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Those Alcohol Death Statistics…

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 17, 2022 | Resources | 0 |

Of course, if we also counted the other ways that drinking can kill -- via accidents (on the road, in the water, etc), suicides, falls, etc. -- the 2020 total suddenly increases to 140,000 fatalities.

MDs Confronting SUDs

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 31, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |
Warning Labels on Alcohol — Are They Worth It?

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 24, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Legal Drug Blues

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 29, 2022 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |
The Old Normal

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 22, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |
It Sure Sounds Like Hazing

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 23, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

Not Much Drinking Required

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 7, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

“These findings contrast with scientific and governmental guidelines on safe drinking limits.”

Curious about Sobriety

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 13, 2022 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |

Yes, to an addiction counselor it will seem reminiscent of the control strategies employed by many folks who eventually wind up in treatment.

Australians Get Drunk A Lot

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 30, 2021 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |

From the alcoholic beverage industry’s viewpoint, the pandemic has a pronounced silver lining. Sales are up and allegedly likely to continue at higher levels even as the pandemic finally fades.

You mean Prohibition wasn’t all bad?

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 27, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |

…it’s foolish to expect an industry built around making, distributing, and selling (for immense profit) abusable substances to regulate themselves.

Competition for the Booze Dollar

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 30, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

…we represent that large segment of drinkers for whom the alcohol industry’s American “success story” turned out to be more like a bad dream.

Alcohol and Cancer: Who Knew?

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 19, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

Americans have spent the last year indulging in more drinking than before, blaming it on the pandemic, lockdowns, etc. Are we really ready to give that up?

First Person – Mystery Solved

by C. Scott McMillin | May 13, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |

I suppose he was happy for people to see him as pigheaded, since it covered up the real problem: His rapidly deteriorating cognitive function.

DUI During a Pandemic

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 14, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |

Considering the number of cognitive errors involved, it shouldn’t be difficult to understand why so many first offenders are eventually arrested for a second offense.

An Unwelcome Consequence

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 28, 2020 | Addiction | 0 |

Every so often I’d run into family members who’d let the situation go in the belief that treatment was futile until the drinker themselves decided they ‘wanted’ to quit.