A person can use various strategies to help them stop drinking alcohol. It is helpful for individuals to understand their motivations and goals behind it. Having a personalized plan can also increase ...

Much of life went virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic — work, school and even some doctor's appointments. So did many support groups for people with alcohol use disorder. But people who attended ...

Beginning a journey away from alcohol dependency marks a bold step forward. This transition, however, comes with its challenges. One of the most significant ones is alcohol withdrawal. For someone ...

Planning for the new year offers the perfect opportunity to explore reducing consumption or pulling alcoholic beverages off ...

The new year is an opportunity to hit the reset button on your health, especially if you overindulged over the holidays. For many people, that means diving into Dry January by vowing to give up ...

Most people know that smoking causes cancer and that there's no "safe" number of cigarettes that are OK to smoke. But not everyone knows the same is true of alcohol. Alcohol is a carcinogen and ...

While being drunk can sometimes feel unpleasant, alcohol poisoning is a medical emergency requiring immediate attention. Alcohol poisoning, also known as alcohol overdose, is a severe and potentially ...

A Jan. 3 report from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, found that alcohol consumption contributes to about 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 cancer deaths each year. The causal link between alcohol ...