Top 10: Ways to Tell You Have a Drinking Problem
Alcoholism Can Affect Anyone
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Let’s face it: Australians love to drink. All over the world, we have a reputation for playing hard and drinking hard. It’s part of our national culture. Not only is drinking a competitive sport in our sunburnt country, it also forms an important part of social bonding. We swap stories about benders and brag about how we got off our face, out of our mind or completely blind. Eventually, when the room stops spinning, we need to ask ourselves: How much is too much?Alcohol is the most widely used recreational drug in Australia and according to the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, in 2009, 1.3 million Australians consumed alcohol on a daily basis. That’s a lot of drinkin’. Downing excessive amounts of alcohol can have a negative effect on your brain, heart and liver as well as on your relationships, finances and sexual performance.