In an interview with Univision, Ocsar De La Hoya credited AA and addiction treatment for his now three-month’s worth of sobriety. The former championship boxer has suffered from the slow slide that often comes with “celebrity withdrawal.” He even said he contemplated suicide. The story is an old one and keeps repeating. Whether it is a ….
Read more ›There’s a kerfuffle in the Toronto, Canada AA community that brings out an ongoing issue in Alcoholics Anonymous. The question is the role of God and religion in recovery. There are several registered AA groups in Toronto. Two of these, “Beyond Belief” and “We Agnostics” clearly do not follow the AA tradition that puts a ….
Read more ›As excuses for bad behavior go, “I’d been drinking” is on par with “the devil made me do it.” In other words, we assume the bad decision was the result of impaired judgment. So much so that it’s used to explain everything from a fight to a poor choice of sexual partner. A new study ….
Read more ›It’s a cliché that plays out nightly in bars across the land. A drunk is identified because they lose the ability to remain stable. Cops use it in field sobriety tests. Comedians make fun of the slurred speech and inability to perform even the simplest tasks. And it is funny in that context; not so ….
Read more ›Antonio Banderas turned 51 this year. That puts him just above the cut-off for membership in the AARP (American Association of Retired Persons). In a move toward showing a younger, more active membership, the association’s magazine recently ran an interview with the actor. He was open and honest about living with addiction – not his, ….
Read more ›It’s predicted to be a boon for movie theatres in New York State. The law allows consumption of alcoholic beverages in business locations where food is served. This means you could conceivably take your beer or wine with you to watch the movie. For struggling movie houses, offering alcohol as part of the movie experience ….
Read more ›Alcoholics are very familiar with the concealment problem. Smuggling booze into work or hiding it for easy access is part of the lifestyle. Teens who want to drink face a similar problem and they’ve found a new way to hide the booze from parents and teachers. They are called, “boozy bears” or “rummy gummys” – ….
Read more ›The rise of prescription drug abuse is a bit of an embarrassment for the medical community. The reason is simple – prescription drugs are manufactured as part of the legitimate medical supply chain. These drugs aren’t being grown in Columbia or the fields of Afghanistan; they are made (usually in the US) and only then ….
Read more ›The easy answer for medical professionals is that to prevent harm, complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages is best. There’s no benefit gained from drinking, so zero is the ideal. But this isn’t realistic in societies where social drinking is accepted as the norm. In England, the Royal College of Physicians was tasked by Parliament to ….
Read more ›A study of scientific literature on sexual assault shows how alcohol is used by abusers. The article, published in Drug and Alcohol Review, demonstrates that drinking alone doesn’t cause violent sexual aggression, but is used by perpetrators as a tool. The purpose of drinking is to make themselves more attractive and increase the interest of ….
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