Stigma and discrimination are a common experience for people with mental health or alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues, and people with disability, including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This can occur within social, healthcare, welfare, support services, criminal justice and employment settings.
Pauline was never a big drinker. But to deal with the challenges presented by COVID-19, she started relying on a glass of wine or two every night.
Decision makers are rightfully probing the role of digital platforms like Meta, Twitter, TikTok and Snapchat in Australians’ lives, with multiple inquiries considering the regulations that should apply to multi-national social media companies.
We rightfully celebrate when people set or achieve a sobriety goal or milestone, because making a change when it comes to alcohol – against a backdrop of incessant alcohol company marketing and excessive availability – is so difficult. But what do we need to do to make this change easier for people?
When I was 11, my dad told me about his alcohol dependence. I remember him sitting on the end of my bed, doing his best to make it make sense. Pieces of early memories started falling into place.
Recently released Australian Bureau of Statistics released data showed that more people are dying because of alcohol, with increases two years in a row bringing alcohol-induced deaths to their highest rate in a decade. If you didn’t hear about this, it’s not surprising, because these findings did not spark a national discussion or result in governments leaping to action to understand and reverse these trends.
For many of us, January is a time for some well-earned rest and relaxation. It’s a great chance to take a break from work to enjoy travel, spend time with loved ones or just unwind at home.
Are you breastfeeding? Did you know that if alcohol is in your bloodstream, it’s also in your breastmilk – and at the same concentration? Or that just one standard drink remains in your breastmilk for an average of two hours?
It has been 30 years since Dave Hughes gave up drinking for good. Today, he is one of Australia’s most successful comedians, television and radio hosts and all-round entertainers. But before becoming this person, he was living a different life.
As we mark the one-year anniversary of Every Moment Matters, we’re taking the chance to reflect on the campaign’s development and achievements so far.
As a young person in the bodyboarding community, Tyler became immersed in the partying and alcohol culture that came along with it. But alcohol didn’t just remain a social thing – Tyler came to associate alcohol as a ‘reward’, giving himself ‘permission’ to drink often.
As the world’s biggest streaming platform, with more than 220 million subscribers, Netflix has the chance to set the standard and establish an ad model that prioritises people’s health and wellbeing. Netflix has already made an important decision to exclude gambling advertising from its new ad-supported subscription tier. Now, more than 50 leading Australian and […]
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