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Alcohol can cause lingering emotional feelings, including anxiety, irritability and shame.

You’re not the only one who feels anxious after drinking. Here’s how to cope

Alcohol can make you feel anxious or irritable the next day. Experts share what causes this and how to manage it.

  • Allessandra DiCorato

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Analysis of the global burden of disease data found five commercial products are key factors in 31 per cent of all deaths annually.

The five everyday products linked to nearly one-third of all deaths globally

Researchers have uncovered three key strategies “health-harming” corporations use. And they’re straight from the tobacco playbook.

  • Kate Aubusson and Liam Mannix
Brisbane retiree Greg Stegman started drinking heavily after the 2011 floods destroyed his Kenmore home.

Greg tried ‘everything he could’ to stop drinking. An unexpected discovery helped him quit

Thousands of Australians have used this service to detox from alcohol – all from the privacy of their own homes.

  • Courtney Kruk
Dry January

Dry January’s taught me something about myself. It’s sobering

I have something in common with Bradley Cooper, Kim Kardashian, Anne Hathaway, Naomi Campbell and Brad Pitt. For now.

  • Annemarie Fleming

Already broken your New Year’s resolution? Take this advice

It’s time to stop trying to stick to a bunch of silly, self-imposed rules.

  • Wendy Squires
When your social life has been built around drinking, the decision to stop is significant.

I gave up drinking a year ago. This is what it did to me

It started out as a month-long experiment to go without a drink after another fuzzy start to the new year. What followed exceeded expectations.

  • Jenny Tucker
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Paul Churchill, host of Recovery Elevator podcast and author of Dolce Vita.

At 23, Paul Churchill was living the ‘sweet life’ in Spain but he was lucky to survive

More than 10 years ago, the podcaster took his last drink and has devoted his life since to helping others do the same.

  • Nick Galvin
David Crisafulli says the yet-to-be-detailed changes would come before parliament in 2026.

Queensland to unwind ‘knee-jerk’ action on decades-old inquiry call

Under Labor, the state was the last to decriminalise public drunkenness – disproportionately used against Indigenous Australians. The LNP will change course.

  • Matt Dennien
Workers load barrels of bourbon on to a truck at the Jim Beam Distillery in Clermont, Kentucky.

One-year pause: Jim Beam halts whiskey production as sales plummet

America’s largest maker of bourbon has announced a stunning cut in production at its biggest distillery.

  • Clay Risen
It’s office Christmas party season. These are the personality types to look out for (and maybe avoid).

Heading to the work Christmas party? The 10 personalities to look out for

From the veteran co-worker who bangs on about how good things were 30 years ago to the awkward manager who stays way too long, the work Christmas party is a parade of characters. Which one are you?

  • Rob Crossan