By Lipi RoyOriginal Source: forbes.com

Beer has been making the headlines recently. And not in the usual context of sports, like Super Bowl game ads promoting Miller or Budweiser. Nope. In a rather unexpected turn, beer has become a notable discussion point during the ongoing United States Supreme Court hearings. Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s proclivity for the beverage has been a source of humor for shows like Saturday Night Live where Matt Damon, acting as the judge, sloshed “beer” all over his face during the testimony.

I realize that the SNL sketch was political satire and meant to generate a laugh. I actually found it quite funny. But all this recent discussion of beer in news media and popular culture has given me pause. Today is the last day of Recovery Month, and as a doctor who specializes in addiction medicine, I tend to see alcohol from a *very* different perspective.Nearly half of the patients I care for at my addiction treatment center experience alcohol use disorder. Alcohol nearly...click here to continue reading