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Are you worried about your daily habit and whether you might be developing an alcohol use disorder? If so, it might be a good idea for you to take a careful look at your drinking and get objective feedback about whether your drinking habit is considered “abnormal” or “excessive”.
When you are attempting to make changes to your drinking habits or drug use, it can be frustrating trying to figure out how to control urges.
While there isn’t a problem with having a few drinks, there may be a serious problem if you are binge drinking, meaning you are basically consuming alcohol to the point where you black out or get sick.
The Research Recovery Institute has published another webinar that we consider good news. Its title is Mutual Help Groups as an Addiction Recovery Resource by Dr. Keith Humphries at Stanford University.
Charles Fleming and his colleagues at the University of Washington have just published a paper in the Journal of Adolescent Health (a peer-reviewed journal). The study documents changes in substance use among Washington State young adults from 2014 to 2019.
It’s no surprise that more and more parents seem to be turning to alcohol to wind down at the end of a demanding day. While there is nothing wrong with having an ice-cold beer or a glass of wine, neither is going to do anything to improve your mood in the long run.

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