Category: Alcohol Addiction

Driving Under the Influence – New and Improved Roadside Tests

December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. Traffic fatalities as a result of drug and alcohol use have unfortunately increased according to the presidential proclamation. “Last year, preventable alcohol-related driving fatalities accounted for nearly one-third of all traffic fatalities,” says the president’s report. With the […]

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The Public Health Crisis of Addiction: Surgeon General’s Historic Step Forward

For the past 65 years, the American court and prison system is where the majority of people struggling with substance abuse and the addiction end up. Of the nation’s 2.3 million prison inmates, more than half – 65 percent or 1.5 million – meet the […]

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The 27 Club – A Tragic Tour of Famous People That Died Too Young

It’s an eerie coincidence that so many talented musicians and artists lost their lives at the age of 27, a phenomenon dubbed The 27 Club. Set aside the various conspiracy theories about the unenviable club’s membership and the unfortunate realities, in some of the cases, […]

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Are Wet Houses for Alcoholics a Smart Approach to Alcoholism?

Wet Houses are residential housing facilities for homeless people suffering from chronic alcoholism. Unlike other shelters that require residents to attend addiction treatment, stay sober and adhere to strict curfews, tenants at these harm reduction shelters can drink as much alcohol as they want. In […]

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Drunk Driving Simulator – DUI Prevention in the Age of Technology

Astronauts and would-be pilots use flight simulators to develop and hone their skills for the real thing. Neurologists have the ability to digitally map a person’s brain and perform a simulated surgery in an effort to predict likely outcomes. Now, thanks to Ford’s Driving Skills […]

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‘Drunkorexia’ is Trending on College Campuses Across the Country

As millennials head off to college, the media has focused on this generation’s alleged narcissistic tendencies. With Time Magazine going so far as to title a cover article about them, “The Me Me Me Generation.” It goes on to say they are “lazy, entitled narcissists […]

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The “No-Go” Neuron That Tells People to Stop Drinking Alcohol

For many people, the dividing line between casual, social drinking, and alcoholism is the ability to stop consuming alcohol before it becomes too much. Addiction experts might suggest that’s an oversimplified version of addiction and they’d be right. There are other factors, such as genetic […]

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