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Alcohol affects the brain, which means it affects every part of your daily life, including your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Drinking alcohol can seem like a right of passage in American culture. However, in excess, it is a disease that experts call alcohol use disorder. Alcoholism puts you at greater risk for serious health…
Many substance use disorders increase a person’s chance of developing a dangerous debilitating illness. Alcohol is no exception. In fact, alcohol contributes to a greater risk of some cancers in women. Scientific research shows that alcohol breaks down in the body into a chemical called acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde attacks DNA and stops your body from repairing…
An alcohol use disorder develops when someone develops unhealthy drinking habits. This condition can include a problem controlling how much the person drinks, an unhealthy focus on drinking, or continuing to drink even when it’s problematic. Patterns can start to develop that put the individual’s health at serious risk. These patterns include binge drinking, drinking…
There is a big difference between signs that someone is imbibing at work and signs of alcoholism in a colleague. If someone is drunk or heavily intoxicated, people can typically recognize the signs fairly easily. However, noticing the signs of an employee or colleague with an alcohol addiction can be more challenging as the warning…
Triggers for alcohol abuse are environmental, emotional, or social circumstances that encourage women to revert to their alcohol use. If a woman gives in to these triggers, they may relapse. Therefore, it’s vital to learn what your alcohol addiction triggers are during alcohol abuse treatment. Then you can prevent relapsing, allowing you to stay sober…
In the United States, alcohol is legal, widely available, and culturally acceptable. For these reasons, many people who are struggling with an addiction to alcohol might not think that they have a problem with alcohol abuse. However, addiction to alcohol, also known as alcoholism, is incredibly common. Alcohol abuse statistics can show you how serious…
At the end of Children of Alcoholics Week, a new government report was released that showed 10.5%, or 7.5 million, children under the age of 18 live with a parent who has experienced an alcohol use disorder (i.e., alcohol dependence or abuse) in the past year. The report looked at data from the Substance Abuse…
At this point, you’ve probably heard about the 100 or so college presidents that are asking lawmakers to rethink the current legal drinking age. Presidents from big named-schools like Duke, Ohio State, Tufts, Dartmouth and Syracuse came together quietly about a year ago under the direction of John McCardell, former president of Middlebury College in…