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Alcohol ad ban could hurt SABC
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The Department of Communications was concerned about the potential loss of revenue that the SABC could suffer because of the mooted ban on alcohol advertising, Communications Minister Yunus Carrim said on Monday. Weighing in on the continuing …
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Adult children of alcoholics – part 2
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Adult children of alcoholics have difficulty with intimate relationships. Having never known a “normal” relationship or family roles, they do not know how to have one, and do not trust others. They learned that people are not trustworthy, and had their …
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Charles Saatchi's girlfriend Trinny Woodall reveals how cocaine addiction and …
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Question by Joeschmo: Is it illegal for someone under 21 to try to buy alcohol?

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Answer by fallen_confused
Yes! Of course it is… No one under the age of 21 should even be “trying” to buy alcohol.

What do you think? Answer below!

Time to prevent impared driving
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December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness about the results of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. … If you've been drinking, use a taxi, call a sober friend or family member, or use …
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Berkeley: Author Lamott finds faith, meaning in life's rubble
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Lamott's novels, autobiographical essays and nonfiction books parade into subjects she has said many writers avoid: death, grief, parental paranoias, faith in Jesus, and the "alcoholic advent calendar" of a substance-abusing family's home. Her first …
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Question by abovethelove: How does alcohol effect a person’s kidneys who has diabetes?
My aunt is in the hospital now with kidney failure and her pancreas isn’t doing well either. My mother told me because of her diabetes. I over heard that it also have to do with her drinking everyday. I know she drinks whiskey everyday throughout the day. The doctor’s said she’ll have to be in the hospital for about a week.
Is she going to recover? How serious is this?

Best answer:

Answer by Adrian G
Hi abovethelove

There is an article you probably want to check

In the article they ‘re reviewing the TOP 5 “Resources for Diabetes Care”

To qualify them, they have selected 3 basic criteria:

1. Quality Content
2. Useful Information
3. Valuable Tips

Relapse SUCKS

Today I discuss relapse, and never giving up :) And also bracelets. I love you all! Stay strong! – Paige Links you may want to check out: Courage From Soup T…

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year — Or Is it?
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Between added downtime, frequent parties where alcohol is served, strained family relationships, and cases of the "holiday blues," there are a number of triggers that can prompt relapse during this time of year. Although relapse can be a part of …
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Alcoholic Help Centers in the News

Miley Cyrus Sports New Short Bob Hairstyle
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On Friday, the singer performed at KIIS FM's Jingle Ball and twerked on a bad Santa who held a bottle of alcoholic drink concealed with brown paper bag. "You are a VERY BAD Santa @CheyneThomas," Miley wrote on Twitter, sharing a photo of the stage act …
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Cedar Grove Police make driving while intoxicated arrests
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As the officer secured the operator's credentials, he detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the woman's breath, along with signs of impairment. Following a series of standardized field sobriety tests, the officer arrested the 41-year-old …
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Question by kate.: My ex-alcoholic mum is drinking again? I don’t know what to do?
i found out in april this year that my mum is/was an alcoholic. january 2009, she had a fit in the middle of a shopping mall and it happened a few more times. they were investigating the cause when she, one day, randomly began vomiting blood, after that admitted she was an alcoholic. because that was caused by some sort of liver damage.
she was in hospital for ages and the whole thing damaged our relationship and i’ve only just begun to trust her again. for years before now she’s been so different, angry and what not, since giving up drinking it’s like she’s a different person to who i grew up with. and im not ready to let that go