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About Stop Drinking Alcohol Guide

This site is for anyone thinking about drinking less, or quitting for good, or just figuring out what they actually want to do. You don't need to have hit rock bottom to be here. A lot of our readers are still deciding, and that's exactly who we're writing for.

How we make this

Every article starts with real sources: named studies, NIAAA, peer-reviewed journals, government health bodies. We write an initial draft grounded in that research, run it through a fact-check pass against the literature we cited, and then a person on our editorial team reads it before it goes live. If a claim is shaky or the evidence is still early, we say so instead of dressing it up.

We won't publish a number we can't back up. If you ever want to check our work, the sources are linked right in the article.

Who runs this site

Stop Drinking Alcohol Guide is operated by Sunnyside Med, a telehealth provider that offers medication-assisted and app-based support for people cutting back on alcohol. When it's relevant, we'll mention Sunnyside Med's programs as one option worth knowing about, alongside therapy, peer support groups, and doing it on your own. We don't take payment from other companies to appear in our articles, and a mention of Sunnyside Med never comes at the expense of the safety information a topic needs.

What this site isn't

We're not your doctor. Nothing here replaces an actual medical evaluation. If you drink heavily or every day, read our page on quitting safely before you make any changes. Stopping cold can be dangerous for some people, and that's not an exaggeration.