How to love your liver
it’s Love Your Liver month, but what are the best ways to do this? Joanna Lowy investigates. It’s the UK’s fifth biggest killer and we are the only country in Europe where death rates are rising. That’s why January is…
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Alcohol related hospital admissions reach record level. [JM]
Alcohol-related hospital admissions reach record level I am amazed not at the numbers of people who are being treated for alcohol related admissions to hospitals in the U.K over the last few years, but at the treatment provided for them and the prognosis for their future. Identifying people who have
You booze, you lose; can the child of an alcoholic ever full recover?
NHS ONLINE Joanna Lowy comments: As Children of Alcoholic’s Week draws to a close, we ask whether it’s ever possible to heal completely. “I grew up with a mother who was and still is an alcoholic and a father who was away at sea for 9 months out of every 12. We were perceived as […]
Psychedelia: is it really a cure for Alcoholism?
Psychedelia: is it really a cure for Alcoholism? I loved this piece of writing in the Guardian newspaper from earlier this week http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/01/nudge-alcoholism-drug-abuse The article considers how LSD, Peyote and other psychedelic drugs could help cure alcoholism
Professor Nutt’s report – King Alcohol. That old chestnut.
Alcohol – that old chestnut: So all over the radio and TV press today is the news that Professor David Nutt has condemned alcohol as worse for the public health than heroin http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210 Now those of you that have been following my thoughts and musings will know that I don’t
Legal age to drink? Is this madness?
Last night I met a guy who got sober aged 21 (he is almost 10 years sober now). This being Southern California (I was in Laguna Beach) where the legal age to drink is 21, meant he did very little…
Giving Up Alcohol
It is difficult to give up something that has given one so much pleasure. When somebody gets addicted to a certain vice or discovers that they could not stop a certain bad habit, it can become close to impossible to…
Does Alcohol Help You Get Through Your Day?
For most people in society, alcohol is fairly harmless. It is an indulgence at the end of a stressful day or social lubrication during gatherings. The majority of drinkers can approach it as an enjoyable experience. They drink it every…
