A month off alcohol does measurable things for your body. But the most useful thing Sober October gives you is information about your drinking. Here is how to read it.
Non-alcoholic beer can hold up to 0.5% alcohol. It helps people cut back, but the taste alone can trigger cravings in recovery. Who it helps, who should skip it.
Americans are drinking less for the first time since the pandemic. Adults 50 to 64 went the other way: heavy drinking rose more than 36% from 2018 to 2024. Why it hits harder after 50, and what to do.
A new Lancet Regional Health study counted every U.S. cancer death caused by alcohol from 1990 to 2023. The total doubled. Under 55, the killer is colorectal cancer in men and breast cancer in women, and 83% of these deaths trace to drinking above the old limits.
The government paid for a study on how much alcohol is safe, then shelved it. Published in June 2026, it found no safe level and a 1-in-25 lifetime death risk at two drinks a day.
Alcohol deaths among women 25-34 rose 255% since 1999 – the steepest rise of any group. Why the same drinking does more damage to women, and what the new federal guidelines quietly removed.
Two randomized trials tested semaglutide in people with alcohol use disorder. Heavy drinking days fell from about 17 a month to 5 — but everyone in the trial was also in therapy, and the placebo group got two thirds of the way there on its own.
By Danny Andino, CEO, Arise Recovery Centers · Clinically reviewed by Nicholas Overbeck, LPC-S, LCDC Somewhere in Texas this week, a parent is driving away from a dorm with an empty back seat and a knot in their stomach that has nothing to do with missing their kid. It’s because of a name they didn’t say out loud during move-in: a brother, a mother, an uncle, themselves. If addiction runs in your family, freshman drop-off isn’t just emotional — it’s the start of the riskiest drinking window of your kid’s life, and you know it in your bones. This article
Last week, Tony Romo — Cowboys legend, beloved broadcaster, the guy half of Texas grew up cheering for — was arrested in Milwaukee on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after a golf tournament. First arrest. Court date in September. And within hours, the internet split into its two usual camps: “leave him alone, it was one mistake” and “he obviously has a problem.” Here’s the uncomfortable truth from people who work inside addiction treatment: both camps are wrong — and the way they’re wrong is exactly why so many people get help years later than they should. Written by Danny
Ask a Texan to name the most dangerous drug in the state and you’ll hear one word: fentanyl. It’s a reasonable guess — and it’s wrong. The substance behind the most alcohol deaths in Texas, the most hospital beds, and the most quiet family damage is sold in every grocery store, toasted at every wedding, and advertised during every Cowboys game. Alcohol kills more Texans every year than every illicit drug combined — roughly two and a half times over. It just does it slowly enough that nobody holds a press conference. Written by Danny Andino, CEO, Arise Recovery Centers·Clinically
