Raising Awareness, Reducing Risk

A fantastic site website packed full of information. on the effects of substances and alcohol by Dave Mcnamara

Sleep is vital to our wellbeing - and alcohol and substances can interrupt our sleep patterns.

This is a great site for information on many aspects of alcohol misuse

What alcohol does to your body after the age of 40?

How many units do you drink a week?

A list of the most popular drinks and the amount of alcohol units each contains.

Alcohol concern health facts sheets

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Alcohol and Dementia

Alcohol and Hypertension

Alcohol and diabetese

Alcohol and breast cancer

A metaphor for addiction

Using a map to Brighton as a metaphor this film looks at how addiction affects the brain and how to change it by Paula Hall,  Naked Truth Project

Common myths about alcohol

Safe Alcohol Levels UK government guidelines on how much alcohol it is safe to drink are unrealistic, largely ignored and should be changed to reflect modern drinking habits, a study has suggested.

Men are currently recommended to drink no more than three or four units a day, and women no more than two or three.

But the study found that the guidelines are largely ignored because most people do not drink every day.

Instead they drink heavily at the weekend - in order to get drunk.

Many people taking part in the research also found the idea of alcohol "units" confusing as they measured their intake in pints, bottles and glasses. more