Harm from alcohol and other drugs have effects thatextend beyond the drinker to their social connections andproduce much wider familial and societal impacts. Theneeds of the relatives, friends, co-workers and communi-ties affected by the drinking of people in their social net-works are seldom voiced, counted or responded to.
Funding
A.M.L.'s work is supported by the Australian Research Council (LP190100698) and Veski (which funds eligible individuals who narrowly missed out on the 2021 National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grant funding in the Emerging Leaders 2 category, as part of the Victorian Health and Medical Research Workforce Project, on behalf of the Victorian Government and the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes, with funding provided by the Victorian Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions).