You booze, you lose

Think you can make up for a drinking binge with a workout? Think again, says Andy Darling. Even a little alcohol impairs your athletic performance

Last orders

Do you drink too much? Do you? Do I? Does your husband, your girlfriend, your sister, your father? Do you?

Drinking one too many can damage your liver

It used to be associated with older heavy drinkers but serious liver disease is rising fast in young people. All it takes is a few pints of lager and glasses of wine a week. Lucy Atkins reports.

‘Things are good now’

Children are often forgotten casualties of their parents' drug addiction. But Addaction, the charity born from a Guardian article 40 years ago this week, is helping families rebuild their lives. In the second of two special reports David Ward tells of one mother's salvation.

Campaign aims at young binge drinkers

Binge drinkers in the 18-24 age group are the target of the government's first national advertising campaign to encourage sensible drinking of alcohol.

Drunk young things

Teenage drinkers don't just risk making fools of themselves. Doctors now say that binge-drinking in your youth can cause long-term health damage. Emine Saner reports.