ALCOHOL AND YOU... are you too close?

Multiple surveys during lockdown showed that people in the UK were drinking more alcohol due to stress, boredom and anxiety. While some people have been able to cut back since lockdown restrictions have eased, others have found that their increased drinking has become a habit. But what harm will extra consumption cause, how will it affect our exercise and how do we break the habit and cut back?

LOCKDOWN DRINKING

The charity Alcohol Change UK found that over a quarter (28 per cent) of those who drink alcohol drank more in lockdown. Stress and anxiety was the leading cause for the increase in 19 per cent of those surveyed.

Healthcare assistant and mother of three, Julia Ball, found she was slipping into bad habits when