Read more alcohol abuse stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3882/alcohol-abuse.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:03:25 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/73447/armys-stress-most-obvious-at-fort-hood.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFort Hood has had more suicides than any other US Army facility since the start of the Iraq war, and while Nidal Hasan, the man officials say is responsible for yesterday's massacre, likely had unique motivations, he was perhaps only the most troubled member of a volunteer force buckling under...http://www.newser.com/story/73447/armys-stress-most-obvious-at-fort-hood.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 6:16:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70501/popular-kids-become-healthier-adults.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChildren with few friends at school are much more likely to suffer poor health as adults, according to a new study. Swedish researchers asked 6th graders in 1966 which children they preferred to work with at school, then matched that data with hospital admissions between 1973 and 2003. They found...http://www.newser.com/story/70501/popular-kids-become-healthier-adults.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 2:15:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70315/ankle-monitors-get-a-grip-on-drunk-drivers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the fight against drunk driving, cash-strapped municipalities are embracing cheaper penalties than the traditional—and expensive—jailhouse, and the ankle monitor has a high-tech addition: an alcohol sensor. Repeat offenders can skip probation and even rehab if they submit to sweat-analyzing remote surveillance. “We are at a point where...http://www.newser.com/story/70315/ankle-monitors-get-a-grip-on-drunk-drivers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 11:41:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68710/jade-goodys-widower-charged-with-rape.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJack Tweed, the troubled widower of late UK reality star Jade Goody, has been charged with raping a 19-year-old woman, the Daily Mail reports. Officers arrested the 22-year-old and a friend after the woman told police the men assaulted her in a bedroom at Tweed’s rented home. Tweed, who will...http://www.newser.com/story/68710/jade-goodys-widower-charged-with-rape.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Sep 2009 16:39:32 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 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67038/boozing-authormom-hits-the-wagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStefanie Wilder-Taylor made a name for herself penning light-hearted accounts of life as a hard-drinking mom, so her blog readers were shocked when she announced that she was laying off the sauce, the New York Times reports. Drinking-while-parenting “was a way to express that we’re still fun people,” but when...http://www.newser.com/story/67038/boozing-authormom-hits-the-wagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Aug 2009 13:07:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65563/drug-curbs-alcoholism-but-should-addicts-drink-at-all.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore and more doctors are prescribing the anti-craving drug baclofen to alcoholics, and patients describe a “switch” that suddenly allows them to resist temptation—even as they keep drinking in moderation, Time reports. While some argue this can reduce harm—one drink is better than 10—the approach is at...http://www.newser.com/story/65563/drug-curbs-alcoholism-but-should-addicts-drink-at-all.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 10:30:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65427/raising-drinking-age-to-21-regrettable-key-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA psychiatrist who was part of a presidential committee that recommended raising the US drinking age to 21 now calls those efforts “the single most regrettable decision,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Morris Chafetz, in an opinion piece being shopped for publication, says seeing the “collateral, off-road damage”—binge drinking,...http://www.newser.com/story/65427/raising-drinking-age-to-21-regrettable-key-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 19:03:24 CDT