In this issue of IJADR we are pleased once again to be able to publish papers from different countries and regions of the world, i.e. the United States of America, Australia, Vietnam and Thailand. Three of the papers used large datasets from nationwide surveys. This series of papers all discuss somewhat different dimensions of the alcohol issue, such as a range of questions about alcohol consumption and contexts. For example, what proportions of adult drinkers of alcohol engaged in binge drinking before and during COVID-19 in the United States; how Australian adults in characterise the acceptability of different drinking situations; the factors associated with alcohol purchasing behaviour among adults in Vietnam; and the nature of online marketing activities that exist in the Thai language. The paper ends with a tribute to Sharon Carlson Wilsnack, and her husband Richard Wilsnack, who passed away in 2025 and 2026 respectively.