Suspicion is like a pair of sunglasses - it makes all the world look dark.
Comments and silent responses overheard at an Al-anon or Adult Children of Alcoholics meeting.

“Deb, let’s have lunch tomorrow.” - Why would she want to have lunch with me?
“Pam, I tried to phone you today.” - No you didn’t, I was home [...]

Brain Differences Seen in Children from Alcohol-Dependent Families
A new study shows that children from families with several generations of alcohol dependence exhibit differences in their brain when compared to children without a family history of alcoholism, Reuters reported June 8.
For the study, 17 teenagers considered high risk for alcohol dependence because of a strong [...]

How Co-dependency is
Often Experienced WHAT
IS CODEPENDENCY? My
good feelings about who I
am stem from being liked
by you. My good feelings
about who I am stem from
receiving approval from
you. Your struggles affect
MY serenity. MY mental
attention focuses on
solving YOUR problems or
relieving YOUR pain. My
mental attention is focused
on PLEASING YOU. My
mental attention is focused
on PROTECTING YOU. My
mental attention is focused
on manipulating you to “to
do it my way”. My self-
esteem is bolstered by
solving YOUR problem. My
self-esteem is bolstered by
relieving YOUR pain. My
own hobbies and interests
are put aside. My time is
spent sharing

Binge Drinking Damages Brain and Stops Growth
Researchers found that binge drinking not only damages the brain, but interferes with the repair of brain cells, as well, Reuters reported Nov. 15.
Researchers at the Center for Alcohol Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studied inebriated rats. They found that new cell growth in [...]

Heavy Drinkers More Likely to Get Sex Diseases
Heavy drinkers were more than twice as likely to contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the past year than young adults who abstained from alcohol, according to a new study from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
The Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Substance Use [...]

The liver is one of the largest and most complex organs in the body. It stores vital energy and nutrients, manufactures proteins and enzymes necessary for good health, protects the body from disease, and breaks down (or metabolizes) and helps remove harmful toxins, like alcohol, from the body.
Because the liver is the chief organ responsible [...]

Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV).
People usually become infected after coming in contact with blood from an infected person.
Sharing needles or other equipment for injecting drugs is the most common way of spreading HCV. The disease also can be spread by sexual contact.
About 4 million people in the [...]

80 Days That Changed The World - from Time Magazine
Events and people who "left the vivid air signed with their honor."
AA Takes Its First Steps - June 10, 1935
By James Poniewozik
Bill Wilson, a stockbroker and a drunk from Brooklyn, N.Y., thought he had found the secret of kicking the bottle. But on a business trip [...]

Acquired brain injury refers to any brain damage that happens after birth. Alcohol is one of the many causes of acquired brain injury. The injury inflicted by alcohol abuse is referred to as alcohol related brain injury (ARBI). Just how much damage is done depends on a number of factors. These include individual differences, as [...]

The two most common kinds of 12-Step meetings are:
OPEN MEETINGS: As the term suggests, meetings of this type are open to members and their families and to anyone interested in solving a personal problem or helping someone else to solve such a problem.
Most open meetings follow a more or less set pattern, although distinctive variations [...]