Alcohol Addiction

Alcohol Addiction

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During COVID-19, L.A.’s Rehab Centers Are Still Addressing the Drug Crisis

Still Working Hard – March 25, 2020 - More recently, overdose deaths from stimulants have surged, potentially representing the next phase of the drug crisis. Overdoses from psychostimulants like cocaine and methamphe... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 31 2020

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For those struggling with alcoholism, there are online options

I hope you have a computer! – MARCH 25, 2020 - For recovering alcoholics, “Go to a meeting,” is the answer to most problems. Want to drink? Go to a meeting. Lost your job? Go to a meeting. Getting a divorce? G... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousMarch 31 2020

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

Tearjerker – March 26, 2020 - Paulette, who’s 47, appeared on Channel 5’s 10 Years Younger in 10 D... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 31 2020

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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 poverty or a privileged teenager, suffering from isolation, alcoholism can find its... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 24 2020

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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 were free of dementia. Each participant underwent a comprehensive neuropsychological battery of 10 tests, du... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionMarch 17 2020

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Looks Like I Picked the Right Year to Stop Drinking

So Is Every Year – March 13, 2020 - Despite the headline on this piece (a reference to the meme from the 1980 disaster-comedy ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 17 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 Gamblers Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous to help people recover from various addictions, and the term “12... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousMarch 17 2020

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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 haven’t done what I sent you there to do yet.” Slack was among several recovering addicts to speak during a F... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 17 2020Rehabsuicide

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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 running down a steep river bank to greet her soused father (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) who is partying with his baseball... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMarch 17 2020

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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 check-ins and small pot-luck gatherings with her fellow group members if face-to-face meetings ended, but that it ... Read More...

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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, those who received cognitive behavioral treatments had about twice as many outpatient visits — as... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousMarch 17 2020Recovery

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Drinking Alcohol Weakens Bones of People Living With HIV

WARNING – MARCH 2, 2020 - Low bone density is common among people living with HIV, even those who have successfully supp... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionMarch 10 2020

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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 of yore, Affleck’s careworn Jack Cunningham gets a second shot at glory when he is asked to coach his alma mater’s hopele... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMarch 10 2020

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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 aversion therapy in a “homelike setting” — the same year Bill Wilson started Alcoholics... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 10 2020

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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 both universal and specific, the film never allows that trauma to excuse or justify his behavior. Jack is surrou... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCelebrity SobrietyMarch 3 2020Recovery

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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 by the body, were accumulating in her bladder when she ingested sugar. The yeast is simil... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionMarch 3 2020

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Becoming a “mindful drinker” changed my life

Our hats are off to you... – Feb. 27, 2020 - This is spawning both a philosophical movement whose adherents have holidays (Dry January and Sober October) and is creating an industry through sober influencers; n... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 3 2020

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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 her head, said she didn’t know she had a drinking problem until the accident. She said she was ha... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 3 2020

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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, though hospitals,” Dr. Bernie Pauly, scientist with the Canadian Institute for S... Read More...

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

Sober Victory – Feb. 28, 2020 - Bobby Ryan. Hockey player. Takes... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionCelebrity SobrietyMarch 3 2020RecoveryRehab

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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 harms of alcohol because of what it does to our judgment and our cognition. Then there are the longitudinal ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionMarch 3 2020

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

Steps, Stock Markets and Meds – Feb. 20, 2020 - For the addicts of drugs like opioids, the addiction initiates with receiving medications with relatives & friends who have been prescribed with... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 25 2020Rehab

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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 rose 85%. Why are more women drinking? Lydia Burr, the Director of Clinical Services at Hazelden ... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionFeb 18 2020

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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 sell bouquets in the same streets he once tramped, begging for alcohol or the money to bu... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionFeb 18 2020

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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 constantly drunk individual is not an easy task. My overriding memories from my teenage years are of inci... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionFeb 18 2020

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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 London, and to remind audiences that her accolade is well deserved. “I had the honour today ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionFeb 18 2020Recovery

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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 to sobriety” (Feb. 1) on local efforts to expand gender-specific treatment options for women. Many struggle with hist... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionFeb 11 2020Mental Health

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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, awkward and clunky at worst, but that it gets better with time. That’s what I assumed, too. ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionFeb 11 2020

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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 a day,” Cook told the Washington Post. But, “there are a remarkable number of people who drink a couple of s... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionFeb 11 2020

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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 problem, describing this huge number as a “minority of problem drinkers.” This ... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionFeb 11 2020