There are many ways that cutting back or cutting out alcohol can make a positive impact on our mental health and overall wellbeing.
The less you drink, the better you feel.
Alcohol is a depressant drug, which slows down signals between the brain and body and can impact your mental health and wellbeing.
Cutting back or cutting out drinking can improve your mood, energy and sleep and reduce feelings of stress and anxiety.
Drinking alcohol affects the way we feel by changing the balance of chemicals in our brain.
Alcohol can upset our sleep cycle, meaning we don’t have the deep sleep our body and brain needs to recharge and renew.
Over time, drinking alcohol can make existing mental health concerns worse. For some people, it can lead to conditions such as depression or anxiety.
Drinking less alcohol or not drinking at all can have a positive impact on your health and wellbeing.
The Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol aim to reduce the risk of disease or injury caused by alcohol. The guidelines, developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council advise that:
The less you alcohol you drink, the better you can feel.
There are many ways that cutting back or cutting out alcohol can make a positive impact on our mental health and overall wellbeing.
There are lots of changes you can make to help you manage life’s stresses without alcohol.
Be Nice to Brain is a project developed by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), endorsed and funded by the Tasmanian Government.
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