SPOTLIGHT ON
Drinkaware
can help everyone dealing with this issue. An independent charity, Drinkaware is supported by voluntary
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donations from the drinks industry and from major United Kingdom supermarkets. Tey provide people with evidence–based information about alcohol and work with the medical community, third sector organizations, government and the drinks industry on their efforts. When you visit htp://
www.drinkaware.co.uk/, you’ll be
provided with a variety of information and tools including various factsheets/leaflets on topics such as underage drinking, assessment tools to help you find out the effects of alcohol on your body, and even an app called MyDrinkaware that tells you how much you’re drinking and helps you cut down. Tese are great resources for DATIA members to share with their clients. Factsheets on drinking topics to share can be downloaded for dissemination here: htps://
resources.drinkaware.co.uk/
lcoholism is an issue that affects people everywhere in the world. Drinkaware works to reduce alcohol misuse and harm specifically in the United Kingdom but its resources
BY ADINA YOUNG, DATIA
downloads/factsheets. DATIA members can also share these assessments with their clients who can then encourage their clients to make a change: htps://
www.drinkaware.co.uk/make–a–change. Drinkaware also gives you access to the latest news on alcohol
misuse from news sources like the Telegraph and the and the ability to subscribe to news updates on their website. Drinkaware also writes a blog on alcohol issues including safety, new trends and health concerns which you can view here: htps://
www.drinkaware.co.uk/blog/. Drinkaware recently released the “Drinkaware Monitor 2014,”
which provides statistics and information on how much people are drinking. Tey surveyed more than 2,000 people and found, for instance, that middle–age people are Britain’s hidden drinkers. 3.2 million people ages 45–64 regularly drink more than 18–24 year olds. Tere are insightful infographics included with these statistics to help people visualize the issue. Te aforementioned survey also found that 25 percent of
drinkers have experienced memory loss because of drink in the last year and 1 in 5 people would like to cut back on alcohol. See more results here: htp://
www.drinkaware.co.uk/media/362885/ drinkaware_monitor_2014_adults.pdf. In July 2015, Drinkaware published its “Young People Report,”
which surveyed drinking habits of young people ages 10–17. Forty–three percent of them said they have had an alcoholic drink. Te report is available here: htp://
www.drinkaware.co.uk/
about–us/knowledge–bank/young–people–monitor–key–points. DATIA members can utilize these studies and resources, even
though they are sourced in the United Kingdom. Alcoholism shows the same signs and symptoms whether you are in the United Kingdom, China or the United States.
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