Alcohol Addiction

“I can confidently say that entering addiction treatment saved my life. Because I entered treatment I was given the tools I need to live a purpose driven life; and quite simply, I owe my life to that.” –Joshua K. With the multitude of treatment facilities and treatment options available, making that crucial f more...

Cathy took her first drink at the age of 15. One day at the park near her house, where a number of older neighborhood teenagers liked to hang out and drink beer, one of the older boys offered her a beer. Self-described as perpetually painfully shy and feeling ignored and left out by the older kids, Cathy drank the beer more...

“Alcohol is the number 1 drug problem in the United States.” Susan is a recovering alcoholic now in long-term recovery. Over the course of many years she was a self-described functioning alcoholic. While she never lost a job due to her drinking, her alcohol abuse took her down a path of many abusive drinking partn more...

Improving Economy Leading to Increasing Alcohol Sales, Drinking at Home Year to year sales data comparisons found a substantial increase in alcohol consumption in the new year. This trend could possibly lead to worrisome consequences, especially when considering the potential problems that alcoholism and its side effe more...

I recently read a story about a man named Jeff; who after a long struggle with alcohol addiction, finally made the decision to enter alcohol and drug rehab and has now been sober for ten months. While he was no longer drinking, Jeff had yet to update his kitchen setup to reflect the fact that alcohol is no longer in more...

In July of 2009, Diane Schuler steered her Ford Windstar the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway. A few minutes later, her vehicle slammed into an SUV head-on, killing her, four of the five children she was transporting, and the three men in the SUV. Schuler’s 5-year-old son was the lone survivor of the crash. more...

This past July we lost a musical icon to what could be assumed a severe alcohol and drug addiction. The 27 year old singer spent the greater part of her career in and out of drug rehab facilities battling this vicious disease. News has finally broke about the cause of Amy Winehouse’s death... Alcohol poisoning. Ac more...

We worry about our own friends having too much of an influence over us, and now we have to worry about our significant other’s friends too? A new study published in the American Sociological Review examined how much the friends of a teenager’s boyfriend or girlfriend drink can have more influence on the teen’s dr more...

“Battle of the sexes” seems to peek its competitive head into a myriad of social situations. Boys tend to think they’re better, faster, and stronger than girls and girls always try to prove them wrong. This seems to hold exceptionally true in the world of alcohol abuse. In a night out with friends have you eve more...

Impaired judgment, loss of employment, domestic violence are just a few of the many consequences associated with alcoholism and alcohol abuse. Alcohol has been an integral part of society and human civilization for thousands of years. About 2 billion people across the world consume alcoholic drinks; and while it is com more...