Aussie drink-driving laws have similar penalties, but our BAC level is still at .05. This will be moved to .02 in the coming years. Be safe for you, your family and the person you may injure because, you thought you were ‘ok to drive!’
SHOULD YOU BE DRIVING? DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE....EVER!
Got a Drinking Problem? Do you know? Well, Heads up! If you have an AUD (Alcohol Use Disorder) then you are aging faster than others!
Biological aging markers in blood and brain tissue indicate age acceleration in alcohol use disorder Conclusions: The present study is the first to simultaneously investigate epigenetic clocks, telomere length, and mtDNAcn in postmortem brain and whole blood samples in individuals with AUD. We found evidence for accelerated biological aging in AUD in blood and brain, as measured by Levine's epigenetic clock, and DNAmTL.
World Cancer Awareness Day 4th February 2024 continuing to raise awareness of this broad and relentless disease, which has many contributing factors. Some of these carcinogenic contributors can be completely neutralised – one such factor is alcohol. The disturbing research emerging over the last 10 years has been irrefutably confirming that alcohol use is associated with 7 major cancer types.
The key message here is not ‘don’t drink alcohol’. However, the unmistakable take-away from these facts is; if you want to maximise your protection against cancer then not drinking at all is the best-practice.
Do you want cancer, then drink alcohol. Or you can slow and not drink at all. You still get to choose but you’ll need all the stats, Cause Big Alcohol could not give a ‘rats’! Cancer’s no fun, not for anyone. Addiction for profit will just set you up. Throat, Breast, or Bowel, it could be each one. But Big alcohol cares little if you’re DONE!
Alcohol and Cancer, who knew it could be? Most people don’t know, but what of industry? The harms they continue and Cancer the latest. Become a non-drinker and upgrade your status? Alcohol causes cancer, cancer, cancer Rates with asbestos, ‘Jack the Dancer Advancer’
Throat and Mouth and Bowel and Breast… Voice box Liver and Food pipe to boot…
7 x chances of developing cancers – all with one root!
In the 2023 Review of Alcohol Issues, we collect seven landmark tools, manuals, and resources from the World Health Organization regarding alcohol issues in 2023:
The role of impulsivity in the relationship between affect and alcohol consumption in young adults
It’s been known, at least anecdotally, for a long time that people hitting the bottle in depression is often, the reality is people are more likely to do so when they are excited or happy. Of course, that may tie into and be tied to, the ‘celebratory’ entrenched stereotypes we have seen around alcohol consumption – champagne, for example, being the cliché image.
Abstract
Background: Theoretical models of alcohol use posit that individuals consume alcohol to ameliorate negative affect or to heighten positive affect. It is important, however, to consider the influence of factors that may determine an individual's tendency to consume excessive amounts of alcohol under positive and negative circumstances. Thus, the current study examined a large sample of young adults to clarify whether positive and negative affect predict total alcohol consumption on drinking days and whether facets of impulsivity moderate these relationships.
Results: Participants were significantly more likely to drink in greater quantities on occasions preceded by higher positive affect but not negative affect. While fun-seeking positively predicted total drinks consumed, there were no significant interaction effects between the BIS/BAS subscales and affect on total drinks consumed.
Conclusions: These findings challenge existing affect regulation models and have implications for ecological momentary interventions aimed at addressing hazardous drinking behaviours.
