Alcoholism and Divorce
Alcohol use can come with severe costs. It can lead to legal problems, financial stress, unemployment, and cause serious health issues. It can also destroy family and romantic relationships. Alcohol use is one of the leading reasons couples…
Gender Differences in Alcohol Metabolism
Alcohol can have several different effects on the mind and body, varying from one person to the next. The experience of alcohol within the body relies on body composition, hormones, and neurochemicals. Alcohol can manipulate the body to create…
List of Diseases Caused by Alcohol
It’s often easy to forget that alcohol is toxic whether or not consumed regularly. Although alcohol is one of the most addictive substances available, it’s hardly considered as dangerous as drugs like heroin or fentanyl. But it is. Every…
Gabapentin and Alcohol
Americans are taking more prescription pills than ever before and more than people in any other country. A survey by Consumer Reports finds that around 55% of Americans are taking prescription medications. Pill habits alone can produce harmful…
Depression and Alcohol
Alcohol has a firm foot in our culture and seems fitting for most of life's events–good and bad. Even with booze readily available, escaping life's troubles can prove to be an impossible challenge. At times it seems the only place to find…
Online Alcohol Abuse Counseling
Online alcohol abuse counseling confirms that new developments in technology and telehealth can showcase addiction treatment efficacy for some.
Alcohol addiction treatment modalities are evolving as science acquires a new understanding of alcohol…
Drinking a Fifth of Vodka Everyday
Do you drink a glass of your favorite alcoholic beverage with dinner every night? This would put you in the top 30% of American adults consuming alcohol (per-capita). The top 10% of alcohol consumers clinically diagnosed with severe alcohol…
Rehab Options for Alcoholics
Alcohol is one of the most addictive and lethal substances impacting millions nationwide, yet it’s persistently viewed as a nonissue. While alcohol-related deaths continue to surge, many remain ambivalent about the seriousness of alcohol abuse,…
How Much Alcohol is Safe to Drink Daily?
It seems that there’s a study released each week that touts the health benefits of alcoholic beverages. Let’s toast to our good health, right? Not quite. Unfortunately, it turns out that even moderate levels of drinking can have a lasting…
Is My Son an Alcoholic?
If there’s a surefire way of protecting your son from the dangerous effects of alcohol abuse, addiction would undoubtedly be less of a problem for many families. However, there’s no silver bullet, and alcohol abuse continues to plague many…