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Die Neujahrsfeiern sind in mehreren Städten von Schlägereien, Überfällen und Bränden überschattet worden. Polizei und Sanität hatten viel zu tun. Die meisten Zwischenfälle waren Folgen von übermässigem Alkoholkonsum. In Basel gingen 161 Notrufe ein. In Zürich wurden die Rettungskräfte rund 90 Mal alarmiert. Beim Bellevue wurden innerhalb kurzer Zeit 5 Männer durch Messerstiche verletzt. …Im Kanton Aargau wurden rund 12 Zwischenfälle gezählt. Aus Lausanne und Genf hiess es, dass die Feiern friedlich und der Abend wie jeder andere Freitagabend war. (Quelle: Google Alkohol News, 01.01.11) news.search.ch, 01.01.11

This study examined the relationship between drinking motivations and college students’ experiences with unwanted sexual advances. Undergraduates, from a public university in the mid-Atlantic region, who reported recent (30 day) alcohol use ( n = 289) completed an online survey midway through the spring 2007 academic semester.
A strong relationship was found between having an unwanted sexual advance and recent binge drinking as well as drinking to remove emotional distress. Findings suggest that experiencing an unwanted sexual advance is associated with specific drinking motivations and more likely to occur among females. (Source: Alcohol Reports, 01/01/11) jiv.sagepub.com, January 2011

Conclusions: Older adults have diverse alcohol consumption habits like people in other age groups. The oldest olds reported that they use alcohol for medicinal purposes. The “at-risk users” admit they use alcohol because of meaningless life, and relieving depression, anxiety, and loneliness. (Source: Alcohol Reports, 01/01/11) onlinelibrary.wiley.com, 12/29/10

Seit der Einführung der 0,5-Promille-Grenze für Autofahrer ist die Zahl der Alkoholunfälle drastisch gesunken, so das Statistische Bundesamt. Dennoch gibt es natürlich eine hohe Dunkelziffer, die nicht zu unterschätzen ist. Nicht bei jedem Unfallbeteiligten ist zweifelsfrei festzustellen, ob er unter Alkoholeinfluss gestanden hatte oder nicht. Auch unter den unfallflüchtigen Autofahrern wird ein überdurchschnittlicher Anteil an Alkoholfahrern vermutet. Wer meint, die 0,5-Promille-Grenze als Freibrief nutzen zu können, der hat sich geirrt. (Quelle: Google Alkohol News, 12/31/10) auto-szene.net

– The Link Between Alcohol Abuse and Social Anxiety
People who suffer from social anxiety (sometimes suffering anxiety attacks also) may resort to the point of drinking alcohol to alleviate these extreme feelings of nervousness and in some cases without realizing it, end up engaging in alcohol abuse. (Source: Google Alcohol News, 12/31/10) prlog.org, 12/30/10

Addiction researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a risk for alcoholism also may put individuals at risk for obesity.
The researchers noted that the association between a family history of alcoholism and obesity risk has become more pronounced in recent years. Both men and women with such a family history were more likely to be obese in 2002 than members of that same high-risk group had been in 1992. (Source: Medical News Today, 12/31/10)

On New Year’s Day 2009, there were an estimated 1,980 emergency department visits involving underage drinking, compared to 546 such visits on an average day. That accounts for a staggering 263% increase according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking; this includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drowning. (Source: Medical News Today, 12/31/10)

Milwaukee comes out top in America’s 40 drunkest cities, published by The Daily Beast, followed by Fargo, San Francisco, Austin and Reno. The average adult in Milwaukee consumes 12.76 alcoholic drinks each month, 7% of all its people aged over 18 years are alcoholic, while 21.9% are binge drinkers. 3.9 people per 100,000 in Milwaukee die from alcoholic liver disease. (Source: Medical News Today, 12/31/10)