Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Problem in Canada

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:...

Canada, as well as with other countries around the world, is having a problem with fetal alcohol syndrome. This is due to the many teens and/ or young adults abusing alcohol on a regular basis. When a baby is born of an alcoholic, the cost of the care for this infant is phenomenal, thus...
Canada’s Problems With Alcohol and the Unborn Child

Canada’s Problems Wit...

Canada is experiencing a problem with the teen, as well as the young adult generation in regard to alcohol addiction. As in other places around the world, addiction is beginning at earlier ages than ever before! There are many reasons that this is damaging to economies everywhere, from...
Facts about the Use of Alcohol in Canada; Yesterday and Today

Facts about the Use of ...

The partaking of alcohol began more than 10, ooo years ago. Grapes were squeezed and made into wine; however other alcoholic beverages, such as beer, are thought to go back even farther. Even in the early days, alcohol was known as a cure of ailments. The feeling that it gave individuals...
Alcohol Problems: The Prevention and Cures in British Columbia

Alcohol Problems: The P...

A few years ago, the talk pertaining to alcohol abuse in British Columbia referred to these issues as problems and detriments to society, however the attitudes have changed and the flip side of these issues is how the Canadians are now dealing with them. They are referring to alcohol...
Peer Pressure Can Lead to Alcohol Abuse behind the Canadian Borders

Peer Pressure Can Lead ...

Many individuals feel that it is “cool” to drink alcohol. They feel that a drinking experience is similar to an escape, one that excuses their negative actions.  In other words, many people think that if they behave in a preposterous manner, they can attribute their actions to their...
Alcohol detox programs in Alberta, Canada: Part 1 of a 2 part series

Alcohol detox programs ...

Do you or someone you know need a drink every morning in order to get moving?  Do you or someone you know regularly consume more than three alcoholic drinks every day?  Do you or someone you know notice that alcohol have started to impair your ability to work or maintain relationships...
Why is alcohol and driving such a bad mix?

Why is alcohol and driv...

Many people who refuse to go to into Canadian alcohol rehabilitation programs believe that they are perfectly fine while driving and that any slights on their record are simply the result of overambitious cops.  If this is you or someone you know, then you are very lucky to have survived...
It’s Only Alcohol

It’s Only Alcohol...

“It’s only alcohol.” A common enough statement — and a dangerous one. Alcohol is socially acceptable. Alcohol is not an illegal drug. So what if you have a few drinks… it’s not like you’re popping pills or shooting up heroin. “So what?” you...
The Types of Treatments for an Alcohol Substance Addiction

The Types of Treatments...

Alcohol rehabilitation is considered to lead to a cure, if administered in a successful manner. Of course, much depends upon the individual undergoing the treatment and his/her ability to “kick the habit”. The initial step toward a cure in relation to an alcohol substance problem is...
Alcohol – A History Part I

Alcohol – A History P...

Controversy, abuse, binge drinking and drink driving are just some of the things that flash through peoples mind when we mention the word alcohol. Yet beneath the bad press brought about by those people abusing these beverages, belies an amazing story dating back to the beginning of...

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