Tragedy at University of Virginia Drenched in Alcohol Abuse
Our nation’s media has been flooded with reports of the brutal killing of University of Virginia senior Yeardley Love by her classmate George Huguely, both college lacrosse players who had been “in a relationship” until she broke it off several weeks ago.
The tragedy adds this beautiful 22 year old to the almost 2,000 college students who will die this year as a result of violence, accidents and poisoning related to excessive drinking.
Here’s why I’m convinced that the death of campus beauty Yeardley Love is another consequence of alcohol abuse on our nation’s campuses: To read the remainder of this article by Joseph A. Califano Jr., Chairman of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, posted on CASA’s The Chairman’s Corner blog, May 10, 2010, click here…
Toxic Friends: When Friendship Is No Longer Healthy
We’ve all heard the studies about the important role that friendships play in our emotional and physical well being. Most of us would agree that having a few good friends to whom we can turn in times of joy and sorrow or even for simple distraction is a real plus in life and, at times, necessary for our survival.
So how could friendship ever be a bad thing? For Ann Smith’s seven reasons why friendship can be a bad thing, as written in her June 16, 2010 blog post appearing on the psychologytoday.com blog, click here.
It’s Never Too Late
Remember the old song from the decades ago, “Life Begins at Eighty?” It appears that it’s true in more than one way. A recent UCLA study supported the opinions of many behavioral science experts that alcohol addiction can begin in people fifty years of age and older. To be specific, alcohol addiction can begin in people who never before had a difficulty. What is this happening? To read the complete article by Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D., appearing on the mentalhelp.net website on July 12, 2010, click here.
