This longitudinal study shows that the Covid pandemic and subsequent lockdown had an impact in reducing overall alcohol consumption levels in the northern provinces of the Netherlands. However, this effect was not homogeneous but differed by living arrangement and subjective feelings of social isolation: those living alone and/or feeling more socially isolated reacted more strongly to the lockdown. Moreover, the impact of the lockdown was not constant over time but it was stronger, the longer it lasted, suggesting an accumulative effect and a reduction of resilience of some groups of individuals to cope with it.
