Books
Apology to the Young Addict byJames BrownIf you think you've had it with addiction memoirs, James Brown will change your mind completely. Brutally honest, tender, forthright, challenging, these essays lay bare the day-to-day struggle to overcome addiction and the remarkable, perhaps unearned second chances we can create for ourselves. A compelling read.View all my reviews (Source: Addiction Inbox)
Source: Addiction Inbox - March 31, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs

Severe Addiction Linked to Vivid Dreams in Withdrawal
Relapse dreams during recovery: What do they mean? Science News features a fascinating look at the topic:Click HERE (Source: Addiction Inbox)
Source: Addiction Inbox - February 24, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs

A Night of Serious Drinking: The Results
"A systematic review of the next ‐day effects of heavy alcohol consumption on cognitive performance"The latest scientific rundown on the ramifications of hangovers, in the journal Addiction, can be foundHERE.  (Source: Addiction Inbox)
Source: Addiction Inbox - September 6, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs

There Is No " Safe " Amount of Alcohol
 Moderate daily drinking will not improve your health.As a growing number of addiction and alcohol consumption researchers have been pointing out, the notion of a safe and even beneficial level of daily drinking is outmoded and in error. In an article published inLancet, researchers offer strong evidence against the theory, based on data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study of 195 countries and territories. In an accompanying commentary, researchers note that the data " clearly demonstrate the substantial, and larger than previously estimated, contribution of alcohol to death, disa...
Source: Addiction Inbox - August 24, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs

There Is No "Safe" Amount of Alcohol
 Moderate daily drinking will not improve your health.As a growing number of addiction and alcohol consumption researchers have been pointing out, the notion of a safe and even beneficial level of daily drinking is outmoded and in error. In an article published inLancet, researchers offer strong evidence against the theory, based on data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study of 195 countries and territories. In an accompanying commentary, researchers note that the data "clearly demonstrate the substantial, and larger than previously estimated, contribution of alcohol to death, disab...
Source: Addiction Inbox - August 24, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs

The Drug Epidemic Nobody Talks About
U.S. death rate from alcohol-related liverdisease is soaring."Deaths from liver disease have increased sharply in recent years in the United States, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. Cirrhosis-related deaths increased by 65 percent from 1999 to 2016, and deaths from liver cancer doubled, the study said. The rise in death rates was driven predominantly by alcohol-induced disease, the report said."Over the past decade, people ages 25 to 34 had the highest increase in cirrhosis deaths — an average of 10.5 percent per year — of the demographic groups examined, researchers reported.Here's a link...
Source: Addiction Inbox - July 19, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs

The NIAAA and Big Alcohol
Officials halt government study on moderate drinking funded by alcohol industryThe New York Times reports: “The extensive government trial was intended to settle an age-old question about alcohol and diet: Does a daily cocktail or beer really protect against heart attacks and stroke?To find out, the National Institutes of Health gave scientists $100 million to fund a global study comparing people who drink with those who don ’t. Its conclusions could have enshrined alcohol as part of a healthy diet.As it turned out, much of the money for the study came from the alcohol industry. Earlier this year, The New York Times re...
Source: Addiction Inbox - June 16, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs

The Myth of Healthy Drinking
Another meta-study demolishes decades of wishful thinking.Vox notes that "an impressive newmeta-study involving 600,000 participants, published recently inThe Lancet, suggests that levels of alcohol previously thought to be relatively harmless are linked with an earlier death. What ’s more, drinking small amounts of alcohol may not carry all the long-touted protective effects on the cardiovascular system."Readers of Addiction Inbox will not be surprised by this finding. Back in 2014, I wrote a blog post entitled"Alcohol and Your Heart: Health benefits of moderate drinking come under fire." The post referenced studies sug...
Source: Addiction Inbox - May 25, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs