Editorial Guidelines

Where our facts come from

We don't publish a statistic or a claim unless we can point to where it came from: a peer-reviewed study, a body like the NIAAA or CDC, or a named expert. If a source doesn't actually say what we'd want it to say, we don't stretch it to fit.

How an article gets written

1. Brief. We start with a specific question someone's actually searching for, not a vague topic.

2. Draft. We write it, grounded in real sources from the start.

3. Automated check. The draft gets checked against the brief and against the literature it cites.

4. Human review. Someone on our team reads it before it publishes. They can send it back or kill it outright.

This process is AI-assisted, and we're upfront about that. If you're researching something as personal as your drinking, you deserve to know how the page in front of you came to exist.

If we got something wrong

Tell us. [Contact us] and let us know what you found. We'll look into it and fix the article if you're right. We'd genuinely rather hear it from you than have it sit there wrong.

How we make money

Stop Drinking Alcohol Guide is run by Sunnyside Med. We don't run ads, we don't take payment from other companies, and we don't do sponsored reviews. When Sunnyside Med's own programs come up, it's because they're relevant to that specific article, not because we're working them in everywhere. You'll never see it replace a safety warning or a disclaimer.

Lines we won't cross

- No made-up numbers.

- No pretending one option works for everyone.

- No skipping a disclaimer just to make a paragraph read smoother.