Alcohology app bridges gap between alcohol science and myth

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andromo.dev400583.app368763 

According to the creator of the new 2015 app, Alcohology, there’s a wide gulf between what people think alcohol does for them and what alcohol does to them. Case in point: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism notes that less than10 percent of the public realizes alcohol is a carcinogen. It’s free in the Google Play Store and in Kindle Apps. An IOS version is planned. The app is targeted toward health and counseling professionals, drinkers – whether they have the disease of alcoholism or just consider themselves moderate drinkers – and anyone concerned with a loved one’s drinking. 

Scott Stevens, author of the recovery book, Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud, created the application, “because sometimes the swaying factor among many is knowing what alcohol does to otherwise healthy tissues.”

The app features short, topical videos on the evidence-based studies on alcohol and dismisses…