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...
A group of drunken fruit flies have helped researchers from North Carolina State and Boston universities identify entire networks of genes (also present in humans) that play a key role in alcohol drinking behavior.
Science Daily reports that this discovery, published in the October 2009 print issue of the journal Genetics, provides a crucial explanation of why some people seem to tolerate alcohol better than...
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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...
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Two-thirds of Scots admit to drinking too much alcohol, new research has revealed. In a study examining the reason why people drink, only 35 percent of Scots said they drink in moderation, while the rest said they drink excessively.
The Scotsman.com reports that according to the research carried out by the British Society of Gastroenterology, a quarter (26 percent) of Londoners said they drink to calm their nerves,...
