Do You Realize How Much You Drink and What The Cost Of Drinking Is?Alcohol AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentMay 20, 2020One out of every five adults drinks too much. This can lead to serious problems down the road with alcohol abuse and addiction. Binge drinking is a nationwide problem. The definition of binge drinking is having four or more consecutive drinks for a woman and five or more for a man. The statistics show that…
Women Have Higher Risk of Injury After Binge DrinkingAddiction Recovery, Substance AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentMay 19, 2020Women are at a greater risk to suffer an injury due to binge drinking. Studies have found that the risk of injury for both men and women increased with one drink and continued to increase with each additional drink. The risk for men and women after up to three drinks was comparable, but the risk…
Eight Categories of DrinkersAlcohol Addiction, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, Therapy ServicesBy Lucida TreatmentFebruary 6, 2020Just as no two people are alike, no two stories of alcohol abuse will be exactly the same. A recent study tracked 177 people with admitted risky drinking patterns for five months. At the end of the study, researchers had identified eight categories of drinkers. Eight Categories of Drinkers: Weekend Drinkers Three or four drinks,…
Alcohol Discussions With DoctorsAlcohol Addiction, Alcoholism, Preventative Medicine, Therapy ServicesBy Lucida TreatmentFebruary 3, 2020Excessive alcohol consumption can cause alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, heart disease and certain types of cancer. Having alcohol discussions with doctors can play a critical role in preventing these problems. However, according to the results of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released in January 2014, less than 20 percent of American adults…
Women Driving Force in High Binge-Drinking RatesAlcohol AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentJuly 1, 2015Increased participation among women largely accounts for a recent spike in binge drinking in the U.S., according to new findings reported by a team of American researchers.
Binge Drinking Among Women Rapidly on the RiseAlcohol AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentJune 9, 2015Overall binge drinking and heavy drinking is on the rise in the U.S., and rapidly growing rates of drinking among women are a big part of the reason, according to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
Panama City Beach Puts New Limits on Spring Break PartyingNewsBy Lucida TreatmentMarch 5, 2015Spring break will be a little different now that the Panama City Beach City Council has passed new laws to tackle the wild behavior the week is notorious for. While some have laid the blame for the new rules on Fox News’ Sean Hannity, who did a series of segments highlighting the excessive behavior on…
Unwanted Pregnancy Linked to Dangerous Alcohol UseAlcohol AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentJanuary 29, 2015Each year, millions of American women become pregnant without any prior planning; significant numbers of these women do not welcome their pregnancies. In a study published in October 2014 in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, researchers from two American universities compared alcohol consumption patterns among pregnant women who wanted to be pregnant to…
Binge Drinking Unrecognized Among Women in U.S.Alcohol AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentJune 29, 2013Pregnancy, breast cancer, and heart disease are women’s health issues frequently discussed among health experts. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added binge drinking as another health concern for women. Binge drinking could potentially damage a woman’s overall health, and could add risks to all of the women’s health issues mentioned above.
