Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism

Imagine you’re a parent deployed on active military duty. You’re already thinking about your family back at home, especially the children. Are they doing well in school? Are they eating nutritious food? Are they doing drugs and binge drinking? Wait, what? Doing drugs and binge drinking? In a 2010 study, more than 78,000 students were [...]

Spring break means time off from school, studying and time to blow off some overdue steam.  Over the years, spring break has become a tradition synonymous with alcohol, sex and the beach. A few years ago, Girls Gone Wild brought spring break debauchery to a new level, preserving spring break behavior on video for the [...]

The U.S. Army has a long association with St. Patrick’s Day and now is spreading the message of celebrating safely. St. Patrick’s Day is the Catholic feast day for Patrick, who brought Christianity to Ireland.  In 1903, St. Patrick’s Day became a public holiday in Ireland. This religious holiday over the years has become known [...]

Imagine if you could see the future effects of alcohol on your face right now! Well the Scottish government created a campaign to promote women’s health and it is in the form of a smartphone app from the Drink Smarter website. This app allows you to upload a current photo of yourself, add in your [...]

Drinking alcohol can cause women to suffer many devastating consequences. Danish researchers recently showed that alcohol consumption can cause infertility in women. There was a greater risk of being hospitalized for alcoholism among women who were not able to conceive. Even worse, these women have a higher risk of being hospitalized for schizophrenia and other [...]

Thanksgiving is upon us! Like many, you are probably looking forward to a big dinner, spending time with the family, a short work week and shopping. In the midst of family time, shopping and eating, you may find that you may have to fight your cravings to drink. Holidays are a common time when we [...]

Labor Day weekend is the last hurrah of the summer. It’s the last chance to have a nice beach day shared with friends and family before the leaves start changing and it starts getting cooler. Many of us will enjoy good food and wash it down with a cold beer, but make sure that you [...]

Whether nestled in a small town or in a big city, alcohol is present on many college campuses across the country. It seems that attending college parties is a rite of passage and the ever popular red solo cup filled with an alcoholic concoction is the accessory of choice. Drinking has become a common activity [...]

A recent study conducted in Denmark found that moderate alcohol consumption during pregnancy resulted in no adverse effects on a child; however, there is controversy about these results. For a pregnant woman, the decision of drinking alcohol can impact the well-being of her unborn child as well as her own. The American College of Obstetricians [...]

Did you know that laws in over half of U.S. states allow insurance companies to deny payment for medical care provided to individuals under the influence of drugs or alcohol? Such “alcohol-exclusion laws” have been presenting problems to hospital emergency departments and trauma centers for years. Recently, rates of alcohol abuse and alcohol rehabilitation in [...]