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Alcohol

There is no safe level of alcohol use. Alcohol is directly linked to more than 40 medical conditions and can cause harm to your body and mind over the short and long term.

Australian Alcohol Guidelines

The National Health and Medical Research Council’s Australian Alcohol Guidelines can help you make informed decisions about how much alcohol you drink, if any.

  • Guideline 1: To reduce your risk of harm from alcohol, healthy adults aged 18 years and over should drink no more than 10 standard drinks a week and no more than 4 standard drinks on any one day. The less you drink, the lower your risk of harm from alcohol.
  • Guideline 2: To reduce the risk of injury and other harms to health from alcohol, children and people under 18 years of age should not drink alcohol. 
  • Guideline 3: To prevent harm from alcohol to their unborn child, women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy should not drink alcohol. For women who are breastfeeding, not drinking alcohol is safest for their baby.


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Alcohol. Think Again

To learn more about alcohol, its effects and how to reduce harms associated with alcohol use, visit the Alcohol. Think Again campaign website. 

The Alcohol. Think Again education campaign is part of a comprehensive approach that aims to reduce the level of alcohol-related harm and ill-health in Western Australia.

Worried about your alcohol use, or the alcohol use of someone you care about? 

Click below or call the 24/7 Alcohol and Drug Support Line

In an emergency, call Triple Zero (000).

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