During this year's Alcohol Awareness Week, we'll be sharing:
- Tools to help you learn more about how alcohol might be affecting your health and wellbeing and what – if anything – you’d like to do next
- Top tips for cutting down
- Stories of change
Alcohol Awareness Week
This year's Alcohol Awareness Week takes place from 6-12 July 2026 on the theme of 'Alcohol and me'.
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About this year's theme
Alcohol and me - what's your story
In a world where big alcohol companies glamorise alcohol as central to everyday experiences – from birthdays and barbecues to sofa nights and cheering on our team – it’s understandable that alcohol often feels like an inevitable part of so many of our lives. So this Alcohol Awareness Week we’re inviting a different conversation and asking: how might alcohol truly be impacting our lives and what can we do about it?
Whether it’s sleepless nights, low energy, increased anxiety or a lingering sense of feeling not quite right, alcohol can affect us in ways we don’t always realise, having a knock on effect on our health and wellbeing, our relationships, our productivity, and those we love. It can also put us at real risk of developing many other long-term health conditions such as liver disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and cancer.
This Alcohol Awareness Week, we’re simply inviting you to take 2 minutes to explore the role alcohol is playing in your life. This could mean understanding more about your alcohol risk level, cutting back on how much you drink, experimenting with an alcohol-free experience or simply learning more. There’s no one-size fits all approach.
And we get it – exploring your relationship with alcohol might feel uncomfortable, confronting, or even a little daunting. That’s okay – you're not alone in that feeling. But it might be a sign that this is just the right time to learn more, get advice and take a step forwards.
When we drink less alcohol, the benefits often reach far beyond ourselves, strengthening our relationships, our families, and improving our working lives, communities, and society. During Alcohol Awareness Week, we’ll be sharing stories from people who’ve experienced alcohol harm, exploring the impact it’s had on their lives and the lives of those around them, and about the steps they’ve taken to bring about positive change for the benefit of everyone.
Do you have a particular perspective on any issues related to this year’s theme on Alcohol and me, either from your own perspective or as a family member? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
