News Blog
Email Signup - Get the LifeRing Newsletter, news blog posts, and invitation to LifeRing events.
That Trip Out of Town
Diane posted: I have to attend a professional meeting this upcoming weekend, and I am looking for any suggestions people might have on successfully staying sober through it (anything from “Just don’t drink!” to arcane rituals will be welcome). I’m sure you know the sticky parts: planes, trains, hotel bars, meeting cocktail hours, etc. Frankly,…
A Letter From My Father
By Robert B. This date is a strange anniversary for me. I went down to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and some time around noon my (ex) wife and I were exchanging vows at the Dare County court house in Manteo. Since this was back in my drinking days, the trip up to Nags…
WRITERS AND ALCOHOL
By Ann Waldron Special to The Washington Post – March 14, 1989, pp. 13-15 (c) The Washington Post Many giants in American literature have turned to the bottle, yet the link between creativity and alcoholism remains unproven Do writers drink more than other people? It would seem so. Raymond Carver, acclaimed author of stories about…
Warner v. Orange County Department of Probation
115 F.3d 1068 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT ————- No. 1760——August Term, 1994 (Argued: July 20, 1995 Decided: September 9, 1996) Docket No. 95-7055 ———— ———————————— ROBERT WARNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, Defendant-Appellant. ———————————– ———— Before: Winter, Leval, and Calabresi, Circuit Judges. ———— Appeal from a judgment of…
TO ALL CONCERNED WITH THE DRUG-CRIME EPIDEMIC
By James R. Milam, Ph.D. November 17, 1995 “In my opinion, interdisciplinary work does not mean the meeting of specialists in different disciplines, but rather the meeting of different disciplines in the same individual–an adventure that our system discourages, when it does not absolutely forbid it.” – LUCIEN ISRAËL, Conquering Cancer (1978) Since its publication…
Alcoholics Synonymous: Heavy drinkers of all stripes may get comparable help from a variety of therapies
By BRUCE BOWER From: JANUARY 25, 1997 SCIENCE NEWS, VOL. 151 62-63 Psychotherapy studies rarely generate as much anticipation as Project MATCH did. Mental health clinicians and addiction researchers anxiously awaited the results of this 8-year, $27-million investigation that asked whether certain types of alcoholics respond best to specific forms of treatment. The federally funded…
The Alcohol and Tobacco Industries Should Have Same Standard
By Jim Gogek and Ed Gogek While the tobacco industry cowers under a fusillade of million-dollar lawsuits, government regulations and condemnation from all sides, another industry sells its highly addictive and dangerous drug in peace and harmony. This billion-dollar industry openly manipulates the drug content of its product, catering to addiction. They pitch their ads…
Griffin v. Coughlin
88 N.Y.2d 674 (1996)673 N.E.2d 98649 N.Y.S.2d 903 In the Matter of David Griffin, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents. Court of Appeals of the State of New York. Argued February 15, 1996.Decided June 11, 1996. Robert N. Isseks, Middletown, and Alex Smith for…
ALCOHOLISM: SOCIAL AS WELL AS PSYCHO-MEDICAL PROBLEM– THE MISSING “BIG PICTURE”
By Arthur G. Nikelly McKinley Health Center University of Illinois at Urbana JOURNAL OF ALCOHOL & DRUG EDUCATION Spring 1994, pp. 1-12 ABSTRACT Precapitalist societies did not experience severe problems with alcoholism as they exist today. The broad parameters associated with alcohol abuse have not been explicitly investigated by alcohol educators and researchers. Instead, they…