Category: Alcohol Addiction

Kim Richards was a Disney child star, and now she’s a star on the reality TV show, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. As the show has followed her interaction with fellow housewives including sister, Kyle, concerns have been expressed in numerous ways about Kim’s erratic [...]

Among all the cheer, presents, carols, tree trimming, friends, family gatherings and delicious food stands a frightening statistic that we should all keep in mind as we attend our holiday season celebrations- driving under the influence of alcohol causes two to three times more deaths [...]

To the surprise of many, highly respected professionals like doctors, lawyers, dentists and corporate executives are working each day as functioning alcoholics and drug addicts. In fact, recent studies have determined that licensed professionals experience depression at higher rates than any other occupation leaving them [...]

In a hotly contested medical and moral quandary, healthcare providers must decide whether those who are addicted to alcohol should be placed on the list to receive liver transplants. If someone has actively destroyed their own liver through excess alcohol consumption in the past or [...]

The conundrum of addiction is that, in most cases, an addict knows what decision they “should” make regarding drugs and alcohol – that is, they should avoid them or drink only in moderation – nevertheless, they are repeatedly compelled to make choices that often carry [...]

Past research has concluded that during a bad economy health improves and behaviors such as excessive drinking decrease. It was assumed this was due to the fact that during unstable economic periods people have less available income to put towards behaviors that cause health problems [...]

Violence related to alcohol abuse and over consumption at professional sports events has been a huge topic of concern in the San Francisco Bay Area. Inebriated fans are getting into fights with inebriated fans of opposing teams and people are getting seriously injured as a [...]

Unlike many rock stars these days, Girls front man Christopher Owen isn’t talking about how his past struggle with drug and alcohol addiction affected his life or killed his career – he’s talking about a current issue with drugs and alcohol and how it informs [...]

According to current statistics, nearly three-quarters of all college students drink, while 25 percent of these students are ingesting four or more drinks within a few hour time span. If these binges did not impact any other aspects of campus life, then we might be [...]

You knew it was coming. With all the new warnings against high-caffeine beverages mixed with alcohol and the increased regulations controlling the purchase and use of alcohol-infused dessert products, it wasn’t long before caffeinated beer took a hit. What’s Wrong with Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks? Recently, [...]