Full Coverage: Alcohol and Alcoholism
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News Stories
- Alcohol health warnings by 2008 at BBC - Mon, May 28, 2007
- Alcoholic drinks to carry health warnings at Daily Telegraph (UK) - Mon, May 28, 2007
- 'No alcohol in pregnancy' advised at BBC - Fri, May 25, 2007
- Drinking at home 'cuts bingeing' at BBC - Fri, May 11, 2007
- Binge drinking raises cancer risk at BBC - Tue, Apr 24, 2007
Feature Articles
- From sobriety, an ugly secret emerges at The Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd) - Thu, Mar 22, 2007
- Russians dying for a drink at BBC - Fri, Nov 03, 2006
- The Vodka monologues: 'Women now drink like men but we don't have the livers for it' at The Independent (UK) - Sun, Oct 22, 2006
- Dying for a drink: 1.4 million of us - and that's just the bingers at The Independent (UK) - Sun, Oct 22, 2006
- Alcohol ravaging South Africa's children at BBC - Thu, Oct 19, 2006
- How to help an alcoholic at BBC - Wed, Aug 30, 2006
Opinion & Editorials
- Ranking of 'Drunkest Cities' Wouldn't Pass a Sobriety Test at The Wall Street Journal - Thu, Sep 07, 2006
- They'll be watching you at Philadelphia Inquirer (reg req'd) - Tue, Aug 15, 2006
- Addiction beat tough Marine, but message endures at Boston Herald - Wed, Aug 09, 2006
- Putting the boot into bad drinking at The Age - Sun, Aug 06, 2006
- Drunks + Kids = Profits at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Tue, May 30, 2006
- Enforce existing drunken-driving laws at USATODAY.com - Fri, Apr 28, 2006
Related Web Sites
- Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database
- Resource covering all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Offers information from a variety of sources including journal articles and dissertation abstracts. From the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
- includes a section on alcohol abuse and alcoholism with fact sheets, research reports, and more.
- Alcohol Concern (UK)
- National agency on alcohol misuse. Working to reduce the costs of alcohol misuse and develop the range and quality of helping services for problem drinkers and their families.
- About.com: Alcoholism
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- How Alcohol Works
- learn about the effects of alcohol and alcohol abuse, and how the body responds to it. From Howstuffworks.