LIKE many Australians facing the new norm of COVID-19, Frank Dunley noticed alcohol was slowly seeping into his everyday routine.

While visiting his parents in Melbourne last month, he realised his daily beers were adding up.

"I was visiting my parents for a couple of weeks in June and my dad's been working from home," he said.

"Every day at 5pm he would be like, 'it's beer time'.

"It didn't f...