A new organization dedicated to destigmatizing addiction, sharing stories of recovery and educating people on treatment recourses held its first event at the Homer Public Library Friday. The Bearded Sister, in conjunction with Recover Alaska, showed a documentary called “The Anonymous People” and facilitated a conversation about the film and addiction. Read more here.

Alcohol ads shown in Australia may be in breach of the advertising code, with many of the actors perceived to be younger than 25, a study has found. The voluntary alcohol beverages advertising code (ABAC) requires actors be at least 25 and to clearly depicted as adults, in order to avoid any ambiguity around the legal drinking age. But a study …

Christa Conway has been sober for two years since coming to Women in Recovery, but it takes work every single day. Thursday, she shows us an app she’s been using since she graduated last summer from the program at Family & Children’s Services.  “I use the A-Chess app with Women in Recovery. It’s a relapse prevention recovery app. It’s been really important in my …

While not everyone who consumes alcohol will become an alcoholic, it is important to bring to light that with habitual use of alcohol, a person can develop a dependency that can spiral into a very serious health condition. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of the early signs that can lead to alcoholism. Alcoholism is a chronic progressive disease, just …

From raising children to work stress, many moms deal with “mommy burnout” by drinking. Two mothers, who are now more than four years sober, open up on Megyn Kelly TODAY about how a few glasses of wine evolved into binge drinking, mental health issues and even driving while intoxicated. “My kids say they like mom better without alcohol,” says mother …

More than 266,000 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018. Alcohol likely contributes to 15 percent of those cases, meaning nearly 40,000 breast cancers a year are entirely preventable. That’s why any evidence-based public health measure that reduces overall alcohol consumption nationally is likely to make a dent in a disease that’s estimated to cost the country about $20 …

By outward appearances, Andrew Caryl was holding his own in college, with a circle of friends, a 3.1 grade-point average and more than halfway to earning a degree from the flagship public university here. Inside, though, he was beginning to buckle from the weight of an addiction that took hold long before he arrived at West Virginia University. The trouble …