Alcohol and Seniors People
are living longer and are
generally healthier. This
means that seniors are
making up a larger portion
of our population. Although
alcohol use typically
declines with age, some
seniors may be at risk for
alcohol-related problems.
What Makes Alcohol an
Issue for Seniors? Alcohol
has a greater effect on
seniors because
metabolism changes as we
age. Older people are more
sensitive to the effects of
alcohol, and a little will go a
long way. Seniors generally
take more medications than
other adults. Mixing alcohol
with either prescription or
over-the-counter drugs is
unwise and can be
dangerous. The
development of age-
related health problems
can cause anxiety and
drinking

Know when it’;s time to fire
your doctor CNN reports
on what to do when your
doctor is not paying
attention. Dr. Jerome
Groopman knew he needed
to break up with his doctor.
Groopman is not alone. “I
really think it’;s a fear of
the unknown,” says Robin
DiMatteo, a researcher at
the University of California
at Riverside who’;s studied
doctor-patient
communication. “But if the
doctor isn’;t supporting
your healing or health, you
should go.” 1. When your
doctor doesn’;t like it when
you ask questions 2. When
your doctor doesn’;t listen
to you 3. If your doctor
can’;t explain your illness

Jill C’;s Recovery Story I
Found My True Self I grew
up in a middle-class family
in Australia. We had a
three-story home with an
indoor swimming pool and I
had a pony. But home was
not as it looked from the
outside. Not How It Looked
My family looked very
successful, but my mother
drank alcohol daily and my
dad drank beer and got
drunk. Mum and Dad had
weekly arguments. My
brother was a qualified
Chemist at 21. He
committed suicide one
night- the disease got him.
It took me years to seek
my own recovery after two
marriage break-ups, loss of
homes and a life of
unmanageability that

We were created fully human. We were given emotions, desires, hopes, dreams, and feelings. There is an alive, excited, fun loving child in us somewhere! Let it come out! Let it come alive! Let it have some fun

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 [...]

Compulsive gambling is a symptom of an emotional illness, characterized by low self-esteem, immaturity, instability and obsessive behavior.
Because compulsive gambling is an insidious and baffling illness, some adults have difficulty deciding if they were affected by compulsive gambling during childhood.
The following questions may help you to determine whether compulsive gambling affected your childhood or present [...]

Alcohol Energy Drinks and Youth
Big Alcohol’s Cross-over Brands Creating Confusion, Health Risks 
Alcohol companies are finding increasingly dangerous ways to hook the nation’s youth and fuel the underage drinking epidemic. That is the conclusion of a new report, Alcohol, Energy Drinks, and Youth: A Dangerous Mix, released by Marin Institute at the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training [...]

Nar-Anon Family Groups
The Nar-Anon Family Groups are a worldwide fellowship for those affected by someone else’s addiction. As a Twelve-Step Program, we offer our help by sharing our experience, strength, and hope.
Nar-Anon’s Purpose
Nar-Anon is a twelve-step program designed to help relatives and friends of addicts recover from the effects of living with an addicted [...]

If I could have stayed cool, I’d still be drinking. Very quickly, though, I started getting into trouble. Going to sixth grade got in the way of my life, which consisted of getting drunk as much as possible. [After rehab] I was going to A.A. meetings. Everyone was older, even most of the kids at [...]

THE DRY DRUNK A Hazard
to the Non-drinking
Alcoholic When an alcoholic
stops drinking, it’;s cause
for rejoicing.
Unfortunately, sobriety is
not guaranteed to last. It
takes hard work and
commitment and a keen
eye for dangers. One
danger to the non-drinking
alcoholic is the dry drunk, a
set of habits and attitudes
that take the joy out of life
for the alcoholic and those
around him or her. Those
habits often precede a
relapse into drinking, even
if the alcoholic has been
sober for years. A dry
drunk can be successfully
treated. Here are some
signs that will help you
recognize the condition,
and some suggestions on
how