Effects of alcohol on your body

Those few extra drinks don’t just go straight to your head. Regularly hitting the pub, club or bar for a few drinks has a whole lot of impacts on your body…and a lot of them are hidden.

What are the effects of alcohol?

Alcohol has many short- and long-term effects on the body. Find out what alcohol is and how it impacts you.

Guidelines for low risk drinking

While there is no safe level of drinking, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has developed some draft guidelines to help us understand the impact of drinking on our health, wellbeing and safety.

Benefits of quitting alcohol - Healthline

A study of a group of people who quit alcohol for 5 weeks showed that weight loss and better sleep were common benefits, among other positive effects.

How alcohol effects your body - Better Health Channel

Find out more about alcohol’s effect on the body from the Victorian Government website.

Healthy ways to manage stress - The Conversation

It can be tempting to drink your worries away, but alcohol can make things worse, plus has other negative effects. Find out some alternative ways to manage stress on The Conversation.