Alcohol is ubiquitous in America. You can’t drive down the freeway without seeing billboards advertising various adult spirits, all of them featuring smiling folks who look like they’re having the time of their lives.
Posts tagged with "alcohol abuse"
How to Control Your Alcohol Intake and Drive More Responsibly
The next time someone says, ‘Fancy a couple of coldies?’ Take a moment before answering yes. Will you be driving after? The legal BAC limit for driving in Australia is 0.5%, lower than many countries but still not enough for curbing road fatalities. How does drink driving affect us? According to Australia’s peak road transport […]
QxA Davis Mallory
By Vaughn Lowery and Hannah DiPilato Davis Mallory from MTV’s The Real World, discusses his struggle with alcoholism as well as how far he has come in his career. 360 Magazine recently had the opportunity to sit down with Davis Mallory, a contestant from The Real World on MTV. He is now pursuing a music […]
THANKS AMY
By Althea Champion By the time of Amy Winehouse’s death in 2011, the death itself was no shock. Today, more than nine years after her death, people still wallow in the sorrow it brought and celebrate the birthday of a legend. In the weeks leading up to her death, her antics were well-documented. She developed […]
Coronavirus and Alcohol: What Are People Drinking During the Outbreak?
Crazy times. Surreal. Uncertainty. These are some ways we describe the Coronavirus outbreak and the consequences. But what about… What we’re drinking and how that has changed. According to Seriouslysmoked.com, a cooking and BBQ website compiled more than 200,000 tweets from the last 30 days and analyzed their contents using keywords, phrases, and hashtags. Their […]
Six Ways to Cut Down on Alcohol
by Tara Yombor, LMHC and clinical director at Pathway to Hope, a Delphi Behavioral Health Group facility. Social (moderate) drinking, binge drinking, alcoholism, tolerance, and dependence. This is the typical pattern of progression for drinking that leads someone to think of him or herself as needing to cut down on alcohol. Some might think they […]
10 Ways to Monitor Your Drinking this Cinco de Mayo
1. Don’t drink on an empty stomach. Savor your meal before you start drinking an alcoholic beverage. 2. Do not overeat and Sip your drink. Enjoy your beverage. 3. Avoid binging. The definition of binging is 5 drinks or more in less than 4-5 hours. 4. Keep your consumption of drinks as low as possible […]
HOW CAN YOU GET ADDICTION TREATMENT WITHOUT INSURANCE?
One of the most critical situations in modern society is being alone in a difficult situation. What do we have to do if you found out that you are alcohol or drug addicted? Surely, the first thing to do if you cannot control yourself is to ask for help. However, sometimes it happens that you […]