High-Functioning Alcoholics: Suffering in SilenceAddiction Treatment, Alcohol Abuse, Drunk DrivingBy Promises AustinFebruary 8, 2020Most of us don’t think of doctors, lawyers, psychologists, and professors as likely alcoholics, but as many of half of all alcoholics are high-functioning types with respectable, stable, and high-paying jobs. High-functioning alcoholics are usually able to balance their home and family lives with work and other responsibilities, all the while suffering from alcoholism and…
Youth Likely to Copy DUI Behavior of FriendsDrunk DrivingBy Promises AustinApril 17, 2014Hairstyles, fashion and lingo are all mimicked behaviors. A recent study shows that individuals also follow the group when it comes to making bad decisions like driving after using drugs or alcohol. The study by the Health Behavior Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of…
Who is Most at Risk to Drink and Drive?Drunk DrivingBy Promises AustinFebruary 20, 2013In a study to determine why adolescents choose to drink and drive, researchers found out whom the most likely people were to engage in the dangerous act. A study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health reported that young white males were more likely to get a DUI than women or men of other racial…
