February 29th, 2012
Now a days it is a shame what goes viral. I am not talking about a virus in your body, I am talking about videos that are on u Tube and other web sites. Earlier this month Alabama beat LSU in a championship football game. We all know that was a hard hit for the folks in Louisiana. But what happened after this game on Bourban Street is very shameful. One of LSU’s fans after drinking too much alcohol passed out on a restaurant counter. Then one of the Alabama fans did a dirty sexual deed on this LSU fan. I know this Alabama fan was very intoxicated to have done something like this. To add insult to injury someone filmed it and put it on UTube. This video went viral.
The NOPD does not even know if this is considered a sexual assault. It seems that the person who was passed out needs to come in and make a complaint. The NOPD is asking for assistance in identifying the person in the video.
I know this kind of behavior is magnified by the use of alcohol and other drugs. These make you uninhibited. There is no doubt the Alabama Fan had lots of resentment towards LSU and was quiet proud that they walked away with the game and the championship but to do this act tells me he was under the influence of some sort of illicit substance.
If you were ever in that kind of situation you know what I am talking about. People do strange things that they are sorry for once they do realize their behavior is non survival. If you need some help with this kind of behavior know that you should seek treatment in a place where they address these behaviors. Just giving up the drug and the alcohol sometimes isn’t all you have to do. You need to get to the first problem you had that caused you to take that first drink.
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February 22nd, 2012
Well here you are at the best part of your life. You have just landed the job you always wanted. You have a wife and two kids and you are taking good care of them financially. So tell me, why are you drinking so much? Why are you getting together with your buddies and smoking weed? OH! So you do have a mother- in- law who invalidates you at every chance she gets. This causes a problem with your wife and now the kids want to know why you are so mean to their grandmother. You really want to go meet with the guys because it is just not fun to go home anymore. Wife is doing well one day and then the next day she is all in your face about her mom. Sounds like you could use some help communicating. You could maybe get some new information about how to get along with your mother in law.
Most of us start to drink or drug because we have a problem that is haunting us. It seems unworkable so we go to the bottle or the joint. The next thing you know you are addicted and you have another problem all together. You have hang overs, you get to work late you aren’t performing well and the boss is not impressed with you anymore. This can get worse each day.
Now you have to make a decision how to get help with your drinking and drugging problem. Make sure you go for help where they address the problems you had to begin with, because my friend that is where this whole drinking problem started. Because you could not communicate well and settle with your mother in law you went into non-confront and into the bottle and joint. If you just get off the alcohol and the drug you will still have the first problem. Get help where someone is aware of how that works and give you communication skills to go handle that problem.
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December 6th, 2011
Theglobeandmail.com is reporting today that “Drunk-Driving ruling will limit holiday checks.” This court ruling took apart a portion of the province’s tough new drunk-driving law and it means fewer police officers will be available to run the high profile roadblocks launched for the holiday season by Solicitor General Shirley Bond. The B.C. Supreme Court judgment was issued this past Wednesday and is has forced police to revert to the former law for dealing with drivers who fail a roadside sobriety test. Before the police were equipped with immediate roadside penalties and they reduced the number of time- consuming Criminal code cases by almost 75 %. The chief said immediate roadside penalties took about one hour for an officer to process, while under the old provisions that are back in place, they can spend up to nine hours dealing with each case. All of this does not mean that people in the province can get away with drunk driving.
With the holidays upon us we can be sure that drunk driving will be on the increase. Drivers with alcohol in their blood are seven times more likely to cause a fatal crash; legally drunk drivers pose a risk 13 times greater than sober drivers. These stats come from a report done by attorneys from prestigious universities. They noted that motor vehicle crashes claim over 40,000 lives in a year in the US and that is just about the same number of Americans killed over the course of either the Korean or Vietnam wars. The death toll in cars accidents equals the combined number of suicides and homicides. Car accidents are 30 times as frequent as accidental deaths due to firearms. Well with all that we can observe that it is a leading cause of death to Americans and most of them are because of drunk driving. Enough with all the facts and figures, although we need those to back up what we are saying. What this reporter knows to be true is that alcohol abuse is a serious problem in this country. When the holidays are here the abuser can get more depressed as people do during this time of year. This causes more drinking and ultimately more driving while under the influence. The holidays have a rosy colored perception that all families are together and having a wonderful time. That is not always the case. Some people have no family so to speak and so they think they are not as good as their friends or maybe they are reminded of all the things they did to hurt their families and now miss them horribly. So the dinking increases. If you know of a friend who has no family to hang out with this holiday season invite them over to your family and give them a share in the responsibility in getting the event together. That will help them with their self esteem. Have a great holiday and keep it safe on the road. If you or someone you love needs help from a drug treatment facility, or with alcohol recovery, we can help. Contact our hotline at 1-877-340-3602.
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December 5th, 2011
How much does alcohol abuse affect the state of Louisiana? We can pull some facts and discuss this. Alcohol is the leading cause of death for Louisiana Youth. That right there is a startling fact. When we look at highway fatalaties we find that alcohol is the second highest rate in the nation. Hopenetworks.org reports that 50% of all homicides, suicides ad fatal traffic crashes in Louisiana there was alcohol involved. So we could safely say that alcohol is affecting the state. There are those that would like very much to help persons who are an alcohol abuser. We live in a state where alcohol is pretty much accepted and the behavior is also. Let’s take into account that Louisiana has the lowest alcohol taxes in Southeast and lowest wine tax in the country. The alcohol taxes on beer and wine in Louisiana are about three pennies a drink. When we look at the excise tax on alcohol we find that it has not been increased since 1948. So where can all the monies come from so we can help many of the person who are abusing alcohol. There will be a certain percentage of them that will need state funds to get treatment. So we know that there is a problem with the monies to help cover the cost of alcohol problems in Louisiana. It was noted by Joseph Califana, Jr. that there is a direct correlation between the state ability to curb spending on social problems and offering treatment for addictive disorders. Mr. Califano also noted there are other returns besides reducing state spending. One of the most important returns we get when we help get treatment is that we get a reduction in crime and human suffering for the addict and also for the parents, children classmates of the abuser. It can be looked at as a positive economic benefit to states from productive law abiding taxpaying residents. We can say there is problem in Louisiana when it comes to alcohol abuse.
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November 29th, 2011
There is a great deal of attention on drug abuse in this country. Rightly so because it is getting very dominant. One thing that is not mentioned very often is alcohol abuse. There was a report in the Lancet that rated alcohol as the most harmful of all drugs. How did they get to that conclusion? They assessed 20 different drugs and they looked at the harm each one does to the individual themselves and to others who are affected. At the end of their assessment they found alcohol to be the most harmful drug of all. Right after alcohol Crack cocaine and heroin followed.
According the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, long term alcohol abuse has serious harmful effects and they are mostly on the body’s organs. Heavy drinking for a long time can cause sickness and death from liver disease. It can damage the immune system. People who use alcohol for a long period of time can have cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure and stroke. These people also get an increased risk of bone fracture. They are absolutely damaging their health and shortening their lives.
When the assessment was made it was found that alcohol was by far the most harmful drug to society according the Lancet Report. It was found that injury to others was increased like domestic violence and traffic accidents. Crime was increased by those who had drunk alcohol. There is family breakdown with alcohol abuse, as well as economic loss. Emotional well being is chipped away at and child neglect is high with someone who abuses alcohol. There are health care issues that increase and services by the community are included in this increase like police work and social services. Because of this one person who abuses alcohol there is a loss of social cohesion and a decline in reputation of community.
In the U.S. it is reported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism approximately one in 12 adults abuse alcohol or is alcohol dependent. Alcohol has dreadful medical harms to alcoholics and it has tragic and costly consequences to others and to society it is safe to say that alcohol deserves its nomination as the most harmful of all drugs. For their own good we should intervene in and change the destructive behavior of alcoholics.
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October 27th, 2011
As abusers, you all know that your worst part of getting off the drug of your choice is the withdrawals. Alcohol withdrawal is actually one of the most dangerous forms of withdrawal. It can be and is very serious. If it is not done correctly and with the right help it can actually be the end of you. Narconon Louisiana Riverbend Retreat has a drug free withdrawal that will help a student overcome the immediate drug cravings and withdrawals. The staff does that with you and you don’t experience the usual agony of withdrawing. Before you get into the drug withdrawal part of their program you get a medical qualification over the phone and it is determined if you need medical detox. The Narconon program is 100% drug-free and does not replace one drug with another. There are trained staff members who are with you 24/7 and they will deliver several techniques which relieve most withdrawal symptoms. That sounds good to this reporter. Since withdrawals are one of the most fearful parts of getting clean then this program sounds like it would be a good answer to help. Another technique is getting supplements like calcium and magnesium to you. This is special formula for muscle and bone aches. This is taken with other vitamin supplements. Now after the withdrawals are done you can receive another part of the program that helps you to improve your ability to face problems and communicate better in life. After all that is why all have started using in the first place. You had problems and didn’t know how to solve them. So getting a skill to handle all of these past problems and the ones that in the future is very important. This is the part of the program that you will be in a course room with a Narconon course Room Supervisor who will guide you every step of the way. If you or someone you love needs help from a drug treatment facility. We can help. Contact our hotline at 1-877-340-3602. NARCONON Riverbend retreat is a non-profit drug rehab facility that helps you withdraw and detox from drugs in a safe and natural way. Counselors are there 24/7 to assist you with alcohol recovery.
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September 11th, 2011
In the US alone in 2007 the death toll from teenagers who were just out for the night and were drunk-driving got into accidents and they killed themselves or other passengers. Survey says the total was 1393 for that year alone. Four deaths every day of the year.
Did you know that motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of deaths among teenagers in the US? That is right it is responsible for more than one in three deaths of American teenagers. Do you ever think of that when you let your teenager go out for the evening? What will they be doing? We looked at survey from 2006 and we found that of the teen drivers killed on the road 31% had been drinking.
You want to know what the risks are? When you are driving under the influence of Alcohol you are at least 11 times more likely to be killed than if you drive without alcohol. Even “Buzz” driving as we call it can be Very dangerous.
We all know instinctively what alcohol does to us and to our children. We see bill boards on the side of the street at many intersections to remind us who got killed and what family is suffering because of this accident with drunk drivers. But it doesn’t stop. Why? Because we are not so educated about what it can actually do to us. We are not communicating with our children.
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September 4th, 2011
Whether we want to face it or not Alcohol is a drug. It will slow down vital functions in your body so it is classified as a depressant. So what do you get when you slow down functions in your body? You get slurred speech, unsteady movement, disturbed perceptics and an inability to react quickly.
When we relate it to what it does to the mine it is best understood as a drug that reduces a person’s ability to thing rationally and distorts his or her judgment.
Most people drink it for the stimulant effect, so they get a beer or a glass of wine to “loosen up”. So even though it is classified as a depressant the amount we take in determines the type of effect. If a person drinks more than what the body can absorb they then experience alcohol’s depressant effect. They will start to feel stupid or lose coordination and control.
We all have had a few drinks and feel good and then we don’t stop and they next thing you know we are out of it. Alcohol overuse causes even more severe depressant effect. You will get the inability to feel pain, you will start to vomit the poisons and then you will be unconscious or worse you may get into a coma or die. Whoa! Who would have thought you could get that kind of affect from alcohol.
There are different kinds of alcohol. Ethyl alcohol, it is the only alcohol used in beverages. This alcohol is produced by the fermentation of grains and fruits. Fermenting is a chemical process whereby yeast acts upon certain ingredients in the food so that is how we get alcohol.
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August 28th, 2011
Let’s imagine your 15 year old son is getting ready to go out on a Friday night. You assume he is going to a football game and then out with his friends. But do you really know where he is going?
Our children leave the house each weekend and they are probably going out to get drugs and use them. Education at this point would be important because many parents don’t know the truth about drugs and their children are certainly not going to tell them. For the most part our children think we are not hip or if we did find out we would try to stop them and their friends would think they were square. I wonder do they even use that word “square” anymore?
Here is some information for you; when your son or daughter takes Ecstasy and mixes it with alcohol it can be extremely dangerous and in fact be deadly. Emergency room incidents have sky rocked more than 1,200% since Ecstasy became the “club drug” of choice at all-night “rave” parties and dance clubs.
One child, let’s call her Sarah, went to a rave party. She had many problems and wanted to just get away from it all. Her friends talked her into partying all night. One of them had a bottle of Ecstasy in his car so all the friends decided to take some Ecstasy. Later after the drug took over Sarah danced and danced and danced. She went well beyond her limit. Sarah wasn’t feeling anything. The next morning Sarah was dead. The cause: drug (Ecstasy) poisoning.
Most of our children think “but that won’t happen to me,” We can’t take that chance we need to educate ourselves and our children about the harmful effects of this street drug when mixed with alcohol.
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May 4th, 2011
A woman who is habitually abusing alcohol runs the risk of causing significant damage to her unborn child without her even knowing it.
According to the Foundation for a Drug Free World, not only can children be harmed by their mothers’ alcohol abuse, but the most damage to the fetus occurs in the earliest phases of its development. Any alcohol abuse by the child’s mother while the fetus is younger than two months in formation can cause birth defects and premature birth as well as malformations and nutritional deficiencies.
Since it is common for a woman to be pregnant for many weeks before she discovers that she is with child, just about any woman who engages in habitual drinking and binge drinking is at risk of having a child with birth defects.
The common misconception is that the closer to term the mother is, and the more her pregnancy is apparent, the more damaging alcohol would be to the fetus. Even Uncle Harry the complete boozer would refuse to give 8-month pregnant Diane a glass of wine. But what about Diane when she doesn’t even look pregnant or know she’s pregnant?
These findings would seem to indicate that any sexually active woman should be advised by her medical doctor to refrain from drinking in excess. Any level of alcohol in the system that results in intoxication on the part of the mother can be harmful to that unborn fetus and may even result in a miscarriage.
Doctors, including general practitioners and OB/GYNs, should start to give this advice to their patients. This will result in happier mothers and healthier babies all throughout America.
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