The Rise of the Neo-Temperance Movement

In 1900, a former schoolteacher named Carrie Nation walked into a bar in Kiowa, Kansas, proclaimed, “Men, I have come to save you from a drunkard’s ...

Denzel Washington Had to Give Up Drinking

In an article in Esquire, Denzel Washington discussed his past drinking problems:

Wine is very tricky. It’s very slow. It ain’t like, boom, ...

Drunk without Alcohol?

A Texas man stumbled into a Texas emergency room complaining of dizziness. Nurses ran a Breathalyzer test. And sure enough, the man's blood alcohol ...

A Father’s Alcohol Consumption and Fetal Health

A father's alcohol consumption has long been overshadowed by the focus on what a mother drinks. But that could be about to change following more research. ...

Heart Attacks Rise During Stressful Sports Events

The Super Bowl means fun, friends, beer, and nachos, but heart attacks and other life-threatening cardiac events rise during and after the big game and ...

Alcohol Is the Leading Cause of Death Ages 15-49

Every year, 2.8 million people around the globe die from alcohol abuse or misuse. The alcohol industry racks up an annual revenue of $1.5 trillion. Alcohol ...

Churchgoing Moms' Hidden Alcohol Addiction

Fifteen years ago, Sherry Hoppen was a mom of three, a ministry leader in her church, and a volunteer at her local pregnancy center when her younger brother ...

Childhood Trauma and Later Addictions

According to an article in Scientific American magazine more than 40 percent of people with opioid addiction reported some type of childhood abuse or ...

The World of Replacement Alcohol

While booze has, for thousands of years now, been the most socially acceptable form of self-medication, its many health detriments have pushed some to ...

NHL Star and Brother Killed by Drunk Driver

According to court documents, Sean Higgins had been working from home when he fielded an upsetting call with his mother about a personal matter. But he’d ...