The BIG Liquor Lie is supported by decades of peer-review research.
1 The Decline in Adult Activities Among U.S. Adolescents
2 The Effects of Prices on Alcohol Use and its Consequences
4 “Church Membership Down Sharply in the Past Two Decades.” Gallup
6 “No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health.” World Health Organization, January 4, 2023
8 “How an Addicted Brain Works.” Yale Medicine, May 25, 2022
9 “Study Reveals Addictive Behaviors Are Not Genetically Inherited.” PR Newswire, June 12, 2012
11 “Genetics: No More Addictive Personality.” Nature News, June 24, 2015
12 Lembke, Anna. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. Penguin, 2021
13 “Social and Cultural Contexts of Alcohol Use: Influences in a Social- Ecological Framework.”
14 Results from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
15 “Understanding Alcohol Use Disorder.” National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
16 https://talkingaboutdesign.com/here-there-and-potentially-everywhere
17 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
19 Neurotransmitters in alcoholism: A review of neurobiological and genetic studies
20 The Role of Dopamine and Its Dysfunction as a Consequence of Oxidative Stress
22 Progressive Brain Atrophy due to Chronic Alcohol Abuse
23 Progressive Brain Atrophy due to Chronic Alcohol Abuse
24 NIH: The Role of GABAA Receptors in the Development of Alcoholism
25 NIH: GABA Receptor - Mary J. Allen; Sarah Sabir; Sandeep Sharma
27 CNN: Big Tobacco: A History of its Decline
28 Tobacco: Its historical, cultural, oral, and periodontal health association
29 TED: A Brief History of Alcohol
30 Variety: This Presidential Debate Is Brought to You by Budweiser
31 NIH: Get the Facts About Underage Drinking
32 The Relationship Between Exposure to Alcohol Marketing and Underage Drinking Is Causal
33 Company-Specific Revenues From Underage Drinking
34 From Budweiser to Heineken, Alcohol Brands Are Rampant in Hollywood Films
35 The Dangers Of College Alcoholism
36 NIH: The Relationship Between Exposure to Alcohol Marketing and Underage Drinking Is Causal
37 OpenEd CUNY: Lifespan Theories
38 Cleveland Clinic: Stockholm Syndrome
39 WHO: No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health
40 Big Alcohol Exposed: Big Investments in Advertising Onslaught
42 The Role of Yeasts in Fermentation Processes
43 WHO: Alcohol
44 WHO: Global status report on alcohol and health 2018
45 One alcoholic drink a day linked with reduced brain size
46 One alcoholic drink a day linked with reduced brain size
47 Alcohol Abuse and Tavern Reform in Late Colonial Mexico
48 Largest Alcoholic Beverage Companies by Market Cap
49 Family-owned Spirits Companies
50 Largest alcoholic beverage companies by market cap
51 Alcohol Abuse and Tavern Reform in Late Colonial Mexico
52 Molson Coors claims all of MillerCoors, making home-grown brewer the third largest in the world
53 Sam Adams Beer Magnate Jim Koch Debuts On The Forbes 400 Thanks To Hard Seltzer And Spiked Ice Tea
54 NIH: Alcohol's Effects on Health
55 Liquid genocide: alcohol destroyed Pine Ridge reservation - then they fought back
56 WHO: Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol
57 The Effects of Prices on Alcohol Use and its Consequences
58 The Effects of Prices on Alcohol Use and its Consequences
59 Global alcohol exposure between 1990 and 2017 and forecasts until 2030: a modeling study
60 Alcohol marketing in the Americas and Spain during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Tournament
62 OpenSecrets: Beer, Wine & Liquor Lobbying (2024)
64 Liquor Lobby Fights Off Tax Increases On Alcohol
66 Responsibility.org: Members
67 Distillery Directory - Tag: DISCUS
69 Liquor, Loss & Lies: Dark Secrets of the Alcohol Industry
70 Global status report on alcohol and health 2014
71 Global status report on alcohol and health 2014
73 NIH: Alcohol marketing in the Americas and Spain during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Tournament
75 The ‘Citizens United’ decision and why it matters
76 Vietnam veterans' rapid recovery from heroin addiction: a fluke or normal expectation?
79 The Neuroscience Behind Our Words
81 NIH: Gut Microbiota at the Intersection of Alcohol, Brain, and the Liver
82 NIH: Alcohol Consumption and Obesity: An Update
83 NIH: Serotonin's role in alcohol's effects on the brain
84 NIH: Serotonin's role in alcohol's effects on the brain
85 NIH: Tolerance to alcohol: A critical yet understudied factor in alcohol addiction
86 Nature: Associations between alcohol consumption and gray and white matter volumes in the UK Biobank
87 NIH: A review on alcohol: from the central action mechanism to chemical dependency
89 Alcohol's Effects on Health: The Cycle of Alcohol Addiction
90 NIH: Understanding Alcohol Use Disorder
91 NIH: Alcohol dependence, withdrawal, and relapse
93 NIH: Predictors of relapse in long-term abstinent alcoholics
95 Profile: Alcoholic Beverage Consumption
96 WHO: Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviors
97 NIH: Alcohol's Effects on Health
98 NIH: 2010 National and State Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption
100 How Congeners in Alcohol Affect You (and Your Hangover)
101 www.dictionary.com - Neutral Spirits
102 Ethanol US
103 Big Brands
104 Gross Profit Margin for Diageo
105 Why The Hell Does Your Drink Cost So Much?
106 Sazerac Faces Lawsuits Over Fireball Cinnamon With No Whisky
107 Lawsuit: Tito’s vodka isn’t actually ‘handmade’
108 An Analysis of the Concordance Among 13 U.S. Wine Competitions
112 Addressing Excessive Alcohol Use: State Fact Sheets
113 The Cost of Substance Abuse to America’s Health Care System; Report 2: Medicare Hospital Costs
115 Study Probes Awareness of Alcohol’s Link to Cancer
116 What It Takes to Be a Bartender for Life
117 NIH: Decision Making and Binge Drinking: A Longitudinal Study
119 Alcohol researcher faked data in animal studies, US watchdog says
121 Fill Your Heart By Filling Your Liquor Cabinet
122 “Kokomo” Is 30: The Strange Backstory To The Beach Boys’ Last Cultural Gasp
123 The Ancient World - Nagle, D. Brendan; Stanley M Burstein (2009)
124 204% spike in Cosmopolitan cocktail searches following SATC reboot
125 Alcohol ads on social media target teens and young people
126 Alcohol companies ply community with 40,000 alcohol advertisements a year on Facebook and Instagram
127 Alcohol advertising on social media platforms – A 1-year snapshot
128 What Is Facebook’s Revenue Breakdown?
130 Business Intelligence – Alcohol: Beer + Spirits
131 Substance Abuse & Addiction - Alcohol
132 Relationship between sense of community belonging and self-rated health across life stages
135 Any amount of alcohol consumption harmful to the brain, finds study
136 Jordan Peterson | This Past Weekend #110
138 What Happens When an Alcoholic Starts Drinking Again?
139 Facts and Statistics about Alcohol Abuse in the United States
140 Making health habitual: the psychology of ‘habit-formation’ and general practice
141 Ocean plastic pollution an overview: data and statistics
142 Greenpeace - Circular Claims Fall Flat Again
143 The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products
144 NPR: As Big Beer Moves In, Activists in Mexicali Fight To Keep Their Water
145 Mexico says Constellation brewery to be built by river after water dispute
146 Whose Water? Big Alcohol Worsens Global Water Crisis
147 World Water Week digital event platform for 2023
148 Greenwashing: Definition, How It Works, Examples, and Statistics
149 Whose Water? Big Alcohol Worsens Global Water Crisis
150 Alcohol’s contribution to climate change and other environmental degradation: a call for research
151 The Future of America's Bourbon Barrels Could Be in Danger
152 Climate impact of alcohol consumption in Sweden
153 Alcohol’s Impact On the Environment
154 People, Planet, or Profit: alcohol’s impact on a sustainable future
155 Glyphosate pesticide in beer and wine
156 Glyphosate in Beer and Wine
157 Whose Water? Big Alcohol Worsens Global Water Crisis
158 Alcohol’s Impact On the Environment
159 Getting drunk off Dunkin’ and Eggos? Why every brand is suddenly spiking its drinks
161 Alcohol’s Economic Costs to Society
162 2010 National and State Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption
163 Burden of Disease in Germany: Alcohol Use Disorders Leading Causes of DALY Among Young Adults
164 Understanding France’s Alcohol Burden: High Alcohol Mortality Requires Urgent Action
165 Global Food Losses and Food Waste
166 Alcoholism In The Workplace: A Handbook for Supervisors
167 BBC - Nxivm: Seagram heiress Clare Bronfman jailed in 'sex cult' case
168 Clare Bronfman Is Sentenced to 81 Months in Nxivm ‘Sex Cult’ Case
169 NIH: Alcohol Facts and Statistics
171 Alcohol Intake and Breast Cancer Risk: Weighing the Overall Evidence
172 Can alcohol promote aromatization of androgens to estrogens? A review
173 National Cancer Institute: Hormones
174 Pinkwashed Drinks: Problems & Dangers
176 CDC: About Sexual Violence
177 NIH: SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ALCOHOL: WHAT THE RESEARCH EVIDENCE TELLS US
178 NIH: Alcohol-related sexual assault: a common problem among college students
179 WHO: Alcohol Major Factor in Violence against Women
180 ALCOHOL AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
181 Intimate Partner Violence and Alcohol
182 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGHEST MENTAL CAPACITY AND PSYCHIC ABNORMALITIES
183 Welcome to the Phellowship
184 A Sobering Trend: Alcohol Deaths Up Sharply in Wisconsin