Fighting Alcoholism in the News

Fighting food addiction
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“We're grateful that alcoholism is now recognized as a disease and a disorder,” said Jill, whose father battled an alcohol addiction, “and it's getting that way with food addiction.” Unlike alcoholism, which is now understood as a neurological disorder …
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Fight against drink abuse must be extended to drugs
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Growing numbers of pupils are using lip-ice, or ointment mixed with cocaine or cannabis, to attain an all-day high at school. The state needs to match its commitment to fighting alcohol abuse with a concerted drive to protect our children from drug …
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MPs urge Defra to clear the smog instead of fighting EU rules
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… (EAC) rightly says 4000 people died as a result of the Great Smog of London in 1952 and 4000 died in London, the Olympic City, in 2008 from air pollution," he said. "Only smoking causes more early deaths. Alcoholism and obesity trail far behind."
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'Money' indeed
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Yet people who knew McNeeley best insist his biggest fight was not that night but the one he won over alcoholism. For many years, McNeeley struggled, but finally licked his demons using the same kind of grit that pushed him up 11 times against …
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