Alcoholism Blog with Buddy T June 2006 Archive

The popular Alcoholics Anonymous monthly magazine, the AA Grapevine is now available in an audio format called AudioGrapevine. Subscribers can download and listen to most of the popular features of ... Read More

The number of alcohol outlets in a neighborhood is directly linked to the number of hospital admissions due to physical assaults, according to a six-year study of interpersonal violence. The ... Read More

Abrupt withdrawal from high-dose painkillers such as OxyContin or the use of cocaine can both increase risk of a cardiac event known as 'broken heart syndrome,' according to two studies ... Read More

Men and women who remain in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs throughout a full year have entirely different motivations for doing so, according to a study by the Kaiser Permanente ... Read More

Brief intervention -- a series of four short counseling sessions -- can reduce a wide range of harmful drinking habits, including drunken driving arrests, according to a study of trauma ... Read More

Web sites that sell controlled prescription drugs, such as OxyContin, Vicodin, Xanax, Valium and Ritalin, have increased in number for the third year in a row and nine of 10 ... Read More

Slogans from the 12-step programs are the subject of this word game, which is an online version of the old Hangman game. How fast can you get the right answers? More: ... Read More

Children in homes where methamphetamine abuse has overtaken their parents are traumatized by the experience, many times left alone and hungry for days at a time, abused, forced to get ... Read More

Drinking coffee may reduce the risk of developing alcohol-related liver disease, but authors of a new study warn that the best way to reduce the risk of cirrhosis is to ... Read More

The combination of fentanyl, a powerful pain drug, and heroin or cocaine sold by street dealers is believed to be responsible for several drug-related deaths and a larger number of ... Read More

Many women under age 30 are drinking at levels that could be harmful to their unborn children and because an estimated 45 percent of all pregnancies in the U.S. are ... Read More

Even light to moderate drinking by mothers during the second trimester of pregnancy can result in lower IQ scores for their children at age 10, especially for African-American offspring, new ... Read More