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Alcohol Response Ireland is a Genuine Civil Society effort to provide practical help in tackling Ireland’s chronic alcohol problem.
This is a web based facility aimed at helping professionals, authority figures, individuals and affected persons regarding the extent of problematic drinking in oneself or in others.
Click Here for printable information leaflet
Identifying problem drinking does not necessarily mean having to stop drinking for good. But it does mean taking action to rectify the issue and often that action is stopping drinking. This is not an easy thing to do so details of help options are available on this site. You can get an good idea as to how healthy your drinking is by taking this helpful and totally confidential test. Respected experts recommend the test
CHECK YOUR DRINKING HERE
This assessment can be used to identify the extent of an alcohol problem and the help page of this site has suggestions as to how healthy progress may be achieved.
“Problem drinking is a pattern of drinking in which a person has lost control over their drinking so that it is interfering, on a continual basis, with some vital area of their life such as family, friends, job, school, health or other such area important for them.”
Alcoholresponse.com
29th June report—We are not surprised.
Please click to read Irish Times report
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DEALING WITH TEENAGE DRINKING
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Some facts on Ireland’s alcohol consumption
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Ireland is one the highest consumers of alcohol worldwide. In the 10 years to 2006, alcohol consumption per capita increased by 48%.
- Alcohol related problems costs the State €3 billion pa.
- Alcohol linked to over 70% of cases of domestic violence.
- Alcohol is linked to over 80% of public order offenses.
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Anti-drink campaigns ‘woefully inadequate’
There has been enough talk, enough reports, and enough studies. Alcohol-related problems increase in periods of economic downturn. Hundreds of thousands of tax payers Euro have been spent on projects and policies around this issue.
ARI’s contention that much of this spending is ineffective appears to be advocated according to this report. A more recent study brings consistency to this fact. In a time of such shortages of funds, no less indeed than any other time, it behoves us to review such expenditure and support appropriate, effective action.
The following issues we have constantly highlighted and requested action on have sadly proved to have materialised. It’s time for new thinking.
Recession causes massive alcohol related problems
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Daily alcohol limit ‘unhelpful’
and more evidence that current and past efforts are ineffective
We can’t explain why it takes so called “alcohol experts” so long to get the real message: perhaps it’s finally happening in the UK (according to this latest report)
but sadly not evidenced in Ireland
Any contribution, time-wise, financially or expert-wise would help us greatly to continue raising awareness of problem drinking and promote the necessary policy changes to reduce that damage. There has been enough inefficiency and inaction we urgently need to respond appropriately and effectively. Please contact us if you feel you have a constructive contribution to make.