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Ever since you took part in IkPas, do you prefer to sit at home on the couch and friends start complaining that they haven't seen you in ages? When you are determined…

Petra Ooms first worked for years as a general practitioner, before she made the step to become an addiction specialist. She is now associated with Jellinek as an addiction doctor and practitioner. We asked her 8 questions about…

You will be surprised what all alcohol is really not good for. Drinking (too much) alcohol affects your overall constitution. These facts will keep you…

Some time ago, the European statistical office, Eurostat, published research figures on alcohol consumption among adults in the European Union. This shows that our image of sober people…

Fasting is not necessarily more one religion than another. Fasting has always been there and it belongs to everyone. After some digital sleuthing you get there…

You have made the healthy decision not to drink (temporarily). But corona or no corona, sooner or later you will come into contact with alcohol. At home or elsewhere. One…

You have put your alcohol use on pause and can't wait until you too will experience the positive effect of temporarily stopping drinking. Bring on that weight loss…

It's Wednesday again, and then you know. Or not. That's why we make the Wednesday Facts. Hoping to surprise you with facts about alcohol where…

One drinks for fun and to relax, while the other mainly uses alcohol to numb feelings or to deal with problems. In her…

The 40 days not a drop! challenge coincides with the fasting period. This fasting period always starts on Ash Wednesday. Then you drink no alcohol for 40 days. But a fasting period means more…

We all charge differently. One swears by tinkering with engines, while another is endlessly in the bath with a book. Whatever you do to…

Perhaps you are taking an alcohol break for the first time in your life, participating for a second or third time, or are a trained break holder. Whether you are a lot…