Abi is a Lecturer in the Psychology department at the University of Liverpool, and a member of the Addiction research team. Her research focuses on identifying the mechanisms underlying hazardous drinking, and she conducts both clinical trials and laboratory-based research to identify pathways into and out of alcohol use disorders. She is also responsible for the research team’s ‘bar-lab’ which is used to investigate environmental factors on our drinking behaviour. She has recently become involved in blogging and tweeting to help raise awareness and understanding of addiction issues.