The Abstinent Approach to Healthy Wine Consumption In the Sober Kitchen
by Recovering Chef Liz Scott
No doubt since you put down that last drink, you have noticed that researchers are continually discovering good and healthy things about drinking, particularly red wine. Most recently, a compound called resveratrol, which is present in grape skins [...]

So, what makes a great mocktail?

So, what makes a great mocktail? Simply leaving out the alcohol is not the answer.

Side Effects Imperil Addiction Drugs
Reports of increased risk of depression and suicide are dimming the future prospects of drugs designed to treat addictions to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, the Associated Press reported.
Development of anti-addiction drugs has gained increased attention from pharmaceutical companies in recent years, but problems associated with drugs [...]

 
The drug manufacturing industry has produced a variety of drugs which, to all intents and purposes, alleviate the cravings of addicts.
Apart from the fact that the long term effects of the most recent drugs are yet to emerge, it is questionable whether or not any of these drugs will satisfy the psychological [...]

Dopamine and alcoholism
Dawn Farm has published an excellent simplification of the way in which alcohol affects the brain and why alcoholics have a muted response to some drugs.
It’s already known that addictive drugs, including alcohol, trigger a rush of dopamine. Getting that literal rush is such a powerful reward that it’s a [...]