Global Information System on Alcohol and Health
Unhealthy alcohol use includes any alcohol use that puts your health or safety at risk or causes other alcohol-related problems. Alcohol use disorder includes a level of drinking that’s sometimes called alcoholism. WHO has identified that the most cost-effective actions to reduce the harmful use of alcohol include increasing taxes on alcoholic beverages, enforcing restrictions […]
Alcoholism Life Expectancy How Long Do Alcoholics Live?
These include the health consequences of alcoholism, co-occurring medical conditions, and lifestyle factors and behavior. Co-occurring medical conditions accelerate progression of alcohol-related damage. Individuals with pre-existing health issues experience more severe outcomes, as alcohol exacerbates chronic diseases. Co-occurring mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or PTSD, are common with AUD. To improve […]
Living Recovery: True Stories of Addiction Recovery
This is also when a series of events directly related to my frequent heavy drinking should have been a wake-up call to me. I knew things were out of control in 2019 when I started drinking in the middle of the night put myself back to sleep. I knew sneaking and hiding alcohol was a […]