If you have noticed that you are drinking more during the pandemic, you are not alone. Recent research has demonstrated that alcohol consumption has increased significantly – folks are drinking more alcohol, more often, with stress, boredom, and easy access to alcohol as the main drivers of this behavior (Grossman et al., 2020).

You may have started to pay more attention to your drinking patterns and considered cutting back or not drinking at all. Do not worry about being unsure that you want to abstain from alcohol indefinitely. At FDH, when appropriate, we introduce you to harm reduction - an approach that can be used to decrease drinking to safe levels – and then help you to implement a harm reduction plan to be assessed at regular intervals.

You don’t have to be certain that you want to quit drinking forever to start making positive changes. Call us today at 773-747-5500 for a free consultation.

Reference

Grossman, E. R., Benjamin-Neelon, S. E., & Sonnenschein, S. (2020). Alcohol Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey of US   Adults. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(24), 9189.