The COVID-19 crisis is attributed to the worldwide outbreak and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Stressful experiences due to the COVID-19 pandemic are classified as a type of catastrophic event stress. The COVID-19 crisis generated stressors that can prompt and exacerbate alcohol use. People consume alcohol as a coping and self-medicating strategy to manage pandemic stress, anxiety, and fear reactions. This chapter reviews the research postulating that the COVID-19 pandemic is a pervasive stressor, defines and describes the underlying processes that generate coronaphobia (stress, anxieties, and fears due to pandemic threats), and provides theoretical explanations to understand the COVID-19 pandemic to alcohol use connection. Research studies documenting the statistical associations involving COVID-19 and alcohol behaviors are also reviewed. Finally, systematic literature reviews are described to offer more robust and conclusive insights into how COVID-19 stressors play a role in alcohol consumption.