In fact, social settings may, in some cases provoke problem drinking. Young people often over-indulge with their peers, essentially normalizing binge drinking, which affects about 1 in 5 Americans .

My husband has a serious drinking problem which I have tolerated for decades. He has called me nasty and vulgar names, and now does nothing but watch TV and drink.

THE PROBLEM DRINKER-MORE than 2,000,000 U.S. workers are either alcoholics or problem drinkers. Last year they cost U.S. industry more than $1 billion and 13 million man-hours lost through ...

Marriage to problem drinker has disintegrated. Amy Dickinson. Tribune Content Agency. Dear Amy: I married my high school sweetheart. We’ve been together for 50 years.

When an ex returns from out of the blue with the same drinking problem but a new desire to be in his daughter’s life, a reader is unsure how best to protect her child. By Philip Galanes My ex ...

Your Health; Women’s Problem Drinking Is Catching Up to Men’s On the rise for the past two decades, women’s alcohol use jumped during the pandemic ...

Problem drinkers sometimes use social settings to provide cover for their behavior. Catharine Fairbairn, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign said in a press release.

Dear Amy: I married my high school sweetheart. We’ve been together for 50 years. We had a great sexual relationship until five years ago. My husband has a serious drinking problem which I have ...