The Australian government plans to crack down on drunken violence on New Year’s Eve by restricting alcohol at events across the country. In Sydney, revelers will be banned from bringing beer and wine to the harbor to watch the annual fireworks display.
More than 1.5 million people come to Sydney Harbor to watch a lavish fireworks display on New Year’s Eve. City authorities have set up alcohol-free zones...
A new study from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found evidence that the amount and timing of alcohol consumption in pregnancy affects child behavior in different ways. The study was published online in the international journal Addiction.
Lead author Colleen O’Leary said the analysis was drawn from a random sample of more than 2,000 mothers who completed a questionnaire three...
When Bill Wilson declared his powerlessness over alcohol in his 1939 book called “Alcoholics Anonymous” (known among AA members as “The Big Book”), he contended that he had to “hit bottom” as an alcoholic before changing his life, and that sobriety could only be achieved through complete abstinence. Seventy years later, top addiction experts are no longer sure that this is true...
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The Buffalo Veterans Treatment Court is employing a high-tech tool to help curb the occurrence of alcohol abuse and addiction among veterans by measuring for alcohol consumption through an ankle bracelet. The technology, known as SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor), was introduced in 2003 by Colorado-based Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc.
The ankle bracelet, worn 24/7, samples an offender’s...
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Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres has opened up about his years of alcohol abuse in a documentary about the band, revealing that his heavy drinking was related to his absent father.
Torres admits he was "killing" himself with drinking in the early 1990s until his bandmates urged him to seek help. He then turned to psychologist Lou Cox, who helped keep the band together after they fired manager Doc McGrath in...
