- How to talk to a friend with a drinking problem
- Workplaces can be supportive of recovering coworkers
- Women still face barriers to addiction treatment
- With one click, mutual-help groups are at hand online
- U.S. Rep. Ramstad: Principles of recovery groups could help nation end divisiveness, find common ground
- Twelve Step recovery wisdom can benefit everyone
- The healthy benefits of journal keeping
- The art of listening: A skill worth learning
- Rural America rivals big cities in drug abuse
- Relapse starts well before the decision to drink or drug again
- Recovery Month highlights getting help for addiction
- Play on addiction and recovery is about passing it on
- People in recovery learn it’s not all about me
- ‘Oops phenomenon’ explains addiction as a brain disease
- Older adults deserve recovery from alcoholism, addiction to prescription drugs
- New booklet explains addiction as a brain disease
- National Recovery Month helps reduce stigma of addiction
- Moyers’ memoir serves as a voice for recovery
- Chemical-creativity link may be folklore
- Celebrities offer hope, healing by telling their real-life stories of addiction and recovery
- Addiction in the workplace: A problem worth solving
- Using booze won’t help you snooze
- Screening, brief intervention help solve workplace alcohol problems
- Researchers study alcohol’s link to Alzheimer’s
- Recovery Month puts a face on recovery, offers hope
- Funky Winkerbean comic strip tackles alcoholism with realism
- Father’s drinking might affect health of newborn
- Energy drinks and alcohol: A dangerous mix
- Dan Anderson led social reform movement that humanized the treatment of alcoholics
- Alcohol-induced blackouts are not reserved for alcoholics
- Alcohol use disorders abound; yet most people never get help
- Alcohol may affect male’s role in reproduction
- Alcohol in any form is a dangerous drug; heavy drinkers at increased risk for cancer
- AA offers recovery, not religion
- Alcohol problems in the workplace: A hidden challenge
- Ecstasy users rave on despite drug’s dangers
- DWIs: You drink, you drive, you lose–a lot
- Drug courts are cost-effective, compassionate thing to do
- Drug court success stories reduce the cycle of addiction, crime
- Dispelling the myths about marijuana
- Dan Anderson led social reform movement that humanized the treatment of alcoholics
- Culture of acceptance must change to detour binge drinking at colleges
- Congressmen push for better access to addiction treatment
- Club drugs linked to sexual assaults, serious health effects
- Clergy can play key role in healing from alcoholism
- Clergy can play a key role in addressing addiction
- Childhood ADHD linked to substance abuse
- Chemical-creativity link may be folklore
- Celebrities offer hope, healing by telling their real-life stories of addiction and recovery
- Businesses benefit by helping substance abusing workers
- Binge drinking can lead to fatal alcohol poisoning
- Alcohol-free summer activities are safest bet
- Alcohol poisoning: Drinking too much too fast can kill you
- Alcohol may benefit heart, but what about its risks
- Alcohol may affect male’s role in reproduction
- Alcohol can take a heavier toll on women
- Alcohol and sexual assault–breaking the link
- Alcohol abusers risk several kinds of liver disease
- Addiction in the workplace: A problem worth solving
- Abuse of addictive pain medications is on the rise
- AA, Al-Anon owe debt of gratitude to Lois Wilson
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