Alcohol Awareness Month

Alcohol Awareness Month, observed every April since 1987, strives to raise awareness about the risks of alcohol misuse, reduce the stigma surrounding it, and provide resources to promote treatment and prevention.

Talk it Out NC highlights this month to underscore our core mission — preventing underage drinking. Teens who drink alcohol are more likely to experience alcohol and substance use disorders as adults. During Alcohol Awareness Month and all year long, we aim to educate youth and communities to prevent the long-term consequences of early alcohol misuse. We need you to Lend Your Voice — Share Your Story — Start the Conversation about the risks of underage drinking.

We’d like to thank Governor Josh Stein for his proclamation recognizing April as Alcohol Awareness Month in North Carolina.

All month, Talk it Out NC is hosting events to get teens, parents, coaches, mentors, and others involved in preventing underage drinking and alcohol misuse.  

Hosted by NC ABC Commission staff

Many teens struggle with alcohol misuse and addiction. In seeking recovery, they’re not alone, and neither are their families and loved ones. Join our roundtable discussion about underage drinking challenges and prevention and treatment resources with students and parents representing Wake Monarch Academy, a school in Raleigh that provides a recovery-based environment for students to successfully pursue academic, personal, and professional goals. Using their first-hand experiences, our participants will reflect on issues like peer pressure, impaired driving, asking for help, and lessons learned that are valuable for both teens and parents.