
Alcohol and Links With Marketing
The advertising and promotion of alcohol is strictly controlled. Whilst there are restrictions on alcohol advertising in order to promote responsible...
Alcohol and Mental Health Issues
Alcohol has become recognised as a cause of mental health issues only recently, although it has long been known that it could make existing...
Alcohol and the Older Person
Older people are being warned about their drinking habits as figures show alcohol-related hospital admissions in the over-65s are rising....
Alcohol and Women: New Forms of Drinking
The way women drink and the amount they drink has been a popular news item recently The effects of alcohol on women’s behaviour, wellbeing and...
Alcohol Around the World
Almost every nation on earth, barring strictly Muslim countries in which alcohol is banned, has its own distinct drinking history and culture....
Alcohol, Calories and Health
Becoming aware of the effects of alcohol on your body includes being alert to the calorie content of what you drink, because many of us forget to...
Alcohol's Links to Depression
It can be very difficult for an individual to disentangle the relationship between depression and alcohol consumption, because there are many...
Know your Limits for Responsible Drinking
Very few people know the exact amount of alcohol they have consumed. Where the weekly recommended guidelines are concerned even fewer people know how...
Multiple Substance Abuse: How Alcohol Fits In
Multiple substance abuse is likely to begin with problem drinking and to escalate into abusing difference substances - knowing the reasons it happens...
Quiz: Heavy Drinker, Problem Drinker or Alcoholic?
The term alcoholism is a popular, rather than a medical or legal one. The medical definitions generally used in the UK are alcohol abuse and...
Simon, a High Functioning Alcoholic: Case Study
Simon was the Area Manager for a sports retailer, a successful professional with a wife, two children and an active and demanding social life. He...
The Portman Group/Drinkaware
In the UK alcohol abuse became a cause for concern so some years ago a consortium made up of some of the largest drinks manufacturers and producers...
The Rise of the Alcopop and Children Drinking
Teenage binge-drinking may be blamed on the promotion of brightly-coloured, sweet-flavoured alcoholic beverages, and is alarmingly on the increase....
The Sale of Alcohol, Who Can Buy It, When and Where
The purchase of intoxicating liquor is now possible from a growing number of retail outlets. Off-Licences no longer hold the monopoly on sales, as...
The UK's Relationship with Alcohol
Whilst our culture may encourage social interaction, as a nation we are not as clued up about the dangers of excessive drinking as we like to think...
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