Do I Need to Go to Rehab for Binge Drinking?Alcohol and Drug TreatmentBy The Right StepJanuary 5, 2020If you read up on binge drinking, you’ll learn what it is, the facts, the risks, and the statistics. However, you might be surprised to learn that you binge drink more often than you realized. Does this mean you have a drinking problem? Does it make you an alcoholic? You wonder, do I need to…
5 Tips How Millennials Can Leave Their Binge Drinking College Days Behind ThemAlcoholismBy The Right StepMarch 25, 2017More than nine out of every 10 drinks consumed by Americans under the age of 21 is during a binge, and college students are especially likely to drink alcohol in binges. Binge drinking can lead to accidental injuries, alcohol poisoning and, over time, problems such as liver disease. The first step to avoiding these consequences…
Tactics to Temper Binge DrinkingAlcoholismBy The Right StepFebruary 7, 2017Binge drinking is defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) as having five or more drinks for men, and four or more drinks for women, within about a two-hour timeframe. In a 2015 report from the NIAAA, almost 27% of adults 18 and older said they had engaged in binge drinking…
Personality-Based Intervention Cuts Teen Binge DrinkingAdolescentsBy The Right StepMarch 24, 2016New findings from a team of Dutch and British researchers point to the usefulness of a personality-based alcohol intervention as a method of curbing long-term rates of binge drinking in teenagers.
Teens Who Combine Alcohol With Energy Drinks at High Risk for AddictionAdolescentsBy The Right StepFebruary 10, 2016Recent findings from a team of American researchers point to steeply increased alcohol addiction risks in teenagers who combine alcohol with energy drinks.
These Dangerous Drinking Games Are Killing Teensalcohol and drug addiction, Teen DrinkingBy The Right StepMarch 26, 2015Underage and young drinkers most often binge when they drink and too often do so by playing dangerous games that can lead to alcohol poisoning and even death. If you have a teen or a college student, you need to be aware of the risky games that these young people are playing, both in the…
Sex Assault in College Triples Risk of Future AttackAlcohol and Drug NewsBy The Right StepJanuary 25, 2015Past sexual assaults make women on college campuses significantly more likely to suffer a future assault, according to new findings from the University of Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).
How Does Binge Drinking Damage the Liver?alcohol and drug addictionBy The Right StepNovember 19, 2014Anyone who regularly consumes alcohol in excessive amounts can eventually develop moderate, severe or even life-threatening degrees of liver damage. Researchers are well aware that long-term heavy drinkers who also participate in the drunkenness-producing, short-term practice called binge drinking can substantially worsen the overall amount of liver damage they ultimately sustain. In a study published…
Smartphone App Shows Promise for Reducing Binge Drinking in YouthsTeen DrinkingBy The Right StepOctober 29, 2014Binge drinking, a form of alcohol consumption geared toward the rapid attainment of legal intoxication, is a relatively common and seriously harmful behavior among older teenagers and younger adults in the U.S. In a study published in September 2014 in the journal Substance Abuse, a team of Italian and British researchers investigated the potential usefulness…
Government Study Underscores the Dangers of Binge DrinkingAddictionBy The Right StepSeptember 29, 2014The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a first-of-its-kind report that shows how alcohol is cutting millions of American lives short by several decades. The report separates binge drinking from alcoholism and even distinguishes between long-term, health-related deaths and more immediate causes of death related to alcohol use. While both long-term…
