Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Wilson pictured before his weight loss, at 18st 12lb (left) and after losing over 4st on the Human Being Diet Quitting booze ...

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In my drinking days, I searched for answers to these questions for years: How do I quit drinking for good? What can I do to break my drinking patterns once and for all? Today, people come to me with ...

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After uni, I moved to Sydney and the drinking continued — and lasted throughout my 20s. I never drank alone, always socially. And one drink didn’t always lead to ‘too many’. Sometimes I’d have just ...

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Research shows Gen Z is drinking less alcohol than the generations before them, and a new survey sheds light on the specific reasons why. A recent survey from EduBirdie asked 2,000 Gen Zers about ...

What helps you with your “emotional sobriety”? I’ve found not drinking to be relatively easy (after bingeing and blacking out on booze for 20 years), but dealing with life without pouring whiskey all ...