A Monday morning question for you:
There are two ways to grow: by adding or by shedding.
Do you need to add something or do you need to shed something?
Great article! If you’re ditching the booze remind yourself you’re not being deprived! The brain drives us to repeat behaviors that it experiences as rewarding or pleasurable, regardless of whether or not something is healthy. https://t.co/YyTFA9urKv via @Amen_Clinics
Alcohol is a significant risk for at least 6 types of #cancer incl breast and bowel. 20% of deaths from alcohol are from moderate consumption - there is no safe level of drinking. For those who use tobacco and alcohol the risk is greater than additive. @IARCWHO
Does this surprise you? There are more deaths from alcohol-related cancer than alcohol-related liver disease each year in the UK.
This is why product labelling must be improved, to help inform people of the cancer risk of alcohol consumption.
Are you cutting back on booze this month?
Navigating social events without your usual bevs can be tricky.
So I wrote this guide for you—15 non-alc options for five common drinking occasions: https://t.co/FiP2Ng90IC
The term ‘borderline alcoholic’ lays bare many of the issues of 'alcoholism' model which conveys alcohol problems as pathological, uncontrollable & requiring lifelong abstinence.
Ditch alcoholism terminology = increase recognition of shades of grey
https://t.co/Ja9ma31Obo