Alcoholism causes many side effects to your body that you may not even realize, and one of those side effects is that it depletes vitamin B-12. This can lead to irreversible nerve damage. If you drink heavily, take a B-complex vitamin or a daily...
Despite conflicting media reports, health authorities recommend avoiding alcohol completely during pregnancy because it is not known what levels of alcohol will harm your developing baby. Drinking during pregnancy can result in potentially severe...
Alcohol is a drug that people may misguidedly turn to in an attempt to ease emotional or physical pain. The sad irony of this is that alcoholism itself is the cause of suffering for alcoholics as well as for those whose lives are affected by them....
Alcohol use can affect a fetus in many ways. According to the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for Excellence, it is estimated that over 40,000 babies are born in the United States each year with some type of disorder that is attributed to...
Alcohol addiction always is a serious issue, but it is especially worrisome during pregnancy. Any alcohol a pregnant woman drinks will quickly reach the fetus and might cause irreversible damage, according to the American Pregnancy Association....
According to the 2008 national survey on drug use, reported by the Office of Applied Studies, an estimated 20 million Americans over the age of 12 engage in illicit drug use such as marijuana, cocaine and non-prescribed pharmaceuticals, in any...
"I have a whole new set of problems to think about now because of a choice I made in one stupid second...," reads an excerpt from "Incredibly Disgusting Drugs: Hallucinogens and Your Neurons." Having abused alcohol before trying a drug for the...
While many productive adults may look upon their own teen drinking as a harmless rite of passage, others can attest to alcohol’s corrosive effects on youth as far as achievement and a future are concerned. Teenagers as a class are not viewed...
"Helping" an alcoholic can be quite the challenge. As the saying goes: "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't force him to drink." Alcoholism is a cunning, baffling and powerful disease and few escape its deadly grip. Nonetheless, there are...
Drug use among adolescents is a serious health, societal and economic problem facing America today. Drug use can alter the brain, resulting in compulsive drug abuse and chronic addiction. Drug addiction is associated with many health problems,...
