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My 40-year-old body is in a constant state of recovery from moderate drinking

Despite my drinking habits moving into the moderate range, the issue of fatigue arose, days, weeks, months and years of feeling ‘a little bit tired’

Should the Government move to label alcohol as a cancer-causing substance?

Dr Muiris Houston: Implementing a labelling regime could help make people aware of the potential cancer risks of alcohol consumption

Novelist Catherine Airey: ‘Growing up in a Catholic family, there is always a lot of stuff that’s not talked about’

The debut novelist left her career in London behind to write fiction in west Cork, where she started to grapple with her demons

Conor Pope: What if dry January turned into dry forever? Eight ways life has changed since I stopped drinking in 2022

I would not have considered myself a big drinker and, like so many Irish people, I was lying to myself

Doctors share 19 tips for looking after your liver: Don’t drink alcohol every day, but do drink coffee, and lose weight

Here, doctors share their advice on how to keep the vital organ healthy all year round

Will water stop a hangover and, if not, what will?

What the Science Says: Part 1. The reality – and myths – of hangover cures

Mother who fled home with children on Christmas Day gets protection order against husband

Drink, drugs and mental health issues are factors in many applications under Domestic Violence Act

I Am Not an Alcoholic: Some people get uncomfortable having a glass of wine around me and try hide it. Please stop

Part 22: Another trigger, and maybe even bigger than Christmas, is holidays

Christmas is associated with drinking in a manner that would be outrageous any other time of year

If you’re trying to avoid alcohol too, remember that this is all temporary. Granny’s glass of sherry at 10am - temporary. Uncle asleep in the boot room on St Stephen’s day - funny and temporary

More than 2,000 drivers caught speeding on Irish roads in one week during Garda crackdown

More than 1,940 checkpoints carried out with 178 people arrested for driving under the influence

Christmas party cocktails: How to make a Gunpowder Negroni

This makes 11 x 90ml serves

‘He drinks too much. But what else can he do? He lives alone’

The General, who was in with a broken leg, seemed surprisingly compassionate

The unravelling of a housing minister: Eoghan Murphy opens up about sleeping pills, manic running, anxiety and tears

Former minister for housing Eoghan Murphy’s account of his failures (and failings) is candid, unforgiving, unfiltered and utterly brutal

Jenny Kelly on giving up alcohol: ‘I was scared of people’s reaction’

The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle

I’ve liberated myself from the toxic cycle of wine o’clock

Sobriety may be trendy right now, but for me it’s been a much deeper personal shift

I Am Not an Alcoholic: Some friends are distancing themselves from me. It hurts, but there is nothing I can do about it

Part 21: A lot more people know who is writing these articles, and I have mixed feelings about this

I thought that after a month of not drinking, my relationship with alcohol would fix itself. I was wrong

The idea that a month of abstinence can help you regain control and become a ‘better drinker’ is a myth for any alcoholic

Could drinking alcohol help to prevent food poisoning?

Some studies have hinted at protection, but it’s also possible that too much alcohol might make your intestine more susceptible to infections

‘If I was on a bigger wage, I would have gambled it all - bookies, drinking, casinos’

Chris Joyce, now part of Oisín McConville’s backroom team with the Kildare footballers, is marking five years sober

We are falling out of love with booze: Why Ireland is drinking less

Alcohol consumption in Ireland has fallen by almost one-third so far this century, driven by more health-conscious young people with less disposable income

Gen Z are drinking far less than their parents. That’s not all good news

Driving this decline in consumption is an unhappy mental state we have so far failed to reckon with

Reader callout: How has your alcohol consumption changed?

Irish adults now drink less than at any time over the past 35 years, new research shows

I Am Not an Alcoholic: ‘When I stopped drinking, others were not as excited as I was to finally escape the box’

Part 20: ‘Becoming a non-drinker changes you, or, at least, it changed me’

Should I really stop drinking altogether?

Everyone from the World Health Organisation to wellness influencers are preaching total abstinence. But is moderate drinking that bad?

Alcohol use: Numbers seeking treatment for ‘harmful’, ‘hazardous’ drinking at highest level in decade

Report finds most common drugs used with alcohol were cocaine and cannabis

Sharp rise in people with multiple addictions, including cocaine and alcohol, treatment centre says

Rutland Centre said 16 per cent of service users seeking help for cocaine addiction

‘We have heard horrible stories of what can happen’: Leaving Cert holidays spell euphoria for students but anxiety for parents

Portuguese resort Albufeira is the hottest destination for post-exam trips this year, while the Greek island of Zante is popular among south Dublin schools

I Am Not an Alcoholic: ‘I would like a non-alcoholic Guinness,’ says the man. ‘Do you want a colouring book and crayons as well?’

Part 19: Often humour is used to camouflage our inner feelings – our fears and anxiety can be assuaged by humour

How Ireland drinks now: Teetotallers, wine-o’clockers and ex-drinkers

More people in Ireland are consuming alcohol at home, fewer are drinking in pubs and many aren’t drinking at all

I spent 22 years as a problem drinker. Here are 10 things I’ve learned since I quit

As the sober years mounted up, I realised that drinking was a symptom of something bigger underneath

Have your say: Are you consuming less alcohol in pubs and more at home?

Research suggests that more alcohol is purchased in Ireland for consumption at home than in pubs

Irish spending more on alcohol at home than in pubs as consumption drops, report finds

New law proposed by Government is in conflict with legislation introduced in 2018 to drive down drinking, particularly among young people, review says

I Am Not an Alcoholic: ‘I made a two-week return visit to rehab’

Part 18: ‘Even though I hadn’t relapsed, I felt as if needing help was shameful’

Mark Mehigan: ‘If it wasn’t for cocaine, I would not be in recovery. I would have continued to get away with the drinking’

At 33 the comedian and podcaster has already lived many lives, but his decision to get sober has been transformative

I Am Not an Alcoholic: ‘Being alone in Paris, who was to know if I had a glass? But that was the problem, wasn’t it?’

Part 17: Although most people in the cafe are drinking coffee like me, some are having absinthe in between sips of coffee. It is 9.30am. How do they do that?

Deaths due to alcohol-specific causes rise 45.9% in North over past decade

More than 70 per cent of such deaths were due to alcoholic liver diseases in 2022 in Northern Ireland

Four thousand days and counting: ‘If you drink, your life expectancy is between one day and six months’

I am still amazed by the imbecility of people who know about my condition but nevertheless say: ‘Surely one little drink wouldn’t hurt you?’

‘I think my husband has a problem with alcohol, but he says he’s just managing his stress’

Ask the Expert: Even if someone does not identify their alcohol use as a problem, it can be a serious issue for their family

I Am Not an Alcoholic: ‘I had a master’s degree in hiding my dependency on alcohol’

Part 16: She’ll think I’m sick if I don’t have a glass of wine. In fact, I was sick when I was having glasses of wine

‘In Ireland, people struggle more to understand when someone does not drink rather than if they drink to excess’

As 15 per cent of the population in Ireland has an alcohol use disorder, it’s time we recognise the problem and its effects, and get the right support

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