Understanding the Impact of Excessive Drinking As World Health Day approaches, it’s time to shine a light on a topic that affects many but is often overlooked: the health effects of excessive drinking. With the slogan ‘My Health, My Right’,…
Category: Health
Ladies First – Latest Data On Women’s Alcohol Consumption in Ireland
Ahead of a significant weekend for women in Ireland, Drinkaware, the national, independent charity working to prevent and reduce alcohol misuse, is sharing insights from its latest research into women’s drinking patterns, motivations, and behaviours. Thanks to the Drinkaware Barometer…
Tips for a Successful Dry January
Dry January is an increasingly popular trend among people who want to start the new year off on a healthy note. Taking part in challenges like Dry January has multiple short and long-term benefits. If you’re considering taking on this…
Why Does Alcohol Make You Tired?
Sometimes, after we drink alcohol, we struggle to get a good night’s sleep. You feel tired the next day, you may have a headache and you don’t feel in any way rested. Let’s find out why alcohol makes you tired….
Hit Snooze on the Booze this New Year
A guide on mindful drinking and being sober curious It’s January, the start of a new year. This means for the next 4 weeks we will all be focusing on the “new year, new me” mindset. Improving your mental and…
Alcohol Awareness Week
Alcohol has many potential impacts on our health and wellbeing. The Drinkaware Annual Barometer asked Irish adults to rate their awareness of alcohol related harms. The harms were listed as prompts and people were asked to rate whether they were…
Our New Tool – Why We Have it & How it Works
This week we have launched our new Standard Drinks Calculator. The use of the calculator is for people to quickly calculate what a standard drink is based on the Alcohol by Volume (ABV) percentage and millilitres of alcohol they are…
Guest Blog: Dr. David Comerford – Sometimes the simple prompts are the best
Changing behaviour can be a challenge, but sometimes the simple option can achieve the best results. Our guest blog from David Comerford, Senior Lecturer at Stirling University, explores behaviour change, breaking bad habits and how a post–it might be what…
ALCOHOL DATA IS COMPLEX
Drinkaware commments on Revenue data on alcohol consumption 23/03/22 Alcohol data is complex and should be viewed in context rather than from a single perspective which runs the risk of over-simplifying the issue: Per capita consumption – such as the…