Jim Irsay is on a mission to spread mental health awareness
October 27, 2022 GMTJim Irsay was heading to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in San Francisco when a homeless woman stopped him to warn about dark creatures that drag people into the ocean and kill them.
The Indianapolis Colts owner expressed his concern and told her he’d pray about it.
Louisiana lawmaker gets treatment for alcoholism
September 27, 2022 GMTBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State Rep. Stuart Bishop has entered a 30-day treatment program for alcoholism.
The Republican, representing Lafayette, said in a statement that he has challenges to overcome “for the betterment of myself, my family and the great state of Louisiana," The Advocate reported Tuesday.
‘Magic mushroom’ psychedelic may help heavy drinkers quit
August 24, 2022 GMTThe compound in psychedelic mushrooms helped heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely in the most rigorous test of psilocybin for alcoholism.
More research is needed to see if the effect lasts and whether it works in a larger study.
Doctors urge access to psychedelic therapies in New Mexico
July 13, 2022 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Physicians and researchers are urging New Mexico legislators to allow the use of psychedelic mushrooms in mental health therapy aimed at overcoming depression, anxiety, psychological trauma and alcoholism.
Raiders DE Maxx Crosby fulfilling his potential in 3rd year
December 24, 2021 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Maxx Crosby wasn't popular in high school, struggled with his focus while in college at Eastern Michigan and checked himself into rehab for alcoholism after a disappointing rookie season with the Las Vegas Raiders.
Hunter Biden details lifelong addiction struggle in memoir
March 31, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter details his lifelong struggle with alcoholism and drug abuse in a new memoir, writing that “in the last five years alone, my two-decades-long marriage has dissolved, guns have been put in my face, and at one point I dropped clean off the grid, living in $59-a-night Super 8 motels off I-95 while scaring my family even more than myself...
Men should limit alcohol to 1 drink a day, experts say
July 15, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — If you decide to have an alcoholic drink, limiting yourself to one a day is best — whether you’re a man or woman...
3 die in New Mexico from drinking hand sanitizer
June 26, 2020 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three people have died, three others are in critical condition and one person is permanently blind after apparently drinking hand sanitizer that contained methanol, New Mexico health officials said Friday...
New Mexico center gets more alcohol research funding
August 29, 2019 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Alcohol Research Center is getting a $7.5 million grant to continue its work to better understand fetal alcohol spectrum disorders...
Journalist describes struggles with anxiety, alcoholism
May 3, 2019 GMTAward-winning news anchor and reporter Elizabeth Vargas discussed her struggles today with anxiety and alcoholism that are detailed in her book, "Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction."
During her remarks during the 18th annual Tapestry event at the Coliseum, Vargas described believing that panic and anxiety were shameful things that needed to be hidden.
LSU gets grant to study exercise in drinkers with HIV/AIDS
October 21, 2017 GMTNEW ORLEANS (AP) — An LSU Health professor has $390,000 to study whether exercise can help avert insulin resistance, pre-diabetes and other metabolic disorders in heavy drinkers with HIV.
Louisiana State University Health New Orleans says the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism awarded the two-year grant to Dr.
Trying to get sober? NIH offers tool to help find good care
October 3, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The phone calls come — from fellow scientists and desperate strangers — with a single question for the alcohol chief at the National Institutes of Health: Where can my loved one find good care to get sober...
US judge says her alcoholism didn’t affect case resolutions
April 14, 2017 GMTBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge in Louisiana who took medical leave for treatment of severe alcoholism said Friday there are no grounds to challenge cases resolved in her court...
Immaculate HS, alcoholism council plan presentation in Danbury
March 20, 2017 GMTDANBURY - Parents are invited to a free program about drugs, alcohol and teenagers Tuesday at Immaculate High School.
The program, sponsored by the high school and the Midwestern Connecticut Council of Alcoholism, is at 6:30 p.m.