{"id":3650,"date":"2023-06-04T16:36:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T06:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/the-longer-you-abstain-from-alcohol-the-lower-the-risk\/"},"modified":"2023-06-04T16:36:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T06:36:51","slug":"the-longer-you-abstain-from-alcohol-the-lower-the-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/the-longer-you-abstain-from-alcohol-the-lower-the-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Longer You Abstain from Alcohol the Lower the Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Longer You Abstain from Alcohol the Lower the Risk<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>After 20 years of alcohol abstention, the increased mortality risk disappeared.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Best health practices should always be on the table \u2013 always. The continual couching of&nbsp;<strong><em>abstinence<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;as a \u2018bridge to far\u2019 is not only disingenuous to those self-harming with alcohol, but also disempowering. One thing best-health care practice should do is empower, enable, and equip people to not only discover, but persist in health maximising endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>(Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"#%20\" target=\"_blank\">American Journal of Preventative Medicine May 2023<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Longer You Abstain from Alcohol the Lower the Risk&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;After 20 years of alcohol abstention, the increased mortality risk disappeared. Best health practices should always be on the table \u2013 always. The continual couching of&nbsp;abstinence&nbsp;as a \u2018bridge to far\u2019 is not only disingenuous to those self-harming with alcohol, but also disempowering. 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