Alcohol: A Spirited Defence

The Return of the Temperance Movement.

Alcohol is having a tough time of it lately, finding itself on the wrong side of the mental wellbeing mantra of our times.

The “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind” movement prefers its beverages 0.0%. It is hard to be our authentic self, it is said, if we’ve addled our mind with gin martini.

What started as an expression of personal preference has become part of a much broader question about how life ought to be lived.