Recovery & Addiction

• Recommendations for NIAAA

  One of the Task Force's most important tasks is to recommend activities and research that NIAAA could sponsor to support colleges and universities in their efforts to change the culture of drinking on campus. Backed by t [...]

• Recommendations for the Research Community

  As the Task Force explored the role of the research community in supporting college drinking prevention programs, the need for both new and expanded research-oriented activities became clear. Researchers, no matter their [...]

• The Challenge for Colleges and Communities

  The consequences of excessive student drinking have historically placed college presidents and administrators in untenable positions. When student deaths, injuries, or brawls occur on campus, the response tends to be imm [...]

• Factors Affecting Student Drinking

  Living Arrangements The proportion of college students who drink varies depending on where they live. Drinking rates are highest in fraternities and sororities followed by on-campus housing (e.g., dormitories, residence [...]

• Alcohol and Adolescent Brain Development

  Adolescence is a time of transition, physically, socially, and emotionally. The adolescent brain is in transition as well. Although important structural and functional changes take place in the brain from childhood to ad [...]

• Comment from the Institute on Alcoholism

  Every year as spring break approaches or when another promising young student dies in an alcohol-related tragedy, college drinking becomes a national issue. Although excessive drinking by college students is accepted as [...]

• How to Cut Down on Your Drinking

  If you are drinking too much, you can improve your life and health by cutting down. How do you know if you drink too much? Read these questions and answer yes or no: Do you drink alone when you feel angry or sad? Does yo [...]

• Harmful Interactions: Mixing Alcohol with Medicines

  You've probably seen warning labels on medicines you've taken. The danger is real. Mixing alcohol with certain medications can cause nausea and vomiting, headaches, drowsiness, fainting, or loss of coordination. It also [...]

• Alcohol Use and Abuse

  Anyone at any age can have a drinking problem. Great Uncle George may have always liked his liquor, so his family may not see that his drinking behavior is getting worse as he gets older. Grandma Betty was a teetotaler a [...]

• A Family History of Alcoholism - Are You at Risk

  If you are among the millions of people in this country who have a parent, grandparent, or other close relative with alcoholism, you may have wondered what your family's history of alcoholism means for you. Are problems [...]