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How Alcohol Affects Your Body

How Alcohol Affects Your Body

Wondering why one margarita makes you loopy while your friends can go back for seconds (or vice versa)? These factors might just explain it.

Alcohol Myths Busted

Alcohol Myths Busted

You’ve probably heard these around a cocktail party (or uttered them yourself). Sadly, that doesn’t make ’em true.

Are You More Drunk Than You Think?

Are You More Drunk Than You Think?

It’s just a glass of wine...or is it? This is the sobering truth about what happens to your body and your DUI risk—on even a little bit of booze.

Heavy Drinking Might Harm the Lungs

Heavy Drinking Might Harm the Lungs

Alcohol appears to reduce levels of a protective respiratory gas, study finds

Jessica Simpson Decided to Quit Drinking After Realizing She Couldn't Dress Up Her Kids for Halloween: 'I Need to Stop'

Jessica Simpson Decided to Quit Drinking After Realizing She Couldn't Dress Her Kids for Halloween

"It was a long, hard emotional journey," Jessica Simpson writes about how she has quietly reclaimed her life and her health over the past year.

Ben Affleck Says His Relapse Was 'Just a Slip'—But Here's Why It's So Common

Ben Affleck's Relapse Shows How Difficult Alcoholism Recovery Really Is

The actor was shown intoxicated and stumbling just hours after posting about his recovery on Instagram.

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Here's What Really Happens to Your Brain When You Drink Too Much Alcohol

Here's What Really Happens to Your Brain When You Drink Too Much Alcohol

Some of the effects, like slurred speech and loss of balance, can be very obvious. Others, like cell death, not so much.

3 Surprising Facts About Guinness

3 Surprising Facts About Guinness

Guinness is perhaps the most popular Irish beer brand in the world. Here, we set the record straight on common myths about the black brew.

7 Subtle Signs You're Drinking Too Much—and What to Do About It

7 Subtle Signs You're Drinking Too Much—and What to Do About It

4 Warning Signs You’re Dependent on Alcohol, According to an Expert

4 Warning Signs You’re Dependent on Alcohol, According to an Expert

12 Inspiring Things Celebrities Have Said About Living With Addiction

12 Inspiring Things Celebrities Have Said About Living With Addiction

Here's What Happened When I Cut Out Alcohol and Sweets for 40 Days

Here's What Happened When I Cut Out Alcohol and Sweets for 40 Days

My Battle With Addiction: I First Tasted Vodka at Age 8 and Was Drinking Daily By 16

Inspired by the empathetic ER nurse who helped her detox at 28, Amanda Cope now runs her own addiction treatment clinics.

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The Symptoms of Alcohol Poisoning You Need to Know

The Symptoms of Alcohol Poisoning You Need to Know

The Number of Adults Over 65 Who Binge Drink Will Surprise You

Binge Drinking Is on the Rise in Older Adults—but What Exactly Is Binge Drinking?

The Reason Why Women Are Drinking More Than They Ever Have

The Reason Why Women Are Drinking More Than They Ever Have

Mom Who Drank Alcohol Through Pregnancy Explains What Her 43-Year-Old’s Life is Like Today

Mom Who Drank Alcohol Through Pregnancy Explains What Her 43-Year-Old’s Life is Like Today

The Partridge Family's David Cassidy Dies at 67

The Partridge Family's David Cassidy Dies at 67

Ed Sheeran Reveals Substance Abuse Battle, Says Music & His Girlfriend Saved Him: 'It All Starts Off as a Party'

Ed Sheeran Reveals Substance Abuse Battle, Says Music & His Girlfriend Saved Him: 'It All Starts Off as a Party'

Demi Lovato Reveals the ‘Final Intervention’ That Got Her Sober: ‘I Had Hit Rock Bottom’

Demi Lovato Reveals the ‘Final Intervention’ That Got Her Sober: ‘I Had Hit Rock Bottom’

FDA Clears the First-Ever Mobile App to Treat Alcohol, Marijuana, Cocaine Addiction

FDA Clears the First-Ever Mobile App to Treat Alcohol, Marijuana, Cocaine Addiction

Demi Lovato Opens Up About Her Sobriety: ‘Every Day Is A Battle’

Demi Lovato Opens Up About Her Sobriety: ‘Every Day Is A Battle’

Charlize Theron Opens Up About the Night Her Alcoholic Father Was Killed by Her Mother

Charlize Theron Opens Up About the Night Her Alcoholic Father Was Killed by Her Mother

What I Learned From Doing Dry January

What I Learned From Doing Dry January

Surgeon General Says Addiction Crisis a ‘Moral Test for America’

Surgeon General Says Addiction Crisis a ‘Moral Test for America’

Is It Unhealthy to Drink a Glass of Wine Every Night?

Is It Unhealthy to Drink a Glass of Wine Every Night?

All About The Strange Condition That Causes Your Body to Churn Out Alcohol

All About The Strange Condition That Causes Your Body to Churn Out Alcohol

Here’s Why You Eat More When You Drink

Here’s Why You Eat More When You Drink

We Tried Lululemon’s New Craft Beer and Here's What We Thought

We Tried Lululemon’s New Craft Beer and Here's What We Thought

When Spilling Your Drink Can Lead to a Chemical Burn

When Spilling Your Drink Can Lead to a Chemical Burn

The Strange Link Between Blue Eyes and Alcohol Addiction Risk

The Strange Link Between Blue Eyes and Alcohol Addiction Risk

Can a Vitamin IV Infusion Cure a Hangover? What You Should Know

Can a Vitamin IV Infusion Cure a Hangover? What You Should Know

Watch a Video of 'Mad Men' Characters' Worst Health Habits

Watch a Video of 'Mad Men' Characters' Worst Health Habits

Why a Glass of Wine Can Make You Look More Attractive, According to One Study

Why a Glass of Wine Can Make You Look More Attractive, According to One Study

7 Eating Habits You Should Drop Now

7 Eating Habits You Should Drop Now

4 Foods That May Shorten Your Life

4 Foods That May Shorten Your Life

A Totally Bizarre New Internet Addiction

A Totally Bizarre New Internet Addiction

3 Weird Health Benefits of Wine

3 Weird Health Benefits of Wine