News on Alcoholism

A bottle of pills to kick the bottle

2010-02-24T22:16:54Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Does this sound like anyone you know? Darryl is 35, has a steady job, a stable home and good marriage, enjoys a few beers in front of the TV most nights -- doesn't have what most people would call a drink problem.</p><p>In the United States alone there are probably around 36 million Darryls, according to the Sean Sutton facing drug felonies, follows father into rehab</div><div><p>Sean Sutton seems so much like his father Eddie in so many ways.</p><p>He was a scrappy, overachieving college player. His passion for basketball led him to a coaching career. He had a sometimes fiery, aggressive coaching style that often placed a premium on defense.</p><p>...

Alcohol Dependence - Facts, Treatments and Preventions

2010-02-22T14:15:16Z

Alcohol dependence is generally referred to as a disease which is quite aggressive and very affective. It makes oneself fatal. Alcoholism develops in one self by the environment he lives in.<br><br>Though, genetic factors are also involved but it is totally your choice if you opt for it or not. In today?s world alcoholism is a popular disease running throughout the world in many families and badly ruining many families. One may lose control on himself after alcohol...

UK bans drinking games, but resists price controls

2010-02-22T17:59:29Z

<div><p>Bar-going Britons may soon be bidding goodbye to their country's all-you-can-drink deals — as well as some of their more outlandish drinking games.</p><p>The government said Tuesday it was banning irresponsible promotions and boozy contests such as the "dentist's chair" — where alcohol is poured directly into customers' mouths — in an effort to tackle Britain's binge-drinki...

How Does Alcohol and Substance Abuse Affect on Mental Health of a Person?

2010-02-22T18:55:21Z

Alcohol abuse is the recurrent and excessive use of alcohol. Left untreated it could become a psychological or physical dependence referred to as an addiction. While each alcoholic is already engaged in alcohol abuse, it is possible for an individual to abuse alcohol and even not be an addict by the strictest definitions. Determining whether the line has been crossed between abuse and addiction is significant but regardless of whether an individual is a drug user or an addict, getting help is...

Putin calls time on Russians' alcohol habit

2010-02-22T20:18:08Z

<div><p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, alarmed by Russians' love affair with alcohol, gave the go-ahead on Thursday for a campaign to cut consumption by more than half in the next 10 years.</p><p>Putin approved a series of government steps to tackle the "...

Russian vodka drinkers get New Year price headache

2010-02-23T07:16:31Z

<div><p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Minimum prices for vodka took effect in Russia on Friday as part of President Dmitry Medvedev's campaign to combat alcoholism at a time when Russians traditionally drink heavily during the New Year and Orthodox Christmas holidays...

New Year drunks should pay for hospital care?

2010-02-23T07:35:01Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Excessive drinking over New Year's Eve could cost Britain's National Health Service as much as 23 million pounds, according to a report on Thursday which recommends drunks be charged a hospital admission fee of 532 pounds ($845.9).</p><p>"Alcohol misuse in Britain is at a level where ...

The Changes Of California Drug Rehab Over The Years

2010-02-23T11:45:04Z

Author: Amit Chakraborty

Drug and alcohol abuse has run rampant in the United States since the founding fathers penned the Declaration of Independence. The mass growth of tobacco fields in the south, the response and eventual redlining of the prohibition, and the rampant use of snuffboxes and marijuana in old and new Hollywood are only a few examples of the glorification and implied necessity of mind-altering substa...

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2010-02-23T14:52:54Z

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Anybody who has even had an addiction will express you that addiction recovery is one of the most titanic of the tasks that scene throws at us. Whether it is an addiction to tobacco or to heroi...

Understanding and Finding Effective Treatment For Alcoholism

2010-02-23T15:57:03Z

According to world health organization (WHO) a drug is defined as whatever substance that, once taken into the living organism may change one or a lot of it is works. When any drug or alcohol takes on a very much greater priority in an someone and alters the individual physiological, behavioral and cognitive pattern then it's referred to as addiction. Basic substances that are separated as psychoactive substances are amphetamines, alcohol, cocaine, opioids, sedatives, can nabinoids, hallucino...

US study exposes big drinking of older alcoholics

2010-02-23T18:28:57Z

<div><p>Older alcoholics knock back far more than younger ones, and for those over 60 that means an average of 42.5 drinks every week, a US study released Wednesday found.</p><p>The research, led by Linda Ginzer of Ohio State University and carried...

In binge-tolerant Japan, alcoholism not seen as disease

2010-02-24T05:03:52Z

<div><p>TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - When Japanese civil servant Yoshiyuki Takeuchi saw himself lagging behind his peers at work, alcohol was the only thing he felt he could turn to, becoming the latest victim of an addiction poorly understood in Japan.&l...

London arrest latest in pilot drinking episodes

2010-02-24T06:44:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Arrest of United Airlines pilot is the latest in series of pilot drinking episodes</div><div><p>The arrest of a United Airlines pilot this week for allegedly drinking too much before entering the cockpit is the latest in a series of incidents involving airline pilots and alcohol.</p><p>The United pilot, Erwin Vermont Washington, was ...

Alcoholics sleep worse months after quitting booze

2010-02-24T23:33:52Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Recovering alcoholics sleep worse than people who have never had a drinking problem, and this difference persists after months or even years of abstinence, new research shows.</p><p>These changes probably worsen the problems with mental function that result from long-term heavy drinking, Dr....

Drinking At Young Age Increases Risk For Alcoholism

2010-02-25T02:16:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Nature versus nurture at issue</div><div><p>The age at which a person takes a first drink may influence genes linked to alcoholism, making the youngest drinkers the most susceptible to severe problems.</p><p>A team of researchers, led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in <...

Earlier drinking may mean more drinking problems

2010-02-25T05:32:04Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The minimum legal drinking age of 21 now in place by all U.S. states may have prevented a significant amount of alcoholism and drug abuse, according to a new study.</p><p>In the study, researchers found that adults living in states that permit the purchase of alcohol before age 21 we...

Russia's president calls time on vodka "disaster"

2010-02-25T21:10:25Z

<div><p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday called time on the country's vodka tipplers, saying alcoholism had become a "national disaster."</p><p>Medvedev said measures aimed at reducing binge drinking had not reduced alcoholism in

Alcoholics often are experts at hiding it

2010-02-25T23:01:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Alcoholics, especially women, often become experts at hiding their problem from loved ones</div><div><p>At one point during her quarter-century as an alcoholic, Carol Colleran would down at least 10 beers each weeknight, more on weekends. Then she would show up the next morning at her job in hospital management, feeling fuzzy and lousy.</p><p...

How to Tell When You're Addicted to Drugs

2010-02-26T03:30:17Z

It's sad when you discover that someone you love or care about is addicted to drugs. Perhaps you came home one day when they weren't there, only to discover that they left drug paraphernalia laying out in the open. If that person is addicted to alcohol, perhaps you've noticed that they've been absent from work or that when they do come into work, they smell like liquor. If someone you know is addicted to drugs or you suspect that they are using drugs, then don't just sit idly by and do nothin...