Don’t Let Alcohol...

Alcohol is traditionally used to enhance our mood and help us to get into the spirit of the festive Christmas season and New Year celebrations. Alcoholic drinks are often given as a corporate gift or as a present to family and friends – sometimes at discounted prices, and in festive...

Alcohol Recovery: Negat...

People addicted to alcohol have traditionally been described as having a negative attitude, as having personality traits tinged with negativity. Negativity and consequent poor quality of interpersonal relationships is of course not limited to those people who use alcohol to...

Milton Ontario Options ...

Every day, individuals across the globe wake up and have to face the stress and anxiety which go along with having a loved one who is an addict. Both alcohol and drug addictions reach far beyond the person taking the substance. While the addict spends their life looking for their next...

Alcohol – Curbing...

Throughout Canada, the problem of excess alcohol drinking, a binge drinking culture, pervades the student community. Other Canadian drinkers frequently binge drink on public holidays and weekends. The problem of excessive alcohol drinking in Canada is not new. see article Curbing the...

Alcohol Pricing and Dri...

Does alcohol pricing in Canada affect drinking habits and alcohol related harms. A February 2011 report from CAMH – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, printed in the Canadian Medical Association Journal – says that alcohol consumption in Canada is increasing, a situation...

How to Stop Drinking &#...

When alcohol drinking is causing problems and you want to give it up, there really is only one thing to do and that is to simply stop. Easier said than done you say, I really have a problem – when I get tense, angry, remorseful, feel guilty – then I hit the bottle, and nothing...

Alcoholic Parents – C...

One of the most significant side effects of a widely held viewpoint that alcohol addiction is a disease is that responsibility to correct the consequences of child abuse by alcoholic parents is by and large and by default put onto the laps of the children. There are numerous agencies and...

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...

The Types of Alcohol Th...

Many Canadians are under the impression that different types of alcohol make a difference pertaining to the dependency that one incurs from these substances. Although, some types of alcohol are more damaging than others, its strength has very little to do with its addictive powers. It may...

Dual Addiction Among Ca...

Canadian officials are reporting that many individuals are addicted to not only illicit drugs, but also alcohol. This dangerous mix can be fatal. Addicts do not seem to be scared, since more and more of these individuals are practicing the combination of ”boos” and “drugs”. The...