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Perhaps
you’ve tried to do something about your drinking before –
but never really succeeded in maintaining change?
A self-help correspondence program, Changing the Mix, is now available
for veterans, peacekeepers or ADF personnel who would like to
change their drinking habits. It is a new way to help you cut
down or cut out your drinking but it uses proven methods.
Changing the Mix will help you build a tool kit of ways to change
your drinking habits yourself. Importantly, you will learn ways
to help maintain that change.
For many ADF members, responsible alcohol use is part of an enjoyable
and generally healthy lifestyle that includes good diet and exercise
habits.
There is evidence that low levels of alcohol consumption contribute
health benefits for some people. However, people who regularly
drink alcohol at higher levels place themselves at increased risk
of a range of harms and these harms also have broader social and
economic implications for families, workplaces and the community
as a whole.
Changing your drinking can make you feel healthier and get more
out of your life and relationships.
Over 10 weeks of the program you will receive regular packages
of information and material for you to work through. A drinking
diary will help you to keep track of how you are going.
If you live in a remote area and need help with your drinking,
this program could be ideal for you.
Changing the Mix is being conducted in partnership with the Department
of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA), the University of Queensland
and the ADF.
When you join the program, your details will remain strictly confidential.
The information that is provided by participants will remain within
the DVA project team.
The University of Queensland will receive de-identified data that
does not contain any names or addresses. The results of this program
will be published as an evaluation report, however it will not
contain any individual data nor will it identify any individual.
