Links This Week

Heavy Drinking Colleges Show No Improvements
U.S. colleges with the biggest student drinking problems have so far failed to turn the tide, according to a new study. Read more…

The Economic Impact of Alcoholism
The purpose of this article is to summarize the statistical literature concerning the effects of alcohol consumption on earnings and employment. Read more…

How to Compartamentalize Your Life in Recovery
When everyday problems and stress tie you up in knots and threaten to derail your carefully constructed life of newly-achieved sobriety, it may help to spend a little time to sort things out. Compartmentalizing tasks, problems, even free time, can reduce the pressure you feel and make your life seem less overwhelming. In business, it’s known as time management, but compartmentalizing easily translates to any occupation or way of life that can benefit from simplification. When you compartmentalize, you separate things – tasks, issues, problems, etc. – into distinct categories, divisions or blocks. 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, her own recovery work, and her research for her most recent books, including "Crossing The Line From Alcohol Use to Abuse to Dependence," frame her work. She founded BreakingTheCycles.com in 2008 and writes a blog of the same name.
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