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Drinking Bars May Be Linked to Domestic Violence

This is an interesting post about the connection of alcoholism to domestic violence.. Local bars linked to domestic violence Having a high number of bars or pubs in a neighbourhood is associated with visits to hospital emergency departments due to domestic violence, a new study finds. But there is no such link with restaurants that serve [...]

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Alcoholism and Food Addiction

Heres an interesting news I found today.. From Alcoholism to Food Addiction – It’s All About the Feelings In his BBC Panorama programme Britain’s Hidden Alcoholics on Monday evening, Alastair Campbell suggested he probably traded one addiction for another when he put down alcohol and picked up running. From my experience with addiction, I’d say he probably did. Like [...]

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Alcoholism Can Kill You in Five Years?

I found this news today.. Stop drinking or you will be dead in five years The ex-Rangers star — hailed by fans as the Ibrox club’s greatest ever keeper — told how pals confronted him last year following a three-day bender that left him at rock bottom. They warned him he was out of control [...]

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Alcoholism Program in Vancouver Gives Free Booze to Alcoholics

This program gives free alcohol to alcoholics. Is it going to work? Chronic alcoholics given free booze in Vancouver VANCOUVER — In October the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and the Portland Hotel Society began a pilot program that serves 12 daily doses of alcohol — one every hour from 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.— to [...]

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Special Concert Series to Benefit a Hazleton-based Alcoholism and Drug Treatment Center

I found this good news today.. Concert series to benefit Serento Gardens A special concert series to benefit a Hazleton-based alcoholism and drug treatment center will bring nationally and internationally known recording artists to Northeastern Pennsylvania this spring. Al Schnier and Vinnie Amico from the band moe. will grace the stage at one venue in [...]

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