The High Functioning Al...

Author Sarah Allen Benton in 2009 wrote a compelling and informative book Understanding the High Functioning Alcoholic, a book that details the life experience of people who appear to the world to be highly successful, competent and in control – who have a dependence on alcohol. see...

Alcohol and Sleep Depr...

The effects of sleep deprivation on activities such as driving are said to be as bad as for alcohol drinking. see article: Alcohol drinking can itself lead to poor sleeping patterns, lack of quality sleep, and overall sleep deprivation Although drinking alcohol often enables people to...

Signs of Alcohol Poison...

People need to know the signs of alcohol poisoning as acute alcohol toxicity can be a life threatening condition.  If someone has been drinking alcohol to excess, or you suspect that they might have been, it is never safe to put them to bed and assume that they will “sleep it...

Chronic Alcohol Disorde...

With long term alcohol abuse people can develop severe forms of chronic alcohol disorders, the most commonly known being Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff’s syndrome. Both are indicative of serious damage to brain function. Each condition will intensify with continued...

Alcohol – Danger...

With poly drug use and experimentation alcohol drinkers need to know the dangers of mixing alcohol and cocaine. Cocaine formerly had a reputation for being a clean up-market stimulant drug, favored by people rich, young and healthy, successful high achievers and party goers. In recent...

Alcohol and the Risk of...

For many years health authorities have known about a connection between alcohol drinking and cancer. The irritant and depressive effects of alcohol on the body have long been considered to be detrimental to the body and potentially carcinogenic. Studies since the 1990′s have shown...

Alcohol Party – R...

In Canada, people who host a party where alcohol is served can be held liable for damage and personal injury that is suffered by or caused by intoxicated guests. Although there is a Supreme Court decision in the Zoe Childs case of 2006, that a host who simply provides a place to which...

Legal Drinking Age Cana...

In all Canadian provinces, except Quebec, Manitoba and Alberta, where the legal drinking age is 18, the minimum legal age for drinking alcohol is 19. These legal drinking ages were set in the 1970′s and in 9 of the Canadian provinces, the current drinking age is lower than it was...

Different Alcohol Drink...

The ethanol in alcohol drinks causes predictable levels of cognitive and motor impairment that are dose dependent. However, subjectively, alcohol drinking appears to create different types of intoxication, different effects on mood as a result of people’s choice of alcohol drink....

Alcohol and Marijuana...

With both alcohol and marijuana widely used in society, both thought to be “soft” drugs, with health benefits, and only toxic if taken for long periods of time at a “heavy” dose, it is time to reconsider the adverse effects of alcohol and marijuana – that can...