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Another excellent article in @guardian about alcohol.
"Having a problem with alcohol is not about alcohol.
As the sober years mounted up, I realised that drinking was a symptom of something bigger underneath...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/30/problem-drinker-10-things-learned-since-quit-partying-hangovers-self-destruction
I’ve rarely met an ex-drinker who didn’t have anxiety, depression or low self-esteem, usually caused by experiences growing up. Dealing with problem drinking means dealing with what’s underneath."
"Drinking raises the risk of several types of cancer- colon, liver, breast and mouth and throat. Alcohol breaks down in the body into a substance called acetaldehyde, which can damage cells and stop them from repairing themselves. That creates the conditions for cancer to grow."
"The United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Holland and Australia recently reviewed new evidence and lowered their alcohol consumption recommendations. Ireland will require cancer warning labels on alcohol starting in 2026."
I'm in the @smh today making the point that talking about violence, and telling boys and men to change, is not a prevention strategy. Government needs to take action at the level of policy and regulation. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/talking-isn-t-working-push-for-pm-to-tackle-porn-gambling-booze-to-stop-violent-men-20240429-p5fn8f.html
‘We know the less alcohol there is... in the community, the less violence there is & govt knows that too...when they had to drop violence as they did recently because of emergency conditions in Alice, the 1st thing that they did was turn off the alcohol spigot because it works.’
“It’s time for our political leaders to acknowledge that alcohol companies are profiting from pushing alcohol into homes late at night, fuelling intoxication and violence,” FARE CEO Caterina Giorgi said.
We’ve put forward some common-sense policy solutions to National Cabinet.
This is why we support a recommendation in @jessradio and Professor @mike_salter's recent White Paper on Primary Prevention, which outlines that governments must address the commercial determinants of men’s violence against women, which includes alcohol.
https://jesshill.substack.com/p/rethinking-primary-prevention
Brilliant advocacy from @FAREAustralia "if we are going to prevent family violence, we need to ensure that better regulating alcohol is part of the suite of measures that are adopted."
England is a bad state re alcohol harms including deaths and youth drinking. We in Ireland are making progress, but only because of hard won policy changes. We must stay the course and protect people - especially children
Britain has a problem that it won’t face up to: children's dangerous relationship with alcohol |...
With young people in the UK far more likely to drink than those in other countries, it’s clear: we are a nation in denial, says journalist Gary Nunn
www.theguardian.com
All of the statistics are from the @hrbireland alcohol report - factual and evidence-based information. ✅
New blog: Chilling alcohol statistics reveal lost and disrupted lives. Every corner of life and society impacted.
https://alcoholireland.ie/chilling-alcohol-statistics-reveal-lost-and-disrupted-lives/
To combat women’s problems with alcohol, society needs to rethink its unrealistic expectations and outrageous treatment of women, writes @karaalaimo.
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