Alcohol Addiction

RECOVERING alcoholic who hid away in baggy clothes shaved 19 years off her age

Tearjerker –                                  March 26,…

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Using Spirituality to Beat Alcoholism

Through Prayer and Meditation –   March 20, 2020 - Alcoholism hunts without discrimination. Whether it’s an individual stuck in…

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Drinking 14 alcoholic drinks per week associated with lower cognitive scores

And Higher DUI Scores – March 12, 2020 - This study analyzed 3021 participants aged 72 years and older, who…

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Looks Like I Picked the Right Year to Stop Drinking

So Is Every Year –                          March 13, 2020…

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What is Alcoholics Anonymous and what do they do?

They Change Lives. –  March 13, 2020 - The 12 steps have been adapted by other support groups, such as…

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Faces of Addiction: God delivered man from drugs, alcohol and suicide

Grace – March 14, 2020 - He cried, “God, why won’t you let me die?” God whispered back, “Because you…

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‘A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic’

MEDIA: Film Review –   March 12, 2020 - We first meet our heroine, Saki Tadokoro, as a young girl…

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Not Even 9/11 Could Shut Down AA Meetings. Coronavirus is Different.

Sobriety comes first, no matter what – Mar. 13, 2020 - The woman said she would still have phone call…

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Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In

It Works If You Work It –  March 11, 2020 - One study found that compared with Alcoholics Anonymous participants,…

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Drinking Alcohol Weakens Bones of People Living With HIV

WARNING –                           MARCH 2, 2020 - Low bone…

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The Way Back…Time Out says ** stars

Not the worst film of the year –  April 24 2020 - The template is too familiar: a star athlete…

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Can You Drink Your Way Sober?

L’Chaim and L’Chaim again... –  March 1, 2020 - Dr. Charles Shadel founded Shadel Hospital outside Seattle in 1935 offering…

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‘The Way Back’ Review: Ben Affleck Shines as Alcoholic Basketball Coach

Off His Back –  March 4, 2020 - There is an origin story for his current predicament, one that is…

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The woman who urinates alcohol

It's Always Happy Hour –  Feb. 26, 2020 - Further examinations found high levels of Candida glabrata, yeast naturally produced…

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Becoming “mindful drinker” changed my life

Our hats are off to you... –  Feb. 27, 2020 - This is spawning both a philosophical movement whose adherents…

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Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick talks about personal battle with alcoholism

Sharing for the heart –  February 26, 2020 - Kirkpatrick, who suffered a spine fracture, cracked ribs and gash to…

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How ‘managed alcohol programs’ are helping treat alcoholism with moderation

Ultimate Harm Reduction – February 22, 2020  - “It breaks the cycle of people revolving through emergency shelters, through jails,…

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NHL player wipes away tears after hat trick in return from alcohol rehab

Sober Victory –                                  …

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How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?

Depends on your sponsor... –  Feb. 27, 2020 - The harms are in two basic buckets. There are the acute…

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Addicts & Alcoholics to Spend $31.17 Billion on quitting by 2027

Steps, Stock Markets and Meds –                     Feb. 20, 2020 -…

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Alcohol deaths in women on the rise

Higher and Higher –  February 15, 2020 - A recent study shows that deaths associated with alcohol use among women…

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Man credits selling bouquets on Chicago streets for his recovery :‘Selling flowers helped me survive’

Sharing Beauty Enhances Sobriety –  FEB. 14, 2020  - In the attempt to recover from alcoholism, Flores, 56, began to…

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Being the child of an alcoholic means the trauma stays with you for years

Until it Doesn’t – February 15, 2020 - Anyone who has lived through alcoholism will know that reasoning with a…

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Courtney Love celebrates 18 months of sobriety

Sharing the Good News –  February 2020 - Love used her unplanned acceptance speech to celebrate her sobriety, love for…

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Thanks for celebrating women’s sobriety, but don’t call us ‘alcoholics’

Lush for Life? –  FEBRUARY 6, 2020 - As women in recovery, we were pleased to see “Clearing a path…

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How sobriety changed my sex life

No Hangovers –     February 3, 2020 - Most people assume that sex after sobriety is probably boring at best,…

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Increase in alcohol-related deaths in U.S. is jarring

One more for the road... –  February 4, 2020 - “I agree that it’s hard to imagine, consuming 10 drinks…

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Baby boomers driving surge in hospital admissions for alcoholism

Dying for a drink? –  February 6, 2020 - Meanwhile, the industry body the Alcohol Information Partnership predictably downplays the…

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Proof positive power of AA in our town

Our primary purpose... –  February 6, 2020 - For sure, there are families in this town that struggle with someone…

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‘Dark’ Pee-wee Herman Reboot Where He’s an Alcoholic

Childhood will never be the same again –  Jan. 31, 2020 - While Judd Apatow and Netflix chief content officer…

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