Cinco de Mayo, which is Spanish for May 5, rolls around every spring. The holiday celebrates the Mexican Army’s victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. This holiday also provides a perfect excuse for many people to hoist a few drinks as part of the celebration. For those in recovery […]
Category Archives: alcoholism
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Apr
Apr
The pandemic has brought about a lot of dangerous health problems for millions of people. Besides the high number of individuals who have contracted and succumbed to the coronavirus, another health crisis has popped up. The Kaiser Family Foundation reported a rather shocking statistic related to alcoholism. Their study showed an increase in liver disease […]
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Sep
Sep
The age-old question of “who gets drunks faster, women or men?” is still pondered, but at the heart of the debate is why? Women typically get drunker than men at a more rapid pace with less alcohol for several different reasons. Even if a man and a woman drink the same amount of alcohol at […]
05
May
May
Now that March and April have been canceled due to a global pandemic of the novel coronavirus, ironically the next holiday in May, Cinco de Mayo is often sponsored by the beer, Corona. Since May 5th is often associated with Mexican food, tequila, beer, and drugs, you need to know that this is just another […]
17
Jun
Jun
People decide to drink alcohol because they will feel like it is an escape to the pain they are feeling. They self-medicate all of these strong feelings and still wonder why it is they still feel lousy. It is important to know the truth about how alcohol can make you feel worse than you did […]
08
May
May
We live in a drinking culture. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health from 2015 found that about 56 percent of Americans drank alcohol in the past month and nearly 27 percent of Americans reported binge drinking in the past month, with binge drinking defined as four servings at a time for women and […]
07
May
May
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a condition typically caused by years of heavy drinking. It is actually two separate but related conditions–Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff’s syndrome. It is caused by a vitamin B1, or thiamine, deficiency. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome begins with the Wernicke’s encephalopathy phase. This condition includes confusion, eye problems, and unsteady standing and walking. All three […]
02
May
May
Drinking has become more or less accepted as part of college culture. Many students are away from home for the first time in their lives and they want to take full advantage of their new freedom. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that about 60 percent of full-time college students drank alcohol […]
