Alcoholism Blog
This blog discusses news and current topics about alcoholism and addiction. It's goal to help you understand the problems and issues related to alcoholism and review new promising treatments for recovery.

Sep 3, 2010, How can I help my friend?
One of my oldest and dearest friends has been struggling with alcoholism since her early 20s (she's 51 now). She got sober 16 years ago and was extremely
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Aug 30, 2010, Alcoholic Cycle
Alcoholic Cycle discusses the cycle of addiction and use that most people experience as they become addicted to alcohol.
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Aug 28, 2010, Alcoholism Recovery Now
Alcoholism Recovery Now is a weekly radio show focusing on learning how to recover from alcoholism and addiction.
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Aug 28, 2010, Alcoholic Checklist
Alcoholic Checklist The following is an alcoholic checklist that lists signs to look for when the possibility of a problem exists.
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Aug 28, 2010, Coping With Alcoholic
Coping With Alcoholic, We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
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Aug 24, 2010, My brother is addicted and my parents are enabling?
My brother has been doing drugs for 15yrs.(since 9th grade), he has been in & out of jail, rehab ect. He is currently living with my parents. (cause
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Aug 19, 2010, Alcohol Stories
Alcohol Stories, We’ve all heard stories about people getting drunk, doing something stupid and not remembering anything, a story in the newspaper about a teen who was in a park, pass out, and naked.
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Aug 18, 2010, After Alcohol Withdrawal What's Next?
I am the girlfriend/friend of a man who is currently in the hospital in the throws of withdraw from alcohol. He just started the DT's and I think they
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Aug 16, 2010, Your Questions
Your Questions is a place to ask a question of us and our readers to help you move forward into the next step of recovery...
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Aug 13, 2010, Diabetes and Alcohol
Diabetes and Alcohol: Not a Good Mix...
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Aug 11, 2010, Alcohol Dependence Symptoms
Alcohol Dependence Symptoms, >The actual diagnosis of alcohol abuse or alcoholism is best left to a professional, but there are signs that help the rest of us see the potential for health problems.
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Aug 9, 2010, Define Alcoholic
Define Alcoholic, what defines whether some is simply a heavy drinker or actually an alcoholic?
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Aug 7, 2010, Stage 4 Alcoholism
Stage 4 Alcoholism, by the time they reach this point, they are completely out of control, have no ability to reason through the problem and they probably are delusional.
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Aug 5, 2010, Drinking Problems
Drinking Problems: Many people detox and get treatment for an alcohol or drug problem but they do not address the whole person so none of these things work.
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Aug 3, 2010, Causes of Alcoholism
Learn the major causes of alcoholism to see if you or your loved ones are at risk.
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Aug 3, 2010, Alcoholism Detox
Alcoholism Detox is generally the first step in recovery; this page describes the detox process.
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Aug 2, 2010, Facts About Alcohol
Facts About Alcohol: Is poverty a contributing factor to alcoholism and drug addiction?
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Jul 31, 2010, Alcohol Abuse Treatment
Alcohol Abuse Treatment
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Jul 30, 2010, Drug Recovery
Drug Recovery: Doctor shopping needs to be stopped as a first step in drug abuse recovery.
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Jul 28, 2010, Alcohol Counseling
Alcohol Counseling
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Jul 26, 2010, Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Drug and Alcohol Abuse: No one should have to bury their child, dear friend called with dreadful news last week—his 44 year old son had committed suicide.
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Jul 22, 2010, Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol Consumption, Our legal and most toxic killer, going through the tunnel of addiction and coming out the other side.
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Jul 19, 2010, Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery
Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery: He had everything going for him but he still could not stop using drugs.
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Jul 17, 2010, Alcohol Abuse and Family
Alcohol Abuse and Family: Family is difficult, because there is so much history and so much emotional baggage attached to being a member.
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Jul 12, 2010, Alcoholic Intervention
Alcoholic Intervention: Sometimes we try to put the cart before the horse, getting side tracked on issues that aren’t germane to the problem.
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Jul 9, 2010, Addiction and Recovery
Addiction and Recovery - It’s always interesting to me to hear reactions from people when asked about their attitudes towards others dealing with addiction/alcoholism.
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Jul 8, 2010, Alcohol Treatment In
Alcohol Treatment In The Mental Disease of Alcoholism and Addiction, The second step is most often associated with the idea of a higher power stepping in and helping.
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Jul 6, 2010, Alcohol Depressant
Alcohol Depressant - In America we medicate everything. If you have aches and pains, take a pill. If you have a cold, take a pill. If you’re too heavy, take a pill.
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Jul 2, 2010, Alcoholism Drunk Driving
Alcoholism Drunk Driving - On July 1, Wisconsin took a step forward in joining the rest of Western civilization in trying to deal with drunken driving. It wasn’t a big step, but it was something.
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Jul 1, 2010, Symptoms of Alcohol
Symptoms of Alcohol, Anger. Among men, it’s probably the most prevalent emotion. Men get angry and are more apt to handle a disagreement with their fists than they are with diplomacy.
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Jun 29, 2010, Alcohol Effects on Family
Alcohol Effects on Family: There is nothing easy about going through the 12 Step recovery processes, especially when it comes to making amends, dealing with those you have hurt.
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Jun 28, 2010, Alcohol Alcoholism
Alcohol Alcoholism Treatment requires HOPE to move forward, you can stop drinking and you can live a life without alcohol.
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Jun 26, 2010, Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Denial of abuse is almost always the elephant in the room and has to be addressed if addiction recovery is to begin.
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Jun 25, 2010, Alcohol Cancer
Alcohol Cancer: I was given the privilege of working in a Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit of a large, tertiary hospital. Soon after arriving I saw a pattern, alcohol has a major player.
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Jun 24, 2010, Effect of Alcohol
Effect of Alcohol, One person takes that first drink and something clicks. They can’t get enough, while others may slip into addiction as their consumption increases over time.
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Jun 23, 2010, Alcohol Deaths
Alcohol Deaths, Here is your body, a biological organism and you take alcohol, which is used for cleaning and disinfecting, and pour it down your throat.
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Jun 21, 2010, Alcohol and Health
Alcohol and Health is bad in so many ways, too bad the adds so show what alcol really does to a person and how it effects their health.
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Jun 15, 2010, Alcohol Group
Alcohol Group, The final step in the 12 Step process begins, “Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps…” It implies not the end of a journey, but the beginning of a new one.
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Jun 14, 2010, Alcohol Dangers
Alcohol Dangers, Once addiction to drugs or alcohol sets in consequences don't matter, nothing matters but the chemical.
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Jun 10, 2010, Alcohol Liver
Alcohol Liver, Cirrhosis is the most serious form of liver disease and occurs when scare tissue on the liver develops to the point where blood no longer flows through the vessels.
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Jun 9, 2010, Alcohol Driving
Alcohol Driving a man driving his daughter to school was given the field sobriety test and it registered a .34, more than four times the legal limit of .08.
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Jun 7, 2010, Drug Abuse Teen
Drug Abuse Teen need to hear from their parents, so talk to your kids.
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Jun 4, 2010, Signs of Depression
Signs of Depression: At times some people dip below a certain level, they begin not only to feel sad, but they begin to feel that their life is hopeless. Activities that used to be fun are no longer.
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Jun 3, 2010, Alcohol Info
Alcohol Info reviews many of the reasons and effects of alcoholism on you, your family and everyone else...
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Jun 3, 2010, Am I An Alcoholic?
Am I An Alcoholic answers many questions people have about alcoholism and its effects.
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Jun 1, 2010, Teens Alcohol
Teens Alcohol examines the unique problems and challenges teens face to avoid alcoholism.
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May 29, 2010, Alcohol Baby
Alcohol Baby or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is cause by the mother drinking while she is expecting a baby...
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May 29, 2010, Alcohol Abusers
Alcohol Abusers come in all shapes and sizes, many are in denial but inside they know that they are completely controled by ALCOHOL...
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May 28, 2010, Alcoholism Addictions
Alcoholism Addictions denial is a huge enemy for someone who is addicted to alcohol but unwilling to admit it and to get treatment.
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