Stress and Alcohol ‘Feed’ Each Other
Acute stress is thought to precipitate alcohol drinking. Yet the ways that acute stress can increase alcohol consumption are unclear. A new study investigated whether different phases of response to an...
View ArticleResearchers Link Alcohol-Dependence Impulsivity to Brain Anomalies
Researchers Link Alcohol-Dependence Impulsivity to Brain Anomalies
View ArticleStronger Alcohol ‘Buzz’ Predicts Future Binge Drinking Problems
Stronger Alcohol 'Buzz' Predicts Future Binge Drinking Problems
View ArticleMotivation to Change…Should Tailor Alcohol-Dependence Treatment
People seeking help for their alcohol or other drug problems enter treatment with very different levels of motivation to change. Differences in motivation appear to make a critical difference in which...
View ArticleReducing the Toll of Alcohol in Canada
Focused programs and public health policies can help reduce the burden of alcohol in Canada, which contributes significantly to acute and chronic diseases, social problems and trauma, states an...
View ArticleWhy Problem Drinking During Adolescence Is Never a ‘Phase’
The Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI) is widely used to assess adolescent drinking-related problems. The predictive power of RAPI scores, however, has not been examined on a longitudinal basis. A...
View ArticleThey Are Sober, But Why Are They Jerks?
Why do people, who have been sober for years, behave inappropriately with alarming regularity? Recently, I was asked this question in group therapy(the exact words have been edited as they were not fit...
View ArticleA Disease You Can Get Yelled At For Having
These days most of us are willing to believe that drug addiction—including alcoholism—is a disease. Still, we harbor a sneaking suspicion that it’s really a disease of the weak-willed, the spiritually...
View ArticleAlcoholism more likely among those it peps up
Alcohol cheers some people while it pushes others into depression. This could predict who is likely to have a problem with drinks – those who get high on alcohol are far more likely to become addicted....
View Article6 Signs Your Alcoholic Loved One May Be Relapsing
For the budding alcoholic/addict in recovery, relapse is all too often a nanosecond away. Even for the well-seasoned soul who has practiced a clean and sober lifestyle for many years, relapse may be in...
View ArticleAlcoholic Liver Disease
Alcoholic liver disease is damage to the liver and its function due to alcohol abuse. See also: Ascites Cirrhosis Alcoholism Bleeding varices Hepatic encelphalopathy Reference from A.D.A.M. ALTERNATIVE...
View ArticleFamily influence on young people’s drinking: an inconvenient truth?
Parents expressed a desire to teach their children about both the positive and negative effects of alcohol and felt that it was best learnt in the home not at school. The report notes that whilst...
View ArticleDoctors’ Own Alcohol Consumption Colors Advice to Patients
Doctors who drink more themselves are more liberal in their advice to patients on alcohol consumption. They set higher thresholds for what is harmful, and while men who are heavy drinkers get to...
View ArticleHeavy drinking in older teenagers has long- and short-term consequences
In a systematic review of current evidence published in this week’s PLoS Medicine, the authors—Jim McCambridge from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK, and...
View ArticleAlcohol ‘more harmful than heroin or crack’
Sacked government drugs adviser David Nutt publishes investigation in Lancet reopening debate on classification Heroin causes harm to users, but alcohol causes considerably more harm in the wider...
View ArticleMore Marines may get alcohol-abuse treatment
With orders from the top, the Marine Corps’ inspector general is canvassing the service to see how well commands are enforcing rules on alcohol use among Marines. As a result, more Marines who get in...
View ArticleScientists find gene linked to alcoholism
CHAPEL HILL – Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have discovered a gene variant that may protect against alcoholism. The variant, in a gene called...
View ArticleComing Out as an Alcoholic
In the pantheon of difficult things to talk about, admitting that you’re a recovering alcoholic probably falls somewhere between “I’m a Wiccan” and “I’m a serial killer” on the shameful-revelation...
View ArticleChildren of Alcoholics: Important Facts
1. Alcoholism affects the entire family. Living with a non-recovering alcoholic in the family can contribute to stress for all members of the family. Each member may be affected differently. Not all...
View ArticleMany Refuse To Change Their Behavior Despite The Negative Consequences Of...
A study by University of Washington psychologists shows some people continue to drink heavily because of perceived positive effects, despite experiencing negative effects such as hangovers, fights and...
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