Links This Week

People Drinking More by “Stealth”
The amount of alcohol consumed per person has risen by 10% since 2000 – despite drink sales remaining steady. Researchers Mintel said wines and lagers were becoming stronger and people were unaware of the changes. It comes as latest figures show a third of men and a fifth of women drink more than the recommended daily limits. Read More…

Addition Causes – Learned Self-regulation and Its Possible Benefits for Drug Use Problems
It’s no secret that diagnoses like ADD and ADHD have been seen with much greater frequency in the last decade or so. Slight variations on the same theme, both of these disorders have to do with a person’s (usually a child) inability to appropriately control their impulses and behave appropriately. Read more…

Alcohol Ads on Cable TV Reach Young Audiences
Cable TV shows that attract a significant proportion of teenage viewers are also those that have the most ads for alcohol, new research has found. Read more…


About Lisa Frederiksen

Lisa Frederiksen has been consulting, researching, writing and speaking on substance abuse, addiction, treatment, dual diagnosis, underage drinking and help for the family centered around 21st century brain and addiction-related research since 2003. Her 4o+ years experience with family and friends’ alcohol abuse and alcoholism and her seventh and eighth books, "Loved One In Treatment? Now What!" and "If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!," frame her work. She founded BreakingTheCycles.com in 2008 and writes a blog of the same name.
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