The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says additction happens gradually, but it always begins with experimentation.

Are you considering trying Dry January, the annual initiative to stop drinking for the first month of the new year?

“Beer supplies should be guaranteed, because beer helps people get through quarantine on better terms,” the National Alliance of Small Business said in a press statement Tuesday. First, on April 6, the Agriculture Department sent a letter to major breweries that could be read as inviting them to restart production. The beer industry chamber, while it declined to comment on the debate, is pushing the idea of home delivery of existing stocks of suds. The government’s strict stance also isn’t convincing the small business chamber, which said that 40% of small shops' total sales volume is beer. He asked how he would be able to sell beer to his customers if his suppliers kept raising the price.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The party’s over early on South Beach, at least for the days when spring breakers descend on the city. Commissioners voted 5-2 to ban booze after 3 a.m. in the entertainment district, for six days in March. This comes after last year’s beach brawls and street fights that made for embarrassing headlines for the city. And we’re just devastated.”Other club and restaurant owners spoke out, too, saying it was going to harm their businesses. Mayor Dan Gelber told Local 10 he thinks the last call rollback is the best solution, for now.