This higher use was mainly ascribed to perceived stress and drinking for enhancement or sociability. "We were surprised to ...

This is the warning of an eye-opening book, The Problem Drinker (Duell, Sloan & Pearce; $3), published this week. Author Joseph Hirsh points out that in the past 100 years the amount of alcohol ...

It’s critical young people with a serious alcohol problem get help as soon as possible so that they can live full and happy ...

A change in alcohol pricing in Wales has pushed problem drinkers away from cheap cider and towards strong spirits, a study suggests. A minimum price of 50p per unit was introduced in Wales in ...

"It could be that a drinker of wine outside of meals in Italy may be a problem drinker," he said. "It could be that drinking wine on an empty stomach allows more alcohol to be absorbed. Or maybe those ...