Read more alcoholism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1863/alcoholism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:30:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74091/most-boozers-sober-up-without-aa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost people who hit the bottle too heavily lay off the booze long before they ever have to stand up and say, "My name is Bill W and I'm an alcoholic." Shooting down conventional wisdom that climbing up on the wagon and staying there was the only way to curb...http://www.newser.com/story/74091/most-boozers-sober-up-without-aa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 8:08:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72436/town-fights-public-boozing-with-warm-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArlington Heights, Ill., is tackling its public drinking problem with a novel weapon: beer. Warm beer. Starting in January, stores won't sell single-serving bottles or cans of beer cold. You can still buy that tallboy, but the town is betting problem drinkers will be less likely to crack open a...http://www.newser.com/story/72436/town-fights-public-boozing-with-warm-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 11:10:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71789/pulitzer-winner-nan-robertson-dead-at-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Nan Robertson died yesterday at 83, apparently of heart disease. Robertson is best known for a vivid recounting of her battle with toxic shock syndrome in the Times Magazine , which netted her the Pulitzer in 1983, and The Girls in the Balcony , a book...http://www.newser.com/story/71789/pulitzer-winner-nan-robertson-dead-at-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 13:20:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69987/hasselhoff-was-dizzy-not-drunk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough it probably depends on your definition of “normal,” David Hasselhoff “is totally normal,” his lawyer tells E!, claiming the Hoff’s hospitalization Sunday wasn’t due to substance abuse. A bad combination of drugs—one for an ear infection and one that helps keep alcoholics from drinking—made him dizzy, his...http://www.newser.com/story/69987/hasselhoff-was-dizzy-not-drunk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 9:32:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69893/drunk-hasselhoff-rushed-to-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn apparently drunken David Hasselhoff was rushed to a California hospital by ambulance last night after his worried daughter called her mom, reports TMZ. Haley Hasselhoff, 17, was staying with her dad at his Encino home. Her mom, Pamela Bach, arranged for paramedics to collect the inebriated actor. The former...http://www.newser.com/story/69893/drunk-hasselhoff-rushed-to-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 2:58:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69680/all-time-best-tv-and-movie-drunks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEveryone likes a funny drunk, right? Barstools lists the most lovable movie and TV boozehounds of all time: Who comes to mind first? Norm Peterson from Cheers , of course. "The crowd shouted 'Norm' every time he walked through the door to belly up to the bar." Will and Grace sidekick...http://www.newser.com/story/69680/all-time-best-tv-and-movie-drunks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 11:25:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69399/bobby-brown-spit-on-me-houston-tells-oprah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEmotional abuse and drug addiction marked Whitney Houston’s marriage to Bobby Brown, the singer says. “He spit on me,” Houston recalled in the first part of a tell-all interview with Oprah, broadcast today. She described their intense drug habits: Brown a full-blown, “mean” alcoholic, and Houston mixing marijuana and cocaine....http://www.newser.com/story/69399/bobby-brown-spit-on-me-houston-tells-oprah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 17:16:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67565/anchorage-homeless-deaths-spark-conspiracy-theories.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA rash of homeless deaths during warm-weather months has alarmed residents and homeless advocates in Anchorage, Alaska. In a feature article ranging from serial killer conspiracy theories to chronicles of life on the streets, the Anchorage Daily News looks at the 12 homeless deaths and points out the most likely...http://www.newser.com/story/67565/anchorage-homeless-deaths-spark-conspiracy-theories.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 17:38:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67122/alcoholics-are-less-able-to-read-your-face.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLong-term alcoholics have a diminished ability to sense others’ emotions, even if they have been sober for years, the Chicago Tribune reports. A new study used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to look at the brain activity of abstinent alcoholics and non-alcoholics while they looked at pictures of faces that...http://www.newser.com/story/67122/alcoholics-are-less-able-to-read-your-face.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 16:32:00 CDT