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Help For Oprah: 'Tis the Season of the Binge

Eli Davidson | Posted 01.19.2009 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Self Criticism, Skinny Oprah, Excess, Diet, Weight, Fattening, Self Love, Self-Help, Quiz, The Low Criticism Diet, Diet Quiz, Accepting Yourself, Binge, Alcohol, Oprah, Food, Fat Oprah, Holiday Season, O Magazine, Seasonal Eating, Personal Health, Living News
Eli Davidson

The more you demean yourself for having a 'food mistake' the more you fuel having a binge. One binge fuels the next and all of a sudden you can't fit in your Inauguration dress.

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Why Harm Reduction Makes Sense: These Three Things I Know are True

Stanton Peele | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Youth, Underage Drinking, Harm Reduction, Drugs, Teen Alcohol Abuse, Binge Drinking, Drug Use, High School Students Survey, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug Czar, American Teen, Adhd, High School, Drug Abuse, Substances, Health, Living News
Stanton Peele

How many adult substance abusers abstain? By now, we are inured to the frequent visits to rehab by problem drinking and drug abusing entertainment figures.

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Inauguration News: D.C. Power Plays and Other Craziness

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Scalping, Housing, Feinstein, Inauguration Day 2009, Ceremony, Last Call, Bar, Dianne Feinstein, Obama, Drinking Hours, Rental, Difi, Dc, Nightclubs, Inauguration Commandments, Alcohol, 2 AM, Scalped, Partying, Ebay, Rentals, Inaugural, Bars, Inaugurated, Closing Time, Swearing In, 5 AM, Washington DC, Congress, 3 AM, Drinking, Ticket, Barack Obama, Fraud, Scalper, Chris Weigant, Scalp, Tickets, Jccic, s3685, Politics News
Chris Weigant

With slightly less than a month and a half to go before Barack Obama's inauguration, Washington, D.C. has officially reached the "freakout" point on the Richter scale of event planning.

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Why Women Are Drinking Men Under The Table

New York Magazine | Alex Morris | Posted 01.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Drinking, Alcohol, Health, Women Drinking, Women Alcoholism, Style News

That more women are drinking, yes--more than 48 percent acknowledge having had at least one drink in the past month (up from 42 percent in 1992). But ...

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Five Boozey Steps to a Green Drinking Binge

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Beer Industry, Green Living, Green Beer, Beer, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Green News
Mairi Beautyman

Green is the buzz word, and there's no exception to this rule in the alcohol industry, where breweries and distilleries all around the world are worki...

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How to Fix the Economic Meltdown and Stop Terrorism: Legalize Heroin and Whores

David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Master of Ceremonies, Law Enforcement, Serial Killer, Marijuana, Economy, Sex Trafficking, South America, Drugs, Asia, War on Drugs, Prohibition, Economic Recovery, Prostitution, Chicken, Ecstasy, Cigarettes, Alcohol, Sex Worker, Abraham Lincoln, Empowerment of Women, Willie Nelson, Sexual Predators, Al Capone, Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, Pimp My Ride, Bloomingdale's, Pimp My Crib, Victimization, Free Enterprise, Gangsters, Exploitation, Pimp, Economic Meltdown, Taliban, Afghanistan, Harry Potter, Afghan Taliban, Whores, Politics News
David Henry Sterry

The bottom line, economically, is that there is a big beautiful sexy cash cow to be milked here.

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Jewish Girls and Self-Destructive Behaviors: By The Numbers

Leslie Goldman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Destructive, Girls, Cutting, Sex, Alcohol, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Drugs, Think Tank, Technology, Jewish, Teen Loneliness, Jewish Girls, Low Self-Esteem, Jewish Girls Eating Disorders, Social Networking, Self-Esteem, Youth Body Image, Living News
Leslie Goldman

We must help undo the damage done by impossibly high academic standards, media portrayals of unrealistic bodies, and other factors that make young women feel like they don't measure up.

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Avoiding Headaches -- How to Handle Alcohol in Business Situations

Jodi R. R. Smith | Posted 12.04.2008 | Style

Read More: Mad Men, Careers, Etiquette, Young Professionals, Drinking, Alcohol, Manners, Style News
Jodi R. R. Smith

Should I just get a soda? What if the client wants a scotch? Take a deep breath. Here are some tips on handling alcohol in business as well as social situations.

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Goodnight Bush!

Erich Origen and Gan Golan | Posted 12.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Celebration, Goodnight Bush, Alcohol, Spirits, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Drinking, Entertainment News
Erich Origen and Gan Golan

Look, people, Obama is gonna win this thing and win it big. To aid in this moment, we've cooked up a little something to help the cause -- a celebratory cocktail.

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Spring Break -- Just Say No.

Tracey Jackson | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Teenager, Parenting, Spoilt, Parenting Advice, Alcohol, Teens, Underaged Drinking, Natalie Holloway, Teen-Parent Conflict, Teen Drug Abuse, Teens Parents, Alcohol-Related Arrest, Teen Alcohol Abuse, Binge Drinking, Spring Break Destination, The Price of Privelige, Living News
Tracey Jackson

These kids may be on their way to college but when they board those flights to Spring Break, passport and parent's Amex in hand, they are often still seventeen-years-old.

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I Picked a Hell of a Month to Quit Drinking

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 11.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Booze, Change, Lifestyle, Drinking, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Living News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Look at the news. We may all be getting to a point where walking around sober is a lot more dangerous than the alternative.

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Gmail's Drunk Emailing Protection: Email Goggles

Gmail Blog | Jon Perlow | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Gmail, Drunk Dialing, Drunk Emailing Protection, Alcohol, Gmail Goggles, Email, Technology, Email Goggles, Computer, Drunk Emailing, Drinking, Google, Gmail Drunk, Business News

Sometimes I send messages I shouldn't send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night ...

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Booze Clues: How A Little Hooch Can Help Your Heart

Women's Health | Bridget Doherty | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Personal Health, Health, Drinking, Alcohol, Living News

How a little hooch helps your heart, brain, and even your weight. The pillars of good health: diet, exercise, and raspberry daiquiris. OK, maybe not....

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What To Drink In A Financial Crisis

Chris Hall | Posted 11.02.2008 | Style

Read More: Cocktails, Binge Drinking, Drinking, Economy, Alcohol, Economic Crisis, Chris Hall, Recipes, Style News
Chris Hall

It's Fall, and already there's a hint of wintry chill in the air—especially down on Wall Street, where it looks like there won't be as many wads...

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Marc Jacobs On Life, Love, And Louis Vuitton

Times Online | Lisa Armstrong | Posted 10.09.2008 | Style

Read More: Perry Ellis, New York, Fashion Week 2008, Marc Jacobs, Fashion Shows, New York Fashion Week 2008, Miuccia Prada, Addiction, Paris, Life, Rehab, Alcohol, Fashion, Collaborations, Louis Vuitton, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Style News

A man who describes himself as being a former shoe-gazer, Jacobs had experienced some kind of epiphany. "I was never comfortable in some situations," ...

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Let Them Drink Beer

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: 21, Lower the Drinking Age, State, Adulthood, Medical Marijuana, 18, Drinking Age, Drink, Adult, Soldier, Military, Amethyst Institute, Age of Majority, Hard Alcohol, Alcohol, Amethyst, Wine, College Presidents, National Drinking Age, Abortion, Highway Funds, Federal, Beer, States Rights, Drinking, Sour Grapes, Drunk Driving, Liquor, Soldiers, Legal Age, College, Madd, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Chris Weigant

There was a news item today about a group of college presidents who have signed on to an effort to "rethink" the drinking age in America. While not e...

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Rhode Island Man Arrested With 0.491 BAC

AP | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Alcohol, Rhode Island, Drunk Driving, Home News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent _ the highest ever recorded in...

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Never Mind The Vodkas: A Gin For People Who Don't Like Gin

Tony Sachs | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Sushi Samba, Alex Ott, New Amsterdam Straight Gin, Alcohol, G'Vine Gin, Buddha Bar, Spirits, Juniper, Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Trade & Taxation Bureau, Mixology, Vodka, Gin, New Amsterdam Gin, Best Gin, Gin Cocktails, Gin Recipes, Best Gin Cocktails, Cocktails, Living News
Tony Sachs

I'm a total gin snob. In recent years, however, gin manufacturer's asses were getting kicked year in and year out by vodka. So a lot of trailblazers started experimenting with ways to make gin taste less like, well, gin.

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It's New Beer's Eve: How Do Clinton, McCain, Obama Relate to Beer?

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Beer's Day, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Anheuser-Busch, Barack Obama, Beer, Hensley, Presidential Candidate Have a Beer With, Prohibition, Cindy McCain, McCain Beer, Cindy McCain Beer, Cindy McCain and Beer Company, 18th Amendment, Cindy McCain Heiress, Alcohol, Politics News
John Tepper Marlin

The problem with a beer survey on presidential candidates is that Clinton doesn't drink much beer and the other two principal presidential candidates drink hardly any alcohol at all.

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Russians Try To Feminize Vodka

New York Times | MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Vodka for Women, Olymp Vodka, Alcohol Ads, Alcohol, Vodka Ads, Moscow, Vodka, Business News

The vodka ads tiling the walls of the Moscow metro station's lengthy escalators abound with hypermasculine imagery. One poster for the Olymp brand in ...

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How To Put Your Vodka To Good Use

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Uses for Vodka, Vodka Drinks, Home Remedies, Vodka Recipes, Vodka, Alcohol, Living News

The Living Editors are no stranger to vodka and all of it's glorious attributes, but it turns out that according to Miss Charming's Vodka Page, there ...

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Is Vinegar The Secret Ingredient For Biofuels?

CNET News | Michael Kanellos | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Cellulosic Ethanol, Biofuels, Cellulose, Thermochemical Engineering, Alcohol, Ethanol, Hemisellulose, Biofuel Start-Up, ZeaChem, Bio-Fuels, Fermentation, Biological Fermentation, Lignin, Silicon Valley, Business News

To make ethanol, you want to make vinegar first, according to ZeaChem. The biofuel start-up, which has moved from Colorado to Silicon Valley, says it...

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Why People Drink Themselves Silly

The New York Times | Benedict Carey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Binge Drinking, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Living News

Researchers have had a hard time understanding binge behavior. Until recently, their definition of binge drinking -- five drinks or more in 24 hours -...

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Flavored Craft Beers Grow In Popularity

USA Today Via ABC News | Theresa Howard | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Flavored Beers, Beer Industry, Flavored Alcohol, Beer Sales, Alcohol, Craft Beers, Business News

It may seem heresy to purists, but flavored beers are going mainstream as brewers reach for sales growth. The $90 billion beer industry only recently...

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New Fears Over Boozy Britain

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Britain Drinking Problem, Booze, Britain, Alcohol and Britain, Britain Drinking, Drinking, Alcohol, Home News

Super-sized servings of sauvignon blanc, giant goblets of grenache: wine glasses in Britain's bars are larger than ever and deepening the country's pr...

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