Teaching Recovery, Rather Than Treating Addiction

I have often wondered if a more personalized, human approach to addiction recovery would be better than shaming people into giving up their addictions. Here is an article on how just that kind of program is having positive results. See it here: Viewpoint: Teaching Recovery

A Drink a Day Linked to Healthy Aging in Women - Health News - Health.com

A new study shows that moderate drinking could improve your health. Women, especially, who have a glass of wine or a drink a day were seen as having generally better health including better cognitive function than those who binge drink or who don't drink alcohol at all. See the results here: Health.com

10 Hangover Remedies: What Works?

Enjoy the rest of your holiday but if you happen to overindulge here are some tips to help. See the suggestions here: Health.com

Are You More Buzzed Than You Think?

This article might seem a bit lopsided since it indicates that women are more susceptible to getting buzzed quicker and staying that way longer than men. But there appears to be some solid evidence for it. All of us who have a drink now and then should use caution.  See the information here: Are You More Buzzed Than You Think?

Why men die long before women

"American men are allotted just as many tears as American women. But because we are forbidden to shed them, we die long before women do, with our hearts exploding or our blood pressure rising or our livers eaten away by alcohol because that lake of grief inside us has no outlet. We, men, die because our faces were not watered enough." ~ Pat Conroy, Novelist