Alcohol and the pandemic: Learn what’s safe

House Calls: Real Docs, Real Talk is the American Heart Association's LIVE show where doctors provide real answers about your most pressing health concerns. Here in our After Show, we address our viewers incoming questions that we didn't have time to respond to during the show.

Being in quarantine might give you more time to mix your favorite cocktail, but will extra drinking put your health at risk?

This week we take a deeper-dive with Dr. Katherine Sanchez, PhD, LCSW who answers questions about if alcoholism is a habit or hereditary, we discuss the dynamics of drinking to cope with emotional challenges, the impact of alcohol on our overall health, and more.