Alcohol has also been linked to dementia, accelerated brain shrinkage, memory loss, and cognitive decline. Despite the alcohol industry's claims otherwise, it is not a healthy beverage and it's not a ...

While many reasons could lead to someone quitting drinking or other drugs, many artists often go cold turkey when there are kids involved. Famously, Waylon Jennings recalled knowing that he needed to ...

I'd always enjoyed a glass of wine, and often found myself first and last at the bar on nights out, but as I got older, drinking alcohol left me with worsening hangovers, 3 a.m. anxiety, plus lots of ...

While I liked my sober life, suddenly I was no longer part of the prosecco playdates or the wine-fuelled in-jokes of the mum groups. Other mums bonded over a second bottle of wine and over-sharing ...

I shall never forget the life-changing call from my sister-in-law to say my husband Chris was dead at just 51. Nothing could have prepared me for that devastating moment.

Journalist Jess Flaherty found herself struggling with severe anxiety whenever she drank so decided to cut it out - but worried how this would be perceived.

THIS time four years ago, I was sipping a glass of champagne and savouring every precious swallow – to the obvious disapproval of the waitress. The reason she was judging me? Because I ...

I never thought I'd stop drinking. I wasn't necessarily a big drinker - I never drank at home - but I still loved a night out with friends, or going to gigs and other events where I'd soon find myself ...

For my generation, female friendship is often cemented on alcohol - this is how I gave it up and found a new way to bond ...

“I’m done,” I said on January 19, 2020, barely surviving what would become my very last hangover. The shame hadn’t fully landed yet; the memory of nursing my baby in a blackout was still a blur, but ...

One recent weekend, I didn’t drink much while out in the sun. That Monday morning, after seven hours of sleep, I still felt exhausted. I was irritable, moody and unfocused. My first instinct was ...

Like that one friend who repeatedly promises to quit drinking after just one last round, the American government is staggering toward another shutdown. It’s starting to seem inevitable — because it lo ...