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If you are wondering whether your drinking has crossed the line into a problem or it’s on the higher end of what would be considered normal, this post is for you. A lot of people with excessive drinking habits cannot tell when their drinking is out of control.

Wondering how much your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) affects you? Are you having some alcohol-related problems? Or just concerned that you may be drinking too much at home. As we enter celebratory periods in 2024 these concerns may be especially top of mind. If you’re not feeling adverse effects at

Marital issues are leading you to drink? In this piece CheckUp & Choices explores the connection between marriage problems and drinking.

This third post gives you a way to compare different kinds of alcohol and encourages you to use a standard drink (Standard Ethanol Content or SEC to use research terms) and gives you a calculator for it.

This is the last of a series of posts on moderate drinking. If you’ve come here after searching on this issue, it’s likely that you’re wondering about your drinking and whether or not you should cut back to reduce alcohol-related problems or risks for problems.

This is the fifth of a series of posts on moderate drinking. If you’ve come here after searching on this issue, it’s likely that you’re wondering about your drinking and whether or not you should cut back to reduce alcohol-related problems or risks for problems.

This is the fourth in a series of blogs on moderate drinking. The first covered definitions of moderate drinking based on years of solid empirical research. If you haven’t yet read it, we recommend that you do so first.

If you’ve come here after searching on this issue, it’s likely that you’re wondering about your drinking, you are rethinking and whether or not you should cut back to minimize related problems.

If you’ve come here after searching on the topic of moderate drinking, it’s likely that you’re wondering about your drinking and whether or not you should cut back to reduce alcohol-related problems or risks for problems.

Are you worried about your daily habit and whether you might be developing an alcohol use disorder? If so, it might be a good idea for you to take a careful look at your drinking and get objective feedback about whether your drinking habit is considered “abnormal” or “excessive”.

You might be doing your best to avoid taking drugs or drinking, but you still find yourself having drug and alcohol urges or cravings. Not all is lost, however. There are a number of ways to manage and reduce urges or cravings.

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