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If you’re asking why you should face the world without a sip of wine or beer for a month, there are some compelling health reasons to do it.

Beginning Friday, customers will have to pay a 5-cent surcharge on alcohol nips bottles as part of a state program to help clean up the trash they can cause when people litter by tossing them aside.

The “Everybody Loves Raymond” star shared the embarrassing scene with her sons that made her want to stop drinking for good.

Governments around the U.S. are trying to come up with incentives to encourage people to get a COVID-19 vaccine to help the nation more fully open in the summer…and a lot of them are vices.

That’s IF they can stay in stock. We’re already into the summer season for alcohol sales, and there will be plenty to choose from in the fast-growing world of hard seltzer.

Kelly Osbourne appeared on Red Table Talk to talk about the moments of insecurity that led her to turn to alcohol.

Rhonda Kallman is the founder of Boston Harbor Distillery and co-founder of Boston Beer Company.

“In the mornings I like to make my kids a PB&J, and a pinot-butter and jelly sandwich for me,” the comedian Kylie Brakeman says in a September 2020 video. She’s in character, poking fun at the “cutesification” of alcohol addiction in the way wine is marketed to women. Now, months later, health experts are speaking about the very same...

Two-thirds of women surveyed in a recent study reported increased alcohol consumption during the pandemic, with the largest spike among married women. The study in the Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health says increased home stress and issues paying for or finding treatment are behind the rise.

The pandemic led us away from people, with more working at home and fewer social gatherings. Along with other stressors, the nation saw a spike in alcohol and drug consumption. Psychologist and counselor Kevin Gilliland tells LX News about building good habits and keeping up our mental health.

Since the pandemic shutdowns began last March, hospitals have seen an increase in patients with liver disease by as much as 50 percent, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Doctors say people are “drink[ing] themselves to death” due to the stress and social isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, including a lack of in-person support from AA...

Dry January has brought on the desired benefits for many among the millions participating around the world

Preparing to ring in the New Year, people were stocking up on supplies Wednesday. Champagne, wine, beer and other spirits were flying off the shelves at liquor stores around the state. At the Connecticut Beverage Mart in Newington, traffic was steady, just as it has been for months. According to store owner and Connecticut Package Store Association president, Steve Downes,…

The increase in alcohol sales comes even as events and gatherings have been canceled.

It’s no surprise that booze drinking was up in 2020. But as we turn the page from this terrible year, giving your body a break from alcohol to start 2021 could be good for you in more ways than one. Clark Fouraker explains why you may want to consider a dry January.

If you decide to have an alcoholic drink, limiting yourself to one a day is best — whether you’re a man or woman.

Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation has suspended the consumption of alcoholic beverages at bars across the state as a surge in new coronavirus cases continues.

One of the world’s largest brewers says it may have to dump 400 million bottles of beer because of a ban on alcohol sales in South Africa.

Liquor stores around the country saw a huge boost last week as shoppers stocked up on supplies.

A Nielsen study showed that alcohol sales were up 55% the week of March 21 as most people were following shelter-in-place orders.