With the UK now in lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak, many Brits have found themselves drinking more alcohol to cope with the stress.
But experts have now warned that alcohol is an 'unhelpful coping strategy' to deal with stress during this time. Many turn to substances such as alcohol at a time of stress, experts from the European arm of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.
Experts acknowledged that feeling stressed, anxious, fearful and lonely is "natural" at this time. But they reminded people that using substances such as alcohol "will not help to manage the stress of self-isolation".
It recommended that people should be "minimising the unhelpful coping strategies of using tobacco or alcohol". The recommendation comes after