By L.A. Williams Christian Action League March 23, 2022 Not only have Americans been drinking more during the Covid-19 pandemic, but more Americans are dying alcohol-related deaths. A January study showed excessive drinking had risen by 21 percent since Covid began. Now, new research shows an even larger 25.5 percent jump in alcohol-related deaths during […]
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Research Now Confirms: The Idea Moderate Drinking Promotes Health Indefensible
By Pam Blume Christian Action League March 18, 2022 Brain damage from alcohol consumption may be more extensive than previously thought. Previous studies have indicated a link between brain atrophy and heavy alcohol consumption, but there has been conflicting evidence on whether light-to-moderate drinking has the same effect. In a March 4, 2022 article in […]
Russian Vodka Ban or American Energy Independence: Which is More Important?
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League March 2, 2022 Alcohol policy is a signature issue for the Christian Action League and has been for three-quarters of a century. Anytime something consequential happens regarding alcohol sales or marketing, the CAL keeps Christians who share its concerns informed. However, this news story is about a certain kind […]
John Locke Program Shows Driving Force Behind Push to Deregulate Alcohol Policies
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League February 11, 2022 An hourlong telecast critical of the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control System released Monday by the John Locke Foundation gave a small peek into some big plans that could have devastating effects on the lives of some North Carolinians. “This program clearly shows the driving forces behind […]
Salutary Effects of Drinking are Starting to Change
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League January 28, 2022 My pastor friend is an excellent and faithful leader. We grew up together and graduated from the same High School. He pastored a well-known and historic church in Western North Carolina. At his invitation, I preached there and spent time with him and his wife. […]
Jesus Rescued Me from Alcohol
By Mark Perko Christian Action League January 5, 2022 I took my last sip of an alcoholic beverage 40 years ago. The seven years preceding this, I will never get back. My journey began at age sixteen when my best friend convinced me to help him drink a six-pack of beer he had stolen from […]
Alcohol and the Holidays: Called to Intemperance?
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 17, 2021 Christmas and New Year celebrations are the time of year, which for many, poses a significant risk for problematic drinking. The results can be disastrous. Alcohol is intertwined with so many of our holiday activities. There can be steady nudges from loved ones and friends […]
Perhaps ‘The Most Monumental Ballot in the History of Graham County’
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League November 11, 2021 Only days before the 2021 election, the Graham Star reported on an alcohol-related incident in which a woman seriously injured herself with a knife. According to the report, the local medical examiner said a male friend took a bottle of alcohol away from the woman and […]
Not Allowed Since Prohibition, Bottles of Liquor May Now Be Sold on Sundays
By L.A. Williams and Hunter Hines Christian Action League October 15, 2021 Media outlets are touting a change in ABC law which recognizes Oct. 3 as the “first Sunday a bottle of liquor has been legally sold in the state since the beginning of Prohibition.” H.B. 890, signed into North Carolina law by Gov. Roy Cooper […]
House ABC Committee Holds Hearing About ABC Woes: ‘Sincere Attempt to Remedy or Undermine?’
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League October 1, 2021 Less than two weeks after Zander Guy, chairman of the North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission, resigned his post amid liquor shortages, lawmakers on the House ABC Committee spent more than two hours Wednesday questioning others involved with the system about why alcohol is not getting […]