When you drink so much alcohol that your body can’t metabolize it, you may suffer from alcohol poisoning. If you’re a heavy drinker, then the line between blackout and intoxication can seem to blur. Would you know how to recognize the symptoms of alcohol poisoning? Most importantly, should you seek drug addiction treatment once you…
Your loved one has an alcohol use disorder. You’ve tried everything you can think of to help. So far, you haven’t succeeded. But do you know how to help an alcoholic? Free Yourself from Guilt and Responsibility You might feel responsible for your loved one’s drinking problem. In fact, they might say something to this…
Over half of adult drivers in the U.S. get behind the wheel while drowsy at least once every year, and close to 40% have actually fallen asleep while driving at one time or another. In December 2016, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety published a study that compared the safety-related impact of driving while sleepy…
Teens aged 15 to 17 who mix alcoholic beverages with energy drinks are four times more likely to meet the diagnostic criteria for substance use disorders, reports a new study from the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth College.
The party’s over. It turns out those studies over the years suggesting that a glass of wine a day can help you live a longer life got it wrong.
It seems like just yesterday that your son was sitting with his cousins at the card table in the living room for the holiday meal. Now, he is 18 and coming home for break after his first semester away at school. Of course he has graduated from the kids’ table — he has been part…
New evidence from a team of American scientists indicates that teenage alcohol consumers may drink alone as a consequence of negative emotional states and an associated inability to resist alcohol intake.
If you’re one of those parents who thinks her teen would never in a million years use drugs, and you cite her straight-A report card and extracurricular activities as proof, you could be making a dangerous assumption. Forty-nine percent of 12th graders have at least tried an illicit substance. Even good students and well-rounded teenagers…
Alcohol consumers affected by insomnia have increased chances of contemplating suicide or attempting suicide, according to recent findings from a team of American researchers.
New research from a team of American scientists points to substantially varying levels of risk for alcoholic liver disease in people with different racial/ethnic backgrounds.