Alcoholism Blog

Children who have older brothers or sisters who smoke and drink are three to five times more likely to use tobacco and alcohol, because siblings are a more powerful role ... Read More

A new online dating service is now accepting memberships from those who wish to meet sober people for fellowship, friendship or dating. What makes this service stand out from other ... Read More

Every day memory failures include telling someone a story that you've told them before, or forgetting where things are normally kept. Most of us make those 'memory mistakes,' but heavy ... Read More

Watching movies in which drinking alcohol is depicted in a positive light can play a significant role in an adolescent's decision to begin drinking at an early age, according to ... Read More

A nine-year study of chronic alcoholics in Europe, where alcohol-deterrent drugs such as disulfiram (Antabuse) and calcium carbimide (Temposil) are more widely used than in the United States, shows that ... Read More

Young adults who view more alcohol advertisements than average also reported drinking more alcohol than average in a study of 1,872 young people conducted by the University of Connecticut. Researchers ... Read More

Researchers have found that increasing the prices of alcohol beverages to reduce alcohol consumption may actually have the opposite effect, since drinkers who were buying the more expensive brands will ... Read More

A large decline in the use of marijuana by 8th, 10th and 12th grade students last year highlighted an overall decline of illicit drug use among students participating in the ... Read More

Although college drinking has received most of the media attention, at-risk alcohol use is not unique to young people in college, and not necessarily highest among college-educated young adults, research ... Read More

Although people who use anabolic steroids to enhance their physical performance deny that they are addictive, a research study at the University of Southern California showed that hamsters exposed to ... Read More

An estimated 15 percent of the workforce, or about 19.2 million employees, drink on the job or just before going to work, but the "good news" is most of them ... Read More

James Frey's best-selling, nonfiction memoir "A Million Little Pieces," depicting his life of alcoholism, drug addiction and eventual recovery, has been exposed as "filled with fabrications, falsehoods, other fakery," by ... Read More

Chronic and heavy drinking can inhibit the formation of new bone cells called osteoblast decreasing bone formation and leading to low bone mass, according to research at the Omaha Veterans ... Read More

A common over-the-counter herbal supplement used mostly as an antioxident has been shown to reduce cravings associated with chronic cocaine use in research conducted at the Medical University of South ... Read More

Driving after smoking even a small amount of marijuana almost doubles the risk of a fatal highway accident, according to an extensive study of 10,748 drivers involved in fatal crashes ... Read More