How can something as prevalent, accepted, and accessible in our society as drinking alcohol be so harmful, unhealthy, AND illegal when consumed at or slightly above moderate intake levels? The simple asking of this question immediately uncovers a number...

It is not as easy as you think to recognise that the person that is the closest to you is an alcoholic. To actually get to grips with the situation in which your partner's drinking problem comes to light can be as stressful for you as it is for your partn...

Alcohol will effect a person well before the legal limit of intoxication is reached. The question stands that should a person be behind the wheel with any amount of alcohol in their system? Is 'buzzed' driving drunk driving or legal? There has been muc...

I would like to present myself as Michael Roberts and Alcoholic for the previous 22 years of my life. I am in no way proud of this statement and realise now that I have wasted away 22 years of my life to alcohol and understand why people used to call me a...

Living an optimistic life is wonderful. It is actually good for your health. Being happy alters your bodies chemistry and protects you from harmful stress. Stress will increase your chance getting heart disease and cancer. Remaining happy is so import...

Interestingly enough statistics indicate that 9 out of 10 women enjoy having an alcoholic drink or two. Unfortunately quite a lot of them don't know or don't find out what the alcoholic limitations are while pregnant, although many doctors are now saying ...

It's quite amazing really that on average nine out of ten women actually enjoy a nice alcoholic beverage. But what most women don't know is what limit of alcohol can be consumed while pregnant and that many doctors are saying that this behaviour can lead ...

Although the use of the term 'alcoholism' is common, it has varying definitions. It usually refers to any condition which causes a person to keep drinking alcohol despite the evident negative medical and social consequences. The compulsion to drink ...

People tend to begin drinking for a number of reasons, but the most common one of all is just to socialise. Drinking practise will normally start while at high school or university but for some unknown reason continues on into our adult lives as we surrou...

Initially people drink for a whole range of reasons, but the most common one of all is just to be social. It normally starts around high school or university and continue on into adulthood as we continue to socialise with adults, but the real root reasons...

If you are a sufferer of alcoholism, you are probably cheating yourself into thinking that you are just a consumer of alcohol, whereby the reality is that alcoholism is consuming you. That includes the consumption of your salary, your physical energy, you...

Should you be suffering from alcoholism, you may just trick yourself into thinking that you are just consuming alcohol. If the truth is to be known it is alcoholism that is consuming you as well as your income, your energy, your precious time and most of ...

Today's society is really hard hit by the effects of the disease known as alcoholism. Overcoming the disease means first recognising the symptoms, followed by the difficult step of owning up to the fact that you are an alcoholic. What makes this really to...

Alcoholism is a disease that is a lot more common than you might expect. Getting to grips with the disease means recognising the symptoms and then more important of all, admitting to the fact that you are an alcoholic. The difficult factor is that there i...

Alcoholism can only be treated after the addiction to alcohol is dealt with. The medical profession regard alcoholism as being a disease and it is determined as being a physical or mental condition which has a negative affect on the human body. The worst ...