For years, alcohol helped quiet the anxiety tied to my bipolar disorder. When I finally got the right medication, the desire to drink vanished. Anxiety is usually a big part of bipolar disorder, and ...

The casual mimosa at Sunday brunch or celebratory champagne toast might seem harmless, but when alcohol consumption shifts from occasional morning indulgences to regular pre-noon drinking patterns, it ...

Social drinking can sit on the slippery slope to alcoholism. People - and culture - can sometimes intertwine solitary drinkers with addiction. However, alcoholism often starts out when drinking among ...

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, one-fifth of individuals who suffer from social anxiety also wrestle with problem drinking. At first glance, the two conditions may seem ...

Proposed changes to the psychiatric profession’s diagnostic manual, the DSM-5, have caused a recent uproar, with critics worried that the new label of “alcohol abuse disorder” will overdiagnose young ...