DR opened a live question and answer session on alcohol problems on Monday, September 21, 2026, inviting readers to put questions to people with professional knowledge and personal experience of drinking problems.
The public broadcaster published the live format in its domestic news section under the headline asking whether alcohol takes up too much space in people’s lives. According to DR, the session was set to start at 6 p.m. Danish time the same day.
DR Nyheder invited readers to ask about their own drinking or about alcohol problems among people close to them. Per DR, the questions can also cover what consequences such problems can have, and where a person can find help.
The broadcaster described the panel as people who know a great deal about alcohol problems and who have had the issue close to their own lives. Questions were submitted through a live feed embedded on dr.dk, with the session run by the DR Nyheder editorial team.
The survey behind the session
The live Q&A appeared on the same day as a separate DR report on relatives of people with alcohol problems. As reported by DR, more than one in three Danes say they have experienced social, physical or psychological consequences of someone else’s drinking.
DR states that the finding comes from a representative survey carried out by Voxmeter for the organization Alkohol & Samfund. The broadcaster linked to that report directly from the live Q&A page.
The figure on relatives was the starting point DR gave readers for the session. The broadcaster wrote that more than every third person in Denmark has felt the effects of another person’s alcohol problem.
Alcohol & Samfund is a Danish organization working on alcohol policy and prevention. It commissioned the Voxmeter survey cited in DR’s reporting on relatives.
DR has covered alcohol consumption and the drinking culture in Denmark in a series of reports. The live format on September 21 was presented as a chance for readers to direct their own questions to the panel rather than read a finished article.
The broadcaster did not publish a list of the panel members on the Q&A page. It also did not state how long the session would remain open for questions.
Readers were pointed to the same page for the exchange, which was hosted on DR’s live platform. DR listed no other partners or contributors for the session beyond the panel description and the linked survey coverage.
