This is one of a collection of shareable alcohol messages. If you think more people should know, please share and join the supporters. Labels don’t tell us to avoid pressuring other people to drink alcohol. But there are many good reasons to avoid alcohol, not least avoiding harm to … [Read more...] about Avoid pressuring others to drink alcohol
Guideline labelling’s welcome return leaves open question
So it is welcome news that the government is pressing for the official guidelines to return in September (see video), albeit two years after they were quietly dropped. I have joined calls for official health guidelines to appear on all alcoholic drinks labels since revealing that they had been … [Read more...] about Guideline labelling’s welcome return leaves open question
Alcohol-free beer in the EU*
At 8.1% France had the EU's highest percentage of its beer production, exports and imports which is alcohol-free last year, according to Eurostat. Germany, which produced three times as much beer, came a close second. Hungary and the Czech Republic pushed Spain, the EU's second largest beer … [Read more...] about Alcohol-free beer in the EU*
The unique challenge of alcohol’s popularity
"If you are trying to change your approach alcohol and feel a bit out of place in the world, little wonder. It isn’t just you. This is alcohol’s unique challenge, which is not matched by other drugs, which do not stir such near-universal affection." … [Read more...] about The unique challenge of alcohol’s popularity
Get off the beaten path
A rewarding experience need not be about being in an awesome location. It can be about connecting to where we are, wherever it might be. Seen in the right way, stumbling along the bank of a stream behind the local supermarket can rival the Inca trail to Machu Picchu. This is the promise of … [Read more...] about Get off the beaten path
The personal story conundrum
As someone writing about alcohol I am often asked to tell my own story. I find it very difficult to know how to respond. It is not that I don’t have one. I do. I even wrote it down once. But it is never the right moment to tell it. Lived experiences make a huge contribution to the discussion … [Read more...] about The personal story conundrum