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During this Alcohol Awareness Month, we're working to help journalists better understand alcohol use and misuse. When journalists understand key aspects of alcohol use—prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery—they can report on alcohol issues more accurately and empathetically. This informed reporting directly benefits communities by helping
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Is January over today? Yep! So why keep talking about Dry January? Because we know that coverage about alcohol doesn't stop on January 31st. Your next year of alcohol-related news coverage could include: * What can people do in February now that Dry January is over? * The emerging
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Journalists cover Dry January & Damp January because drinking is so common. More so than other substances associated with harm, a journalist (and their audience) likely has experiences with drinking because alcohol use is socially acceptable—and even encouraged. But alcohol is complicated, and as a result, Dry January coverage
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This is part of our series of articles about Dry January & Damp January Journalists cover Dry January & Damp January because drinking is so common. More so than other substances associated with harm, a journalist (and their audience) likely has experiences with drinking because alcohol use is socially acceptable—
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This is part of our series of articles about Dry January & Damp January Dry January is an opportunity to inform your audience about alcohol in a way that increases awareness of risky drinking, alcohol use disorder, behavior change, and addiction treatment. Although there is voluminous Dry January coverage (and
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This is part of our series of articles about Dry January & Damp January Many of symptoms of alcohol use disorder (AUD) or alcohol addiction intersect directly with Dry January but are not acknowledged in the coverage or by the audience as a potential indicator of problematic drinking. Consider that
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Leveraging Dry January’s public awareness to increase knowledge about alcohol and harm reduction principles
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Learn more about Dry January
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Change is hard, these tips can help
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Balancing harm reduction, public health priorities, commercial interests, and culture
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We're continuing our efforts to help journalists across the country cover addiction in their communities by hosting a fireside chat with two professionals to discuss our brand new guide to trauma-informed and empathy-based approaches to interviewing: Maine Monitor reporter Emily Bader and parenting and trauma trainer
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There are high rates of trauma among people who use drugs, have an active addiction, are in treatment or recovery, or love and support people having these experiences. Understanding that trauma can shape our interactions is an important step toward conducting ethical interviews with vulnerable, historically marginalized people that do