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Intervention Tip #1- Avoid Distraction and Don’t Debate
Tips on running a successful intervention. Stick to the facts and avoid getting bogged down in debates about what’s true and what’s not.
Alcohol Health Risks: The Physical Effects of Chronic Drinking
Years of chronic and heavy drinking can substantially damage the organs and systems of the body, and although some of this damage is reversible, sadly, some of the cognitive declines are not. As follows are a list of some of the major organs, and how alcohol abuse can affect each of these organs.
Moderate Drinking for Your Heart Health? Weighing Cardiac Benefits vs. Increased Cancer Risks
If you’re drinking for health reasons, you may want to think again, because while very moderate drinking may reduce your odds of heart disease, even moderate drinking is being shown to increase your risk for a host of cancers.
Teen Binge Drinking and the Risks of Alcoholism
The younger and harder that kids start drinking, the greater their eventual risk for alcoholism.
Binge Drinking: Health and Societal Costs
Binge drinking is bad for you and bad us. When you binge drink you put yourself at an increased risk of accidents, trauma and assault, and when you binge drink regularly your risks for a host of chronic disease go up substantially; but binge drinking affects more than the individual alone, at the societal level, binge drinking costs Americans well over $100 billion dollars per year.
Parents Who Binge Drink - Don’t Be Surprised When Your Teens Do Likewise!
Teens that delay their first experimentation with alcohol until the age of 21 have virtually no risk of ever developing an alcohol abuse problem, but what can parents do to keep these experimentally prone youngsters from trying alcohol? - Researchers say that one of the most important things you can do to keep your children safe is to set a good example in the home and to practice what you preach!
Drug and Alcohol Treatment for College Students…Many Need It, but Few Get It
College can be a lot of fun, hopefully educational and also very dangerous. The college years are a very high risk period for the development of alcoholism or drug addiction, and although many college students would benefit greatly from early intervention and treatment; very few ever get help.
When Partying Gets Boring: Growing Up and Overcoming Ambivalence to Change
There comes a time for each of us when we reflect on our lifestyle and see that it's time for a change. The New Year is the most popular time of year to do this. Start out 2014 by considering whether partying still matches the life you want today.