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How Alcohol and Drug Use Can Affect Your Intimate Relationships Substance abuse, whether it be drugs or alcohol, can deeply impact your intimate relationships. Couples, where one partner has a substance use disorder, tend to experience marital problems. Substance abuse can affect your significant other, parents, siblings, and children as well as almost any other […]
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Study Shows Significant Portion of Adopted Children in UK Suspected of Having Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder As discussed in a recent Guardian article, a survey conducted by Adoption UK finds that “17% of adopted children are suspected of having fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.” As many as one in four children adopted in the UK
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Alcohol-related Deaths Increase Among Women, Causing Worry During Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every person on the planet. The ongoing health crisis caused fears of sickness, hospitalization, and death. Shutdowns and economic uncertainties have led to fears about a person’s future financial stability. Headlines confirm that more women have had to leave the
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Does Excessive Drinking Make Divorce More Likely? Research suggests that excessive drinking by one partner can impact the couple’s chances of getting a divorce. As noted in the Medical Daily, divorce is more likely if one person is a heavy drinker and the other is not. While this information is not necessarily surprising, it
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How Alcohol Can Affect You As You Age Alcohol can affect many aspects of your health. We’ve discussed in prior blogs about how alcohol can adversely affect your heart, brain, and liver as well as how it can affect your sleep and mental health. Heavy alcohol consumption can also affect how you function and how
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CDC Recommendations on Drinking for Nursing Mothers The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that abstaining from alcohol is the safest option for mothers who are breastfeeding. This means that complete sobriety is often the best choice. They do state, that moderate alcohol consumption, defined as 1 drink per day “is not
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WHO Expresses Global Concern Over Alcohol-Related Violence Studies show that alcohol may be a contributing factor in a large percentage of violent crimes. The problem is not one isolated to the United States, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a bulletin regarding the issue as far back as 2010. According to the bulletin, the
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How Certain Substances Can Affect Your Mental Health Discover Magazine recently looked at how caffeine and alcohol can impact a person’s mental health. As noted in the article, substances like caffeine and alcohol consumed in excess can directly affect a person’s mental health. Overconsumption of these substances “can exacerbate underlying mental health issues like
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Police Departments in Orange County Are Working Together to Fight Impaired Driving According to a press release issued by the Seal Beach Police Department and published in the Orange County Breeze, the Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, and Newport Beach Police Departments are teaming up to stop street racing, speeding, and impaired driving this Labor
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Alcohol Industry Specifically Targeting Women with New Drinks Over the last few years, the alcohol industry has focused advertising on women offering a new set of drinks that is more geared towards females. Spiked seltzers, hard sodas, and alcoholic teas have all hit the market with great success. Many of the new drinks offer
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