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4 of 7 – Standard Drink Calculator & Table | Moderate Drinking Series

Moderate Drinking – The Seven Blog Series Blog 4 of 7 Standard Drink Calculator & Table – If Cutting Back, Know How Much Alcohol Is in That Drink Preamble 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 […]

5 of 7 – Can I Learn to Cut Back My Drinking and What Might My Chances of Success Be? | Moderate Drinking Series

Moderate Drinking – The Seven Blog Series Blog 5 of 7 Can I Learn to Cut Back My Drinkingand What Might My Chances of Success Be? Preamble 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 […]

7 of 7 – Considering Your Progress in Moderate Drinking: What if Moderation isn’t Working for You? | Moderate Drinking Series

Moderate Drinking – The Seven Blog Series Blog 7 of 7 Considering Your Progress in Moderate Drinking: What if Moderation isn’t Working for You? Preamble 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 […]

How to Cut Back on Drinking & Chain Drinking: 9 Steps To Success

Having alcohol problems and need to break the habit of drinking too much? 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 […]

How to Help Someone Who Binge Drinks (Plus Binge Vs Heavy Drinking)

Binge drinking is a widespread problem in the U.S. Data shows that one in six Americans tends to binge drink from time to time – with 25% of them doing it on a weekly basis. Binge drinking can not only affect a person’s health but can also have social and economic consequences. People who binge […]

Natural Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Misuse: A Good News Series

This piece is the second in the Good News series on recovery and the good news that comes when people cut back or stop drinking alcohol or using drugs.  The Big Picture: How Common is Heavy Drinking? Jalie Tucker and her colleagues have recently published a significant review of the field of natural recovery from […]

Standard Drink Calculator & Chart of Alcoholic Content – How Much Alcohol Is in That Drink? (2025 Update)

One of the first steps in learning how to stop drinking so much is to determine how much alcohol is in your favorite drink. It may well be more than you think. Now more than ever, in the age of supersize drink pours and growing wine glasses, it’s important to understand the alcohol content %, in […]

Can I Learn to Cut Back and What Might My Chances of Success Be?

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. It also addressed instances where moderate drinking or a goal of pursuing moderate drinking could be hazardous to your health and well-being. If you haven’t yet read it, we […]

6 of 7 – How to Cut Back on Drinking & Chain Drinking: 9 Steps to Success | Moderate Drinking Series

Moderate Drinking – The Seven Blog Series Blog 6 of 7 How to Cut Back On Drinking & Chain Drinking: 9 Steps to Success Preamble 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 […]

A Review of Digital Tools for Alcohol Problems

We and others have been developing and evaluating digital tools to help people with alcohol problems for over 20 years now. And an analysis of the field (the first) has just been published. It gets a bit into the weeds but if you’ll stick with it, there’s good news at the end. Brian Kiluk and […]