Category: Alcohol Abuse (Page 2)
How to Cope With Your Parent’s Alcohol Abuse
Many children grow up with their parents having a glass of wine with their meal after work. However, for many more children, they grow up with parents who continue to drink well past one glass of wine. For the latter of the two, this might prove more challenging to cope with than most people understand. […]
The Effects of Drinking While Pregnant
Dealing with an alcohol addiction while pregnant can prove not only challenging, but also extremely stressful if you are having problems maintaining a level of sobriety throughout the process. Because your actions affect not only yourself, but also your child, it is important to know the effects of drinking while pregnant. According to BMJ, an […]
How to Help Your Mother Get Past Alcoholism
Alcoholism, characterized by a debilitating, physical dependence on alcohol, can affect anyone – even those closest to you. When the alcoholic is your mother or someone that you love, you may be wondering what steps you can take to help them. While treatment for alcoholism is vital to teaching healthy life coping skills and other […]
The Surprising Drink That Reduces the Risk of Liver Cancer
Coffee drinkers everywhere rejoice – a recent study revealed that drinking coffee reduces liver cancer risks caused by excessive alcohol consumption. The study focused on 34 scientific studies, with data from over 8 million people with over 24,600 cases of liver cancer. While drinking an upwards of three alcoholic drinks a day greatly increased the […]
Why Watching Drinking in Films Could Make You an Alcoholic
Watching alcohol abuse on the big screen may have more of an effect on you than you think – young adults who had watched more films that had alcohol in them are 1.7 times more likely to binge drink. A recent study in the journal Pediatrics came out that revealed that over 70% of movies […]
24 States and Counting – the Ban on Powdered Alcohol
Although powdered alcohol was initially approved by the FDA, states have taken matters in to their own hands, by making moves to ban it before it can ever hit local markets. Palcohol was approved to be sold in one-ounce packets – equal to one shot of alcohol – in which you mix with water for […]
Lack of Sleep Leads to Alcohol Abuse
A recent study reveals that sleeping problems as a child are indicative of a heightened vulnerability to alcohol abuse as an adult. Currently, about 27 percent of school aged children and about 45 percent of adolescents, do not get nearly enough sleep. According to Maria Wong of Idaho State University, the lead author of the […]
This New Substance Abuse Study Will Shock You
Did you know that almost 60 percent of pregnant teens have used an illicit substance in the last 12 months? A recent study published in Addictive Behaviors, examined the usage of various substances among pregnant and non-pregnant youth; revealing that pregnant teens had a much higher usage rate for drugs. While a shocking 60 percent […]
College Girls Are Heavier Drinkers than Men
In college, girls drink men under the table, according to a recent study from Harvard Medical School. Twice a week, the study recorded the intake of alcohol during 992 students’ freshman year. With an average age of 18 years and four months, the total amount of students included 573 females and 417 males. Despite the […]
Alcohol Advertising Directly Affecting Your Children
A recent study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, reveals that alcohol advertising directly influences young adults to drink for the first time or to continue drinking; therefore, making them more susceptible to abuse alcohol in later years. According to the study, “alcohol is the most common drug among youth and a major contributor to morbidity […]