Is it really just all about me?

When you think about drinking alcohol, knowing your limit and staying in control should be top of mind.  Unfortunately for many, drinking to get drunk is the goal.  When looking at alcohol use and harm, it isn’t only the individual who is drinking that pays the price.  Too often the people around them, whether friends, family or innocent bystanders, bear the brunt of their overindulgence.  

Like smoking, there are second hand effects to drinking alcohol.  The Centre for Addictions Research of BC discusses this in a recent blog post entitled Harm to others: Is alcohol just a private matter?  They ask the question: “Would social norms around alcohol use change significantly if we started taking harms to others more seriously?” Something to think about. Check it out and let us know what you think.