The drought is pushing more farmers to drink, but one woman has campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness of the unspoken costs of alcohol abuse and misuse in the outback.
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| Shanna Whan has been campaigning for more support for people in the bush who want to go sober. |
Shanna Whan is a rural advocate, a finalist in the NSW Rural Woman of the Year Awards, and the founder of a volunteer-led support group called Sober in the Country, which supports more than 250 people.
Ms Whan believes the escalating drought, financial hardship, as well as the uncertainty and isolation of rural life is driving more people to drink.
Read the story from ABC Rural by David Claughton - “Sober in the Country: Rural health advocate Shanna Whan fights to save farmers from self-medicating with alcohol.”
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