Heavy drinking by college students, long seen as almost a rite of passage, has emerged in the past decade as a major public health problem with dangerous consequences -- to the drinkers and to their ...

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 ...