Sentences with phrase «social drinking problems»

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Jared Schoepf, founder of SafeSIPP SafeSIPP is a social venture addressing three problems facing rural communities in the developing world: transportation, purification and storage of drinking water.

Fingarette says that «even if genetic factors play a role in some social drinking, it does not necessarily follow that they play a role in generating the problem behaviors associated with heavy drinking.»

Significant empirical evidence concerning the amount of drinking and of problem drinking among various social class groups was made available in 1963 when Harold A. Mulford reported on a scientific survey of a cross section of the non-institutionalized adult population in the United States.

He devised a «social complications» measure, to ascertain the amount of problem behavior connected with the drinking of each group.

It is likely that the social consequences of the drinking problem, i.e., family breakup, job dismissal, rejection by friends and associates, and general social disapproval, are greater for the woman alcoholic who is known as such.

This study compared social and non-dependent problem drinkers on the impact of alcohol - related changes in the body's immune response to stress, alcohol - cue induced craving and anxiety, motivation to drink, and alcohol consumption.

The researchers queried 785 adolescents three times over four years: in seventh grade, about their social autonomy and parental relationships; in eighth grade, about peer influences; and in 11th grade, about problem behaviors such as drinking and aggression.

«Our results strongly support other evidence about the power of public policies to reduce excessive drinking and related medical and social problems,» said Timothy Naimi, MD, MPH, a pediatrician at BMC and associate professor of public health and medicine at BUSPH, who was the study's lead investigator.

Previous research has shown that adolescents who drink alone consume more alcohol and drink more frequently than their social - drinking peers, and that heavier alcohol use in adolescence is associated with a greater risk of developing alcohol problems in adulthood.

Published in an upcoming issue of Clinical Psychological Science, the researchers found that compared to their peers who drink only in social settings, teens who drink alone have more alcohol problems, are heavier drinkers and are more likely to drink in response to negative emotions.

Research from North Carolina State University and Ohio University finds that having an «alcohol identity» puts college students at greater risk of having drinking problems — and that posting about alcohol use on social media sites is actually a stronger predictor of alcohol problems than having a drink.

April 4, 2011 Stronger alcohol «buzz» predicts future binge drinking problems For some people, alcohol is a social lubricant.

The researchers focused on three categories: any alcohol use, excessive use, and health and social problems related to drinking.

Now, I'm not talking about alcoholic type of drinking (THAT is obviously a problem)... we're just talking moderate social drinking here.

While there is a definite social aspect of alcohol consumption and recent studies have shown the possibility that small amounts of beer and wine may benefit certain systems within the body, there are a number of different health problems associated with excessive drinking.

In Tear Duct (2001), he replaced the top of a drinking fountain with a stainless - steel mold of the face of a classmate who had to support herself through prostitution, a prevalent social problem in Cuba at the time.

The problem, he notes, is that young lawyers are often left out of these types of meetings, for example, if their name is difficult to pronounce or if there are social events that revolve around drinking that make lawyers who don't drink feel like an outsider.

On the other hand, the Committee said that a lawyer need not act on mere rumors or on problems observed outside of the practice of law such as heavy drinking as social events.

If you participate in risky drinking and show evidence of other social, legal, or health problems then your application will likely be postponed.

The NCADD states that over time, excessive alcohol use, both in the form of heavy drinking or binge drinking, can lead to numerous health problems, chronic diseases, neurological impairments, and social problems, including but not limited to: