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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Alcoholism is fatal: Recovery Month begins tomorrow


"Alcoholism is fatal.  If drinking doesn't kill you immediately in a wreck or OD, it will get you years later in other illnesses. Drinking often or in excess is like stepping out onto a highway: The truck just hasn't hit you yet" -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Friday, August 29, 2014

Bored is NOT an excuse to drink: Two days to Recovery Month


"When an alcoholic says he's bored, that statement has more BS than a rodeo. It's a warning sign all right:  A warning that he's spending way too much time thinking of himself."
-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Thursday, August 28, 2014

The only way is through it: Three days to Recovery Month


"You cannot go from drinking to recovery by skipping the pain any more than you can go from Kindergarten straight to college." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

The flu hits drinkers harder as alcohol attacks T cells

Medical professionals have known for years that alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorders – the disease of alcoholism for example – impair a drinker's immune system. A new University of Iowa study pinpoints a specific influenza-fighting T cell as being “exquisitely sensitive to alcohol.” Results were published Aug. 26 online in an “Early View”of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.

Previous research had demonstrated an increase in the severity of flu virus infections was due, in part, to a failure to mount a robust T cell response. T cells find and kill infected cells. The new rodent study further examines chronic drinking's damage to CD8 T cells, finding that some functions of CD8 T cells become limited or reduced. “It is well known that chronic alcohol consumption compromises the human immune system," explained lead researcher Kevin Legge in a news release. “Alcohol attacks the CD8 T cell immune response on two separate levels: limiting the number of cells that can fight the infection, and limiting the ability of the remaining cells to fight."

University of California Riverside biomedical sciences associate professor, Ilhem Messaoudi, commented on the finding: "It has also been known since the 1800's that alcohol use disorders are associated with increased susceptibility to lung infection – both viral and bacterial – including community acquired pneumonia, tuberculosis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Understanding the mechanisms underlying the increased susceptibility to lung infection and injury in individuals with alcohol use disorder is extremely important."

The Iowa researchers spiked the drinking water of mice with alcohol for eight or 12 weeks. Mice were infected with the flu and the research team charted the activation of the CD8 T cells in both the lung-draining lymph nodes and lungs.

"T cells utilize multiple tools – called effector functions – to limit and control pathogens," said Legge. “We show that alcohol may have distinct effects on the effector ability of CD8 T cells, limiting or reducing some functions while leaving other effector functions intact. It is known that triggering of each specific effector pathway requires precise signals. Therefore, further mapping of which effector functions are altered, coupled with examination of pertinent molecules, could yield promising drug targets for reversal of the effects of alcohol on this important adaptive immune cell population."

For instance, new vaccines, more efficient at eliciting CD8 T cell responses, could be developed specifically for drinkers, especially those with the disease of alcoholism.
-- (See complete article)



Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Alcohol causes diseases other than alcoholism: Four days to Recovery Month


"The weight of scientific evidence demonstrates a link between alcohol and a greater risk of mortality for diseases of the immunological, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory and digestive systems. Period."
-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

We tend to overdo sobriety like we overdid the booze: Five days to Recovery Month


"When the alcohol is gone we begin a struggle with guilt over things we did or failed to do or guilt over just having a disease.  Then we oversteer trying to prove we're not disappointing." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Monday, August 25, 2014

Part of your personhood dies: Six days to Recovery Month


"Parts of an alcoholic's personhood are traumatically lost to alcohol.  Hopes and aspirations end.  And they don't quietly slip away and die.  They die in spectacular fireballs. They are major losses to grieve."
-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

The Sobriety :60 - Cancer





Drinking, drinking often or drinking to excess will boost cancer risk.  Here's a minute on alcohol as a carcinogen. Episode #3 - Cancer can be found at http://youtu.be/MCUlyKE59aI

Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Sunday, August 24, 2014

The next great frontier in medicine: Seven days to Recovery Month


"The lion's share of medical research in the U.S. goes toward cancer.  However, the accurate assessment, measurement and treatment (not mistreatment) of alcoholism will be the next great frontier in medicine because of how alcohol impacts so many other illnesses."-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Saturday, August 23, 2014

At the right time you have to move on: Eight days to Recovery Month


"Staying perpetually in grief does not prove you are MORE sorry." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Friday, August 22, 2014

Whiskey validates nothing: Nine days to Recovery Month


"My own 'therapist' for a few years was Jack Daniels of Lynchburg, Tenn. He never validated anything.  Invalidated plenty, including two marriages, a career, a bank account and a reputation.  But we didn't
really talk much."-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Drinking made me dumb, but at least I wasn't indecisive: 10 days to Recovery Month


"Early sobriety was an annoyance because I couldn't think or assemble two coherent thoughts quickly. While drinking, the whiskey blunted my judgment, but at least I could make bad decisions more rapidly."
-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

If the liver had pain nerves, nobody would drink: 11 days to Recovery Month

"There are very few symptoms of liver damage until it becomes a crisis because the liver has no pain nerves to tell you it's injured.  If the liver had nerve endings, NONE of us would have a second drink." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Stress doesn't cause relapse, the reaction TO stress might: 12 days to Recovery Month

"Cortisol (stress hormone) and stress are not the cause of relapse. Relapse is the result of how you manage stress.  As Woodrow Wilson said, 'You have to cite the driver, not the automobile.'"
from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Monday, August 18, 2014

Not all counselors understand addictions: 13 days to Recovery Month


"Shop for a counselor by studying their areas of expertise, e.g. a family counselor might not have addiction experience.  If your river is the Mississippi, you're not going to benefit much from a Nile River guide." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

The Sobriety :60 - Breast Cancer


Alcohol use -- even "moderate" consumption -- gives a double-digit boost to breast cancer risk.  Here's a minute of a few other alcohol-related risk considerations for breast cancer. http://youtu.be/n6PO1YUEWCA

Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Sunday, August 17, 2014

The disease doesn't make you feel sick until you treat it: 14 days to Recovery Month


"One of the differences between alcoholism and most other chronic diseases that is so difficult to communicate is that with alcoholism, when you are the sickest and most acute, you don't FEEL sick because you are getting alcohol."
-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Saturday, August 16, 2014

There isn't a one-size-fits-all answer: 15 days to Recovery Month


"A person who is antisocial (e.g. breaks laws... antisocial isn't a synonym shy or reclusive) without the alcohol is not the same as someone who has had antisocial behavior only while drinking. The two require different treatment.  There isn't a one-size-fits-all answer." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  


Why ask why? 16 days to Recovery Month

"Wondering why an alcoholic goes back to alcohol after getting sober is like wondering why, when you give a little boy two die-cast cars, the first thing he does is to smash them into each other." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  


Thursday, August 14, 2014

Sober doesn't mean recovered: 17 days to Recovery Month

"In early sobriety, you're the firewood that's been drying a while, but you're not quite ready for the fireplace."
-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Alcoholism has nothing to do with willpower: 18 days to Recovery Month

"We're all capable of accepting the consequences for our own actions.  It isn't up to a shamer to put us in our places over our shortcomings because they have some backward idea about how we have lacked
willpower or morals." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Four relapse traps from five-star alcoholism book: 19 days to Recovery Month

"Grief, forgiveness, guilt and shame are threats to recovery like cholesterol is a threat to the heart."
-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Monday, August 11, 2014

U.S. spends more on erectile dysfunction than alcohol treatment: 20 days to Recovery Month

"We presently spend more in America on pills for erectile dysfunction than on alcoholism treatment and prevention.  When every $1 spent on alcohol education, research and care returns $1.93 to the economy, thinking with our boners might not be the best way forward."
-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

The Sobriety :60 - Senior Health

A new survey puts the number of drinking adults aged 65 and older at 18 percent.  Here are a few other alcohol-related health considerations for seniors in 60 seconds.  http://youtu.be/MfRph1jObVY

Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Sunday, August 10, 2014

'Dry drunks' can be more annoying than when they weren't dry: 21 days to Recovery Month


"Rather than moving forward to recovery, a Dry Drunk chooses the power of anger over feeling like the ornament at the bottom of the Christmas storage box. They are usually a bigger pain in the ass than when they were drinking."-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Alcohol, to the newly sober, is like the ex-girlfriend who still winks at you: 22 days to Recovery Month


"Alcohol is like an old girlfriend who winks at you or sends an email out of the blue.  You KNOW better. You know to keep walking or hit delete: Relapse is when you fail and strike up the conversation again."
-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Friday, August 8, 2014

Stigma adheres a permanent label to alcoholics: 23 days to Recovery Month


"Once you're labeled as an alcoholic, some will use that as the yardstick by which your future performance is measured.  Shamers look at you as if you were something they'd scrape from a shoe after a dog show." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Alcohol is this century's defining public health issue: 24 days to Recovery Month


 "Alcohol is a mass killer and is the defining public health issue for the 21st century.  Driving under the influence, while tragic, has statistically little to do with that conclusion."
-- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud


Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Aggressive teens -- even the girls -- more prone to drinking and are drinking more

A Finnish study released Aug. 6 in the Journal of Adolescence finds teenagers who behave aggressively are more likely to drink alcohol and in larger quantities than their peers. According to the researchers, this study found aggressive behavior to be more common in teen girls compared to boys aged 13- to 18-years-old.
"The findings raise questions about a possible change in the behavior of adolescent girls and their vulnerability during adolescent social and emotional development," says Eila Laukkanen, lead researcher, in a University of Eastern Finland news release.
The study investigated the association between aggressive behavior or other psychosocial problems and alcohol use among more than 4,000 Finnish teens. The results indicate that smoking and attention problems also increase the probability of alcohol abuse. Among girls, parental divorce and earlier onset of menstrual periods also are associated with drinking.
The study made no mention whether the behavior turned aggressive because of poorer judgment caused by alcohol consumption, or if the drinking was an outgrowth of underlying aggressive attitudes.
A related article in the same journal a decade earlier performed an analysis of studies evaluating the connection between violent video game content and teen aggression. The article, one of the most downloaded pieces from the journal, made the not-quite-unexpected conclusion that the violent games are “significantly linked” to increases in aggressive behavior and thoughts, as well as cardiovascular arousal and decreases in helping behavior. “Experimental studies reveal this linkage to be causal. Correlational studies reveal a linkage to serious, real-world types of aggression.”
Child psychology experts are quick to add that teen aggression can stem from other causes, not just gaming. Stress from peer pressure can cause acting out. Physical changes can result in confusion, frustration and anger. Teens can also react with hostility due to real or perceived academic and extracurricular overload. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, some other factors related to teen aggression include being the victim of physical and/or sexual abuse, exposure to violence in the home/community/media, as well as socioeconomic factors like poverty, single parenting or family unemployment. Aggression can be related to brain damage from head injury.
Regardless of the cause of the aggression, the new Finnish study did note that the proportion of teens turning to alcohol was unchanged compared to earlier surveys, but the ones who are drinking may be consuming more. More than one in four 12- to 20-year-olds in the United States have had a drink in the past month according to a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) report. The rate of minors drinking in the nation was 26.6 percent. (See “Report: 1 in 4 minors are drinking alcohol”)
Underage drinking leads to higher incidence of crime and alcohol use disorders such as alcohol abuse and the disease of alcoholism in adults. Although there has been progress in reducing underage drinking in recent years, particularly among those aged 17 and younger, the rates of underage drinking are still “unacceptably high” according to SAMSHA.
(see full article)
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Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Even counselors go to counselors: 25 days to Recovery Month


"The value of counseling is unquestioned in recovery, just like it is for people who have cancer.  Not for answers why we have the disease but for how to live with it and communicate through it."  -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud

Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Guilt is when reality collides with values: 26 days to Recovery Month


"My values, or things I said I valued, collided with my reality.  That's guilt.  Something had to change."
 -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud

Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Monday, August 4, 2014

Self-pity distracts from celebrating the upside of sobriety: 27 days to Recovery Month

"Pitying myself over how lousy my guilt made me feel made me lose sight of how lucky I really was. It was time to let it go and find out how much shock absorber I had left in me."  -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud

Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Sunday, August 3, 2014

An alcoholic or a man who shames one, who has the problem? 28 days to Recovery Month

"Shamers may not think an alcoholic belongs in heaven, but guess what:  I want to go anyway. So who's the one with the problem." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud

Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Misinformed people are a menace to sobriety: 29 days to Recovery Month

"Of all the characters who march across the stage of your recovery, misinformed manipulators with outdated views of the disease are the most dangerous." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud

Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."  

Friday, August 1, 2014

Relapse drives people away, bumps a really fresh wound: 30 days to Recovery Month

"Relapse can drive off additional people or people who were just coming back to your side, but it also kills a belief that everyone attempting sobriety shares: I've had my last drink. You relapse and you're bumping a
really fresh wound." -- from Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud

Visit alcohologist.com for a replay of the Bringing Inspiration To Earth show feature with Scott Stevens. Lucy Pireel's "All That's Written" included a feature on Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud called "When alcohol doesn't work for you anymore."  Details on the third literary award for Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud also can be found on www.alcohologist.com, plus an interview with Scott Stevens on Health Media Now and one at Christoph Fisher Books.  Mr. Fisher is an acclaimed international author from the UK, among his works is the Alzheimer's book "Time to Let Go."