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The Sweetest Sound: A Story Of Addiction And Redemption

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Alanon, Recovery, Relationships, Addiction & Recovery, Addiction, Aa, Fatherhood, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Family, Healthy Living News
Tom Matlack

From age 17 to 27 I was in a blackout. I experienced moments of freedom rowing boats in college, crushing opponents in our wake, but the main focus was all-out drinking

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The Drunks And Drug Addicts Of Literature (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Authors, Books, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Slidepoll, Drugs, Substance Abuse, Drinking, Books News

A few weeks ago, LIFE set up a gallery of the biggest drunks and drug addicts in literature. It's no secret that many of the greatest authors througho...

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Fixing the Everglades: Looking for Wisdom in An Artificial Swamp

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Restoration, Encroachment, Joe Browder, Ibises, Knight Foundation, Tropical, Knight Center for International Media, Birds, Dr. Dale E. Gawlik, Sawgrass, Herons, Everglades, Airboat, Egrets, Wood Storks, Eric Cline, Canal, Helicopter, River of Grass, Wilderness, Swamp, University of Miami, South Florida, Drinking, Swamp Buggy, Fred Sklar, Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Water, Fish, Environment, South Florida Water Management District, Open-Air Laboratories, Florida Atlantic University, Technology News
Joseph B. Treaster

Researchers have designed open-air laboratories that are big enough for birds and fish to come in and react to what is going on. They become part of the experiment.

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Sink the Bismarck!: Brewery Releases World's Strongest Beer At 41% ABV

Huffington Post | Colin Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Sink the Bismarck Beer, Alcohol Focus Scotland, Beer, Ipa, James Watt, Drinking, Drink, Abv, Tactical Nuclear Penguin, Nanny State, Bismarck Quadruple IPA, World's Strongest Beer, Microbrews, Alcohol, Brewdog, Food, Beer Industry, Brewing, Microbreweries, Sink the Bismarck!, World News

The flamboyantly competitive Scottish brewery BrewDog has released Sink the Bismarck!, a "quadruple IPA" that they say is the most alcoholic in the wo...

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Traverse City, Michigan Is A New Foodie Haven

AP | John Flesher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Northern Michigan, Food, Travel, Wine, Eating, Michigan, Traverse City, Drinking, Style News

By John Flesher, Associated Press: TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Attention, traveling foodies: Something yummy is happening in the Traverse City area, and...

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Drunkest Cities In America: California Boasts 3 Of Top 10 (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: 'Drunkest' Cities, Fresno Drunkest City, Drunkest Cities in America, California, Drunkest Cities, Men's Health, Slidepoll, Fresno, America's Drunkest, Fresno California, America's Drunkest Cities, Study, Drinking, Los Angeles News

The 'drunkest' cities in America for this year have been released by Men's Health, and Fresno, California tops the list. Fresno edged a city in Nev...

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Long Before Earthquake Destruction in Haiti, A Drinking Water Crisis

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Purification, Dirty, International Action, Children, Knight Foundation, Malaria, Knight Center for International Media, Unhealthy, Corroded, Springs, Clean, Drilling, Lack, World Health Organization, Water-Borne, Miami, Uganda, Kampala, Die, Dysentery, Pan American Health Organization, Earthquake, Drinking, Haiti, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, Port-Au-Prince, Diarrhea, Water, Well, Cholera, Crisis, Typhoid, Diseases, Bacteria, World News
Joseph B. Treaster

As the rebuilding of Haiti gets underway, billions of dollars are going to be spent. Some of those dollars, perhaps a billion or more, should be dedicated to cleaning up the country's drinking water.

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R-U-Buzzed?: iPhone App Tells When You're Too Drunk To Drive

wsj.com | By STEPHANIE SIMON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Technology News, Drunk Driving, New Years Eve, Iphone, Drinking, Technology News

DENVER -- Heather Poli wasn't quite sure how to react when her friend's cellphone informed her she was drunk. The 27-year-old ad-agency worker had bee...

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Climbing Kilimanjaro: Please do Something about Deadly Drinking Water

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Michael Muller, Miami, Elizabeth Gore, Dirty, Kick Kennedy, Jimmy Chin, Lupe Fiasco, Knight Foundation, Summit, Steven Solomon, Knight Center for International Media, Procter & Gamble, Isabel Lucas, Drinking, Eddie Bauer, Safe, Pure, Greg Allgood, Mount, Diarrhea, Water, Clean, United Nations Foundation, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Alexandra Costeau, Hewlett Packard, Justin Timberlake, Sick, Jessica Biel, Kenna, Green News
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.

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Does NYPD Detectives' Intense Schedule Encourage Drinking?

Gothamist | [10] | | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Alchohol Abuse, New York City, Nypd, Timothy Duffy, New York Police Department, Night Shift, Drinking, Cops, New York News

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

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Spending On Alcohol

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Economy, University of Michigan, Beer, Economic Crisis, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Youth Radio, Drinking and Driving, Wine, Lauren Silverman, Binge Drinking, Youthradio, Drinking Age, Drinking, Addiction & Recovery, Health, Healthy Living News
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.

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Jessic Biel and Pals Climbing Kilimanjaro to Highlight Unsafe Drinking Water

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Lupe Fiasco, Knight Foundation, Knight Center for International Media, Alexandra Cousteau, Entertainers, Ethiopia, Safe, Dissolve, Santigold, Hewlett Packard, World Health Organization, Sick, Mount Kilimanjaro, Gear, Wold Zemudkun, Celebrities, Blue Legacy, Healthy, Training, Climb, Unsafe, Drinking, Isabel Lucas, Procter & Gamble, Eddie Bauer, Greg Allgood, Jacques Cousteau, Water, Powder, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Kenna, Hollywood, Green News
Joseph B. Treaster

Kenna was born in Ethiopia in East Africa and came to the United States with his parents when he was three. Africa is the part of the world where the most people are struggling with unhealthy drinking water.

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Can You Beat the Breathalyzer on New Year's Eve?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Drunk Driving, New Year's Eve, Vitamins, Hangover Cures, Alcohol, New Years, Dui, Breathalyzer, Drinking, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

There are New Year's Eve risks besides making a fool out of oneself -- getting into a drunk-driving accident or getting pulled over by breathalyzer-wielding law enforcement officers.

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Books About Drinking For The Holiday Season

The San Francisco Chronicle | Jon Bonne | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Wine Buying Guide, Wine Bargains, Wine Guides, Cocktail Books, Books, Alcohol, Spice, Robert Parker, Wine, Books About Drinking, Been Doon So Long, Wine Books, The Concise World Atlas of Wine, Drinking, Books News

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 ...

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Hangover Cures: Best Books To Ease In The New Year (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Slidepoll, Drinking, Alcohol, New Years Eve, Hangover Remedies, Hangover Cures, New Years, Books, Hangovers, Books News

Happy New Year's everyone! We hope you all had a great time ringing in 2010, perhaps such a great time that you could use some relief. Luckily, we've ...

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Balanced Life -- 4 Tips For Dealing With Holiday Temptations

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Holidays, Happiness Tips, Diet, Weight, Drinking, Health, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Gretchen Rubin

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

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Real Food Rehab: Bringing Back The Cocktail Hour at Home

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Bar Cart, Cocktails, Appertifs, Home Bar, Alcohol, Digestifs, Julie & Julia, Mixed Drinks, Tequila, Mixology, Drinking, Vodka, Style News
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.

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Why Jessica Biel is Climbing Kilimanjaro without Justin Timberlake

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Lupe Fiasco, Knight Foundation, Knight Center for International Media, Alexandra Cousteau, Entertainers, Ethiopia, Safe, Dissolve, Santigold, Hewlett Packard, World Health Organization, Sick, Mount Kilimanjaro, Gear, Wold Zemudkun, Celebrities, Blue Legacy, Healthy, Training, Climb, Unsafe, Drinking, Isabel Lucas, Procter & Gamble, Eddie Bauer, Greg Allgood, Jacques Cousteau, Water, Powder, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Kenna, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Joseph B. Treaster

It was stories like that, said Mr. Zemedkun's son, the singer-song writer Kenna, that inspired him to organize an expedition of Hollywood entertainers and others to climb the highest mountain in Africa.

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Alcohol Consumption Around The World (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Booze Britain, Slidepoll, Drunk, Turkey, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Booze, Binge Drinking, Luxembourg, Drinking, Hungary, World News

The Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development (OECD) recently released their 2009 collection of health data sets for OECD states. Combing...

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

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Memoir, Mary Karr, Catholicism, Drinking, Cherry, Lit, Authors, The Liar's Club, Mary Karr Lit, New Mary Karr, Author Interview, Mary Karr Interview, Tobias Wolff, Books News
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.

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Book Teaches Horses To Avoid Drinking And Drugs

Awful Library Books | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Kids, Partying, Drugs, Drinking, Latawnya the Naughty Horse Learns to Say No to Drugs, Alcohol Education, Books, Awful Library Books, Just Say No, Reading, Funny Book Covers, Books News

Now this is funny! Latawnya learned the hard way. Check out these pictures of smoking and drinking horses!...

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Walking in a Winter Wasted-Land

Colonel Hector Bravado | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Pub Crawl, Denver Bars, Highlands Ranch, Nightlife, Denver Six Shooter, Drinking, Denver News
Colonel Hector Bravado

In this outing, Denver Six Shooter tours the bizarre and icy barscape of South Littleton and Highlands Ranch.

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Seeing Starz: Drunk at the Denver Film Festival

Colonel Hector Bravado | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Pub-Crawl, Starz Denver Film Festival, Denveater, Denver-Bars, Cocktails, Bars, Beer, Drinking, Denver News
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.

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Australian Racing Fans Limited To "Only" 24 Beers A Day

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Sports, Bathurst 1000, Australia, Australian, Beer, Slidepoll, Bathurst, Wine, Binge Drinking, The Great Race, Drinking, Beers Racing Australia, 24 Beers, Australians Limited to 24 Beers, Australian Racing Fans, Australia 24 Beers, Australia Restrict Wine 4 Liters, Ausy Race 1 Slab a Day, Australia 24 Beers a Day, Aussie Racing Fans Limited to 24, Australians Limited to 24 Beers Per Day, World News

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...

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Recession May Improve Health

reuters.com | Amy Norton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Smoking, Economic Recovery, Health Care, Recession, Drinking, Great Depression, Business News

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...

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