Features and Vital Signs
Features
All of us can choose a healthier future for ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities.
Everyone can help prevent excessive alcohol use. Learn how you can take action.
See some of the milestones from the past 20 years and the CDC Alcohol Program’s contributions.
Don’t binge drink. Drinking less reduces the chance you’ll harm yourself or others.
The cost of excessive alcohol use in the United States rose to almost a quarter trillion dollars in 2010.
VItal Signs

A deadly consequence of binge drinking.

An effective but underused health service.

A serious, under-recognized problem among women and girls.

Nationwide problems, local solutions.