Tips to help you moderate

When enjoyed in moderation, alcohol can form part of a healthy lifestyle that includes good diet and exercise. On the other hand, excessive drinking can have harmful effects on your health. Many Australians enjoy having a drink, but not a lot of people realise how alcohol can affect their physical health.

Alcohol. It affects everyone differently. So how you react may be completely different to your friends. Sometimes these effects are only temporary, however excessive drinking can lead to some pretty scary short-term and long-term consequences. So it's important to know the risks.

Alcohol poisoning is extremely dangerous and, in some cases, can lead to death without prompt medical treatment.

You know what’s great to hear? Most Australian parents (89%) aren’t supplying their underage teenagers with alcohol and the majority of underage teenagers in Australia are choosing not to drink alcohol (69%).

Each year in the lead up to NRL State of Origin and the NRL and AFL Finals series, some of the game’s heavyweights and archrivals join with DrinkWise, State Police forces, governments and support services to remind the community to Always respect, always DrinkWise.

Visitors to winery cellar doors across Australia now have access to tasting tracker ‘scratchies’ and other education resources to help keep tabs on their consumption and understand how many standard drinks they are consuming.