Alcohol Awareness Month
April is #AlcoholAwarenessMonth. Let’s start having more honest conversations about alcohol use. Stop romanticizing it as socially beneficial, fun, or necessary for (insert whatever event, situation you choose).
We make the best choices when we have honest, transparent, and evidence-based information. What we know today about alcohol is very different than 10, 20, or 30 years ago. Here are some facts about alcohol.
- America has a long history and culture of alcohol use dating from colonial times. It is normalized, accepted, and common to drink alcohol in America.
- Selling alcohol is a big business; it is profitable and marketed in very sophisticated ways, like cigarettes once were. Drinking is seen as cool, sexy, and a fun activity, when actually it poses significant health risks.
- Alcohol is a psychoactive substance that alters the central nervous system’s function, affecting mood, perception, consciousness, and behavior. It’s a drug; it’s just legal if you are over 21.
- 178,000 people die from alcohol use each year. Accidents, injuries, poisoning or overdose, violence, other long-term alcohol related health issues (cancers, cardiovascular and heart disease, liver disease).
- Alcohol damages social and emotional wellness: depression, anxiety, learning, memory issues, relationships, and parenting are all impacted by alcohol.
In 2023, the World Health Organization issued a statement that “No Level of Alcohol Consumption is Safe for our Health.”
Why do you pick up the drink in the first place and how can you rethink drinking?
Being sober is the best gift I’ve ever given myself. It’s a change that was hard to make in the beginning, and now it’s the easiest choice I get to make every day. Contact me if you want to talk about your drinking or if you are worried about someone you love.
Recovery is always possible, and the sooner you start, the better! So, let’s start RETHINKING DRINKING.
Links to research, information cited, and resources
- CDC (2025) – Alcohol Use & Your Health
- Federal Trade Commission: Media literacy techniques can help teens view alcohol marketing with a critical eye.
- NIH (2024) Alcohol Use in the United States
- NIH Mental Health Issues: Alcohol Use Disorder and Common Co-occurring Conditions
- NIH Alcohol and the Human Body
- NIH Neuroscience: The Brain in Addiction and Recovery
- SAMHSA Learn About Alcohol, Screening & Resources
- Surgeon General (2025): Alcohol & Cancer Risk
- World Heart Federation (2022). The Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Cardiovascular Health: Myths and Measures
- World Health Organization (2023) – No level of Alcohol is Safe for Health
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