Drinking

Balanced Life -- 4 Tips For Dealing With Holiday Temptations

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 12.16.2009 | Living


Gretchen Rubin

Everywhere, you face cookies, candy, booze, and treats of every kind. While some people whole-heartedly can enjoy all this, many of us waver between wanting to try everything and wanting to resist everything.

Climbing Kilimanjaro: Please do Something about Deadly Drinking Water

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green


Joseph B. Treaster

Greg Allgood will do almost anything to draw attention to the huge number of poor people - more than 1 billion - whose only drinking water is loaded with bacteria and viruses.

Seeing Starz: Drunk at the Denver Film Festival

Colonel Hector Bravado | Posted 12.03.2009 | Denver


Colonel Hector Bravado

In this week's adventure, Denver food writer and cocktail poetess Denveater shares her sketchbook from a two-week whirlwind of bars, receptions, lounges, afterparties and more bars.

Books On Wine And Drinks For The Holiday Season

The San Francisco Chronicle | Jon Bonne | Posted 11.30.2009 | Books


Books about drinking are in a curious place this season. Familiar names, familiar concepts. That's not a bad thing. It's a good year to provide solid ...

Mary Karr Traded Alcohol For Jesus: 'Talking About This Is Like Doing Card Tricks On The Radio'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.14.2009 | Books


Jesse Kornbluth

For a writer of memoirs, Mary Karr has had a charmed life. That is, a lot has happened, almost all of it colorful, much of it painful.

Does NYPD Detectives' Intense Schedule Encourage Drinking?

Gothamist | [10] | | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


After a recent drunken driving fatality involving an off-duty NYPD detective, the city detectives union is considering changing the schedule that some...

Real Food Rehab: Bringing Back The Cocktail Hour at Home

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Style


Dana Joy Altman

I couldn't help but notice that there was an awful lot of cocktail drinking going on in Julie & Julia. There's a certain civility to occasionally unwinding and sharing your day over a cocktail.

Spending On Alcohol

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

They say to start saving when you're young. After my 21st birthday I took this advice and made a commitment to cut down on spending. Unfortunately, beginning to save and turning 21 seem to mix about as well as Bailey's Irish cream and lime juice.

Australian Racing Fans Limited To "Only" 24 Beers A Day (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.06.2009 | World


Australian police are gearing up for an annual crackdown on motor-racing fans - limiting race-goers to 24 cans of beer a day. The BBC reported that...

Recession May Improve Health

reuters.com | Amy Norton | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business


Researchers from the University of Michigan found U.S. life expectancy increased by 6 years between 1929 and 1932, from 57 to 63, with the increase oc...

13 Natural Hangover Cures: Quick Remedies Or False Hope? (PHOTOS) (POLL)

Huffington Post | Michael Macher | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


Hangovers happen to the very best of us. We all know the familiar story: the evening starts off innocently enough--you go to a party to unwind after a...

Binge Drinking Raises Risk of Infection

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living


Drinking copious amounts of alcohol in one session scuppers the immune system by knocking out proteins essential for fighting off bacteria and viruses...

Female Alcoholics: Their Secret Lives

wellness.com | Elizabeth Weise | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living


The numbers are troubling: An estimated 17.6 million adults in the USA are either alcoholics or have alcohol problems, according to the National Insti...

For Your Health

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy


Jilly Gagnon

While hydration can have both short and long-term health benefits, scientists warn that "no beverages, regardless of what they actually are, should be consumed at either very warm or very cool temperatures."

Fruit Water - Can I or Can I Not?

Stefan Aschan | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living


Stefan Aschan

Walk into any supermarket and you will be bombarded with the smarter, better, or life changing water. You walk down the ale and then you don't know what makes sense.

Intensity Is Not The Same Thing As Intimacy--For Addicts Or Anyone Else

Therese Borchard | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Therese Borchard

I chase the adrenaline rush, the dopamine high, that is akin to the buzz I get from smoking an entire cigarette in three puffs after staying away from lung rockets for a year or more.

New Hangover Fix: Asparagus!

health.com | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


To treat a hangover, drink lots of water, get plenty of rest -- and eat your asparagus, researchers say. A new study shows that the amino acids and m...

Mayor Bloomberg Questions Park Ban On Alcohol

NBC New York | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York


"I never understood why we don't let you drink in the park," Bloomberg told Community Newspaper Groups, a chain of weeklies owned by News Corp., which...

Diane Schuler's Death: Kills Buzz For Moms Who Drink

TIME | Ada Calhoun Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living


As recently as last month, drinking parents seemed to be all the rage. On the bookshelves: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's Naptime Is the New Happy Hour, Rob...

Education in Chicago: Binge Drinking Reveals a Desperate Boredom With College

Bill Sweetland | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago


Bill Sweetland

College presidents now threaten to supplant high school principals as the new national symbol of moral and intellectual bankruptcy, imbecility, and incompetence.

The Return Of The Green Fairy: Ted Breaux Brings (Real) Absinthe Back To America

Tony Sachs | Posted 09.10.2009 | Business


Tony Sachs

Jade Liqueurs is one of the geekiest-yet-coolest endeavors in beverage history. By recreating specific vintage absinthes to the letter, Breaux created a time machine for the taste buds.

Top 10 Tips for Sober Entertaining

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


Maria Rodale

You don't quite realize just how much entertaining revolves around alcohol, until you stop revolving around alcohol. Here are my top 10 tips for sober entertaining that I've figured out after 10 years of sobriety.

The Top Ten Eco-friendly Wineries In The U.S.

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green


We here at HuffPost Green are always striving to green our lifestyles, so we thought we would pass along Greenopia's directory of sustainable United ...

How Bad Are Your Health Vices, Really?

prevention.com | Daryl Chen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living


Can you ever reverse the damage of a past smoking habit or the savage tans you sported into your 30s? Here, what's forgivable, what's regrettable, and...

Burning Up at My Bachelor Party

Chris Kyle | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living


Chris Kyle

For goodness sakes, if my grandfathers could survive World War II, surely I can survive my bachelor party.