Drug and alcohol interventions can be tough, especially when the struggle has been building for decades. What to know about the unique challenges of intervention for older adults.

Alcohol misuse has broader consequences beyond addiction. Health experts say excessive drinking increases the risk of traffic ...

Social drinking can sit on the slippery slope to alcoholism. People - and culture - can sometimes intertwine solitary drinkers with addiction. However, alcoholism often starts out when drinking among ...

Two questions asked during a regular pediatrician’s visit could help identify youth with drinking problems, according to a national expert group convened by the National Institute on Alcoholism and ...

Michael Harkin is five years sober from a cocaine and alcohol addiction that he says nearly killed him.

The blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on drinking. That’s according to new research published by JAMA Psychiatry. In a study of around 228,000 people in Sweden who had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of the earlier research has focused on people with alcohol use disorder. (Michael Gottschalk / Photothek via Getty Images) ...

With the arrival of Alcohol Awareness Month this April, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Liquor Control is reminding Ohio consumers as well as its 27,000 permit holders to always follow the ...

“Mom, I need to drop my classes this semester. I had a really bad stomach flu and I can’t get caught up. I hope you understand.” You are concerned by this message. Your college student, Ben, also ...

I come from a family of alcoholics. Sarah, my first cousin, was the most recent to die of complications from alcoholism, at age 41. Before her, seven people in our extended family, including her ...