If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Trying to battle addiction alone can be overwhelming process. Though we all think we know what it takes to battle addiction, this simply isn’t the case if you’re still using. Millions of people have battled addiction before [...]
College students drink more alcohol on football game days than other well-known drinking days like New Year’s Eve and Halloween, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
“Most events associated with heavy drinking occur only once a year, such as Spring Break, or once in a lifetime, such as a 21st birthday, [...]
Alcohol abuse over long periods of time can have some pretty damaging affects on the body. One of the best ways to motivate your self to stop drinking is to educate yourself!
Those who often drink too much run a high risk of suffering physical damage. Of course, the level of damage depends on the amount. [...]
Everyone has problems. It is the nature of human life to have some sort of strife or conflict. What matters is how we deal with these problems. Sometimes we buckle down and overcome. Sometime, despite our best efforts, the problems can get the best of us.
Even though friends and family offer [...]
Do you regularly consume large amounts of alcohol? If you do, you may be curious as to whether or not you have an alcohol abuse problem. While a large number of drinkers drink for social purposes only, there are many more who have alcohol abuse problems. To determine if you are one of [...]
In each of the 12 months of the year, we talk in detail about the corresponding step in the 12-Step Program. This month, we’ll talk about step 8, making a list of all the people we have wronged and becoming willing to make amends with them.
While living the selfish life of an addict, we [...]
Alcohol lowers the inhibitions of its consumer, causing those who drink to regularly do some very dumb things. Here are some of the most ridiculous and most likely regrettable actions people have done while under the influence.
Fighting a Shark Barehanded
After drinking “copious amounts of vodka,†an Australian man, irritated at the shark that continue [...]
You’ve probably come in contact with someone that was in completely oblivious to his or her addiction. It’s almost absurd how their life could appear so out of control to everyone else, but from their perspective – they have no problem at all! It’s the rest of the world that has a problem, [...]
Non-alcoholics often ask – what’s the big deal, why can’t an alcoholic just stop drinking after a few drinks?
When a non alcoholic consumes too much alcohol, there is a little “switch†that flips in the body and mind at some point that says “ok, that’s enough; it’s time to stop drinking now.†Perhaps it [...]
