Non-alcoholic beer can hold up to 0.5% alcohol. It helps people cut back, but the taste alone can trigger cravings in recovery. Who it helps, who should skip it.
Americans are drinking less for the first time since the pandemic. Adults 50 to 64 went the other way: heavy drinking rose more than 36% from 2018 to 2024. Why it hits harder after 50, and what to do.
A new Lancet Regional Health study counted every U.S. cancer death caused by alcohol from 1990 to 2023. The total doubled. Under 55, the killer is colorectal cancer in men and breast cancer in women, and 83% of these deaths trace to drinking above the old limits.
The government paid for a study on how much alcohol is safe, then shelved it. Published in June 2026, it found no safe level and a 1-in-25 lifetime death risk at two drinks a day.
Alcohol deaths among women 25-34 rose 255% since 1999 – the steepest rise of any group. Why the same drinking does more damage to women, and what the new federal guidelines quietly removed.
A veterinary sedative is now riding along with fentanyl. Narcan restores breathing but not the sedation, and the withdrawal can put people in the ICU. What to do — and what comes after the hospital.
Texas began enforcing its delta-8 ban July 31. For daily users, withdrawal is real, temporary, and mostly over in three weeks. Here is the timeline and who should get help.
Relapse has three stages, and the drink is the last one. Here is what each stage looks like, how far out it starts, and the one move that stops it there.
Federal law bars a separate deductible for addiction treatment, so every medical dollar you already spent this year counts. What the averages are, how the split works, and when you owe nothing more.
Most 7-OH dependence is treated on an outpatient basis while people keep working. What the assessment involves, how tapering really works, what medication does, and what insurance covers.
