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Alcohol use may increase the risk of COVID-19 infection and of its severe complications while also causing other medical and social problems that burden healthcare and other services.

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The Art of Community Alcohol Management – Preventing Harms Kit

Some of the benefits to local governments delivering the alcohol prevention actions outlined in The How to Guide include:

• Fewer alcohol-related risks and liabilities, waste collection and cleaning, complaints (e.g. noise, antisocial behaviour), alcohol-related crime (e.g. physical and sexual assault, property damage)
• Changing social and cultural norms to promote activities that do not feature alcohol consumption as a central component
• Cost savings (e.g. property damage, insurance costs and legal costs associated with alcohol-related injuries) and sharing resources and improved revenue for council (e.g. through application process, festival sponsorship)
• Legislative compliance. 

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 To protect my sobriety, I had to stop doing these three things.

• Being Around Alcohol
• Debating Myself
• Not Asking for Help.

Exploring Sobriety – Medium Jan 2021