Alcohol and Vitamin Def...

Alcohol drinking can cause vitamin deficiency. This can be a direct result of alcohol effects on body metabolism and absorption of vitamins. Alcohol reduces secretion of digestive enzymes by the pancreas, and impairs food uptake into the blood, through the intestinal walls. Vitamin...

Family Fights, Christma...

Christmas is a traditional time for families to get together. Regardless of difficulties during the year, families plan to meet and be together for the Christmas day celebration - expecting a magic day of exchanging presents, pleasant conversation, good food and a good time. True, there...

Grief, Loss and Alcohol...

People are often counseled against too much alcohol drinking when they are suffering from loss or grief. Loss in life is inevitable - life itself involves loss of what has gone before, in favor of what is to come. The only time that we have power to change the past or to change our future...

Alcohol and Date Rape D...

“Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker” – the associations of alcohol with seduction, sex and debauchery, even robbery and rape are historical. Alcohol drinking relaxes inhibitions, the need for social conformity. The “morning after” alcohol drinking, and the...

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 & Social A...

Alcohol is often seen as a cure for social anxiety by making us feel happy, relaxed and in a mood to party. We use alcohol to help us forget our troubles and focus our attention on having a good time. We might feel that the party hasn’t started until we have a drink in our...

Toxins in Alcohol Drink...

Apart from ethanol that has toxic effects, there are to be found in alcohol drinks a range of substances, known as congeners that give alcoholic drinks their flavor and texture and taste. Vodka contains very few congeners and has little taste or flavor. Spirits such as bourbon and dark...

Alcohol and Depression...

A 2002 survey by Statistics Canada shows around 600,000 Canadians, over the age of 15 to be alcohol dependent. In the survey heavy alcohol use is linked to depression – and depression to heavy alcohol use.  see link According to the survey, over 77% of Canadians had drunk alcohol...

Am I an Alcoholic?...

Been arrested for driving over the legal alcohol limit – again? Can’t remember anything you did last night after closing time? Frequently not getting into work on Monday’s? Do you sometimes have a drink first thing in the morning? You don’t need to be smuggling a...

Narconon Canada Steps U...

Drug rehab and drug education non profit redoubles its offensive against drinking and driving in Canada TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec - The drug rehabilitation centre and drug education non profit organization, Narconon Trois-Rivieres, today steps up its anti drink driving campaign with the...