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9/12/11: Alcoholics Anonymous attendance associated with greater self-confidence, more social contacts, lower relapse rates, and decreased depression.

8/16/11: Alcohol, like marijuana, associated with irregularities in sleep cycles, suggesting that an alcoholic "night cap" does more harm than good for sleep quality.

5/31/11: Key biological mechanism discovered in transition to Alcohol Dependence.

5/27/11: Study finds fish oil helpful in treating depression and alcohol abuse.

4/29/11: Study: Allowing your teens to drink "responsibly" in your home may predispose them to substance abuse.

4/27/11: Study sheds light on how addictions become engraved in the mind.

4/20/11: Researchers learn about full-body effects of methamphetamine from fruit flies.

3/29/11: Scientific American tackles the question of whether or not Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is effective.

3/29/11: Study finds marijuana use may hurt intellectual skills in patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

3/21/11: DEA institutes temporary ban on synthetic marijuana (e.g. Spice, K2, Blaze, Red X Dawn).

3/18/11: Meta Analysis: Non-addictive SSRIs (Prozac, Zoloft) appear more effective in treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder than lorazepam (Ativan), a potentially addictive benzodiazepine.

3/8/11: Drug-addicted individuals have fewer neurons in areas of the brain that are essential for decision-making, self-control, and learning and memory, study finds.

3/8/11: Exercise curbs marijuana use and cravings.

2/3/11: Drug abusers are less able to recognize negative emotions in facial expressions.

2/1/11: Study sheds light on why opioid addicts in recovery experience depression long after physical withdrawal.

1/26/11: Energy drinks can be abused and can be connected to alcoholism.

11/24/10: Binge drinking associated with higher risk of heart disease.

11/23/10: Aerobic exercise may reduce cocaine use.

11/16/10: Teenage amphetamine use affects adult brain functioning.

11/16/10: Binge drinking during adolescence connected with changes in the limbic system of the brain and difficulty with stress management in adulthood.

8/18/10: Research findings suggest explanation for how people can be impaired by alcohol consumption when driving without FEELING or BELIEVING they are impaired.

8/6/10: Why some people are more prone to self-medication with substances than others.

7/28/10: Another genetic link for heavy drinking discovered.

7/20/10: Does Alcoholics Anonymous work because it's a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

7/20/10: Study finds healthy family interactions and religious involvement buffer Native American youth against substance abuse.

7/20/10: Treatment admissions for prescription abuse increased by 400% in the U.S. from 1998 to 2008.

7/19/10: Study findings suggest the development of addiction is influenced by both environmental and biological factors (nature and nurture).

7/8/10: Loving an addict and healing yourself.

6/25/10: Study concludes that teens whose parents are warm and emphasize accountability are less likely to drink heavily.

6/24/10: Breakthrough study suggests that addicted brains have a deficiency in synaptic plasticity.

6/23/10: Addicts in recovery who deal with stress by avoiding it have twice the number of cravings in a stressful day compared to persons who use problem solving strategies to understand and deal with the stress.

6/17/10: For the first time in American history, prescription pills are responsible for as many ER admissions as illicit drugs.

6/12/10: Alcoholics who attend AA meetings for at least 5 years are significantly more likely to maintain life-long abstinence than those who do not.

6/10/10: Denial, rationalization, minimization: Those who most need behavioral changes are least likely to value it.

6/8/10: Editorial on incorporating Buprenorphine into recovery from opioid addiction.

6/7/10: Study suggests secondhand smoke linked to psychological distress for healthy adults.

6/7/10: Binge drinkers 13-23% more likely to self-report poor health.

5/29/10: Snail experiment leads to discovery that memories formed under the influence of methamphetamine are harder to forget.

5/28/10: Injectable naltrexone reduces brain's response to relapse triggers in alcoholics.

5/27/10: 7 characteristics of "dry drunks"

5/25/10: Smoking cessation programs safe and effective for people with mental illness.

5/22/10: Study challenges notion that moderate drinking protects heart.

5/21/10: Researchers caution that baby boomers appear to be over-relying on highly addictive anti-aniety medication.

5/20/10: Binge drinking may increase risk of pancreatic cancer.

5/14/10: Researchers identify traits associated with prescription drug disorders (jail time, disabling pain, cigarette smoking, family history of substance abuse, PTSD).

5/13/10: Both alcohol and nicotine abuse can alter gene expression in the nucleus acumbens (brain region implicated in addiction) .