A study has shown Australians have changed their alcohol habits since COVID-19 began.

While some are drinking more than before the pandemic began, others are drinking less.

But one common theme was a shift from “reasons” to consume alcohol, like a social outing, event, or milestone.

“Instead of having these sort of designated drinking times, like going to the pub with friends, people were a bit more casual with their drinking,” Gabriel Caluzzi, Research Officer at La Trobe University, told 3AW.

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