Getting sober while my kids are teenagers is the best parenting decision I've made. I get to be fully present for them.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
The author with her two kids and husband while on vacation, they are smiling and standing outside in an arched doorway.
 

Courtesy of Terri Peters

In my 20s, I dreamed of a wild weekend in Vegas. Instead, I went as a sober mom in my 30s.

Tech Insider : Travel, Business
Priscilla Blossom sitting on a green sofa chair in Las Vegas.
In her 20s, Priscilla Blossom dreamed of partying in Las Vegas — but by the time she made it there, she was a sober mom.

Priscilla Blossom

I've been a bartender for over 10 years. Here are 11 things I wish customers would stop doing.

Tech Insider : Business
bartender mixing a pink drink in a highball glass at a bar
I've worked as a bartender for over a decade.

David Fuentes Prieto/Getty Images

Who could win and lose after the surgeon general's alcohol-cancer link warning

Tech Insider : Business
Two glasses with a caution symbol on one
 US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended adding cancer warnings to alcohol on Friday.

Burazin/Getty, Don Wu/Getty, Tyler Le/BI

2 charts show how spending on most kinds of alcohol has declined in recent decades — especially among young adults

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business
Clinking cocktails
Alcohol consumption trends have been on the decline for years, even before the US Surgeon General said alcohol is a leading cause of cancer.

semenovp/Getty Images

The Mediterranean diet includes wine in moderation. Can a little alcohol be good for you?

Tech Insider : Business, Style
a group of people eating Mediterranean style food outdoors in an olive grove
Drinking wine in moderation is common on the healthy Mediterranean diet and in Blue Zones, areas of the world where people tend to live longer.

Jose carlos Cerdeno/Getty Images

Trump is no fan of alcohol

Tech Insider : Politics, Business
Donald Trump toasts with a glass of Diet Coke during a 2018 UN event
President-elect Donald Trump, a lifelong teetotaler, would sometimes use other beverages during formal diplomatic toasts. During a 2018 event, an aide was spotted pouring a Diet Coke before Trump raised his glass.

Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

An expert in the risks of alcohol drank heavily for years. His 'dry by default' rule helped him drink less, lose weight, and live a fuller life.

Tech Insider : Business
Two photos of Richard Piper, before and after he started drinking less alcohol.
Richard Piper, before and after he started drinking less alcohol.

Richard Piper

The US surgeon general says alcohol causes cancer — and needs a warning label like cigarettes

Tech Insider : Business
People saying
The US surgeon general has warned of the risks of alcohol in a new report.

Johner Images/Getty Images

Cheap and almost hangover-free — why the teeny, tiny martini is trending

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Mini martini in front of a small sofa.
Trendy bars in New York City and London started offering miniature versions of cocktails like martinis over the past few years.

Nitas/Getty Images

Subscribe to Alcohol