Posts Tagged ‘Alcohol Addiction’

One of the most serious issues pertaining to medical treatment in the United States concerns doctors who have developed a drug addiction, yet continue to provide care to their patients without receiving proper treatment themselves. For years, this problem went unchecked in the medical community, [...]

Some Hollywood directors, such as Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) and Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream) go to great lengths to portray drug addiction and substance abuse in as realistic manner as possible in their films. They capture every grueling aspect of addiction -from the euphoric [...]

Many individuals who have a drinking problem fail to ask themselves the tough questions. They think they are fooling everyone into believing that their drinking is under control, when in actuality, the only person they are misleading is themselves. The following represent the essential questions [...]

It was announced this month that multi-platinum rappers 50 Cent and Busta Rhymes will lend their names to the marketing efforts of Leyrat Cognac and Sparkling Vodka — two high end alcohol brands that are marketing predominantly to the African-American community. While nobody begrudges an [...]

During his life, Swedish psychiatrist and addiction specialist Nils Bejerot riled many individuals in the research community with his unique views on the origins and risk factors for addiction. While most research stated (and continues to state) that addiction is the result of a combination [...]

For decades, individuals who have tried to overcome alcohol addiction have aided their cause by smoking. Cigarette smoking represented an alternative behavior to fill the void left when that person stopped smoking. While the dangers of smoking are well documented, it was always seen as [...]

Already serving time in prison for driving while under the influence of heroin, Garret Reid, the son of Philadelphia Eagles’ coach Andy Reid, was recently sentenced to two years probation recently for trying to smuggle drugs in the Montgomery County jail where he was incarcerated. [...]