Links This Week

Mother of Teen Drinking Victim to Speak to Stoughton High Students, Parents on Sept. 23
Every parent’s worst nightmare became reality for Kathi Meyer last October. Next week, the Norfolk resident will share her tragic story at Stoughton High School. In a morning address to the school’s juniors and seniors, Meyer will talk about the alcohol-related death of her 17-year-old daughter, Taylor. Read more…

U of Minnesota Tackles Stadium Drinking With Breath Tests for Rowdy Students
Students who get kicked out of a University of Minnesota football game for drunken rowdiness won’t be allowed back next time unless they pass an alcohol breath test at the gate — one of the most extreme attempts yet by colleges to curb misbehavior in the stands. The new Check BAC policy applies to the 10,000 student season-ticket holders and is modeled after a program started five years ago at the University of Wisconsin. Read more…

About Addiction Treatment – Genetics, the New Recovery Frontier
Genetics are making their way into every facet of research nowadays, and addiction treatment is no slouch in that area. 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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