Alcohol
Drinking alcohol can be damaging to our health and wellbeing, especially when it comes to cancer.
Alcohol increases the risk of getting some types of cancer, such as cancers of the mouth, throat, oesophagus (the tube that connects your mouth to your stomach), stomach, bowel, liver, and breast. The more you drink alcohol, the greater the risk.
And if you have cancer, alcohol can also weaken your mind and spirit and intensify your emotions making it hard to stay strong during your diagnosis and cancer journey.
Dealing with cancer is stressful. It can lead to you facing some mental health challenges like depression and anxiety or feeling overwhelmed by sadness or anger. Not drinking alcohol and making deadly choices to deal with that stress will help you to deal with cancer better.
The less you drink alcohol, the healthier you will feel and be.
