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Drink in Moderation: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
There are many reasons to cut down or stop drinking, such as improving your health or getting along better with your family. Learn more about the benefits of drinking in moderation.... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
A Family Guide To Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and Drug Free
A Family Guide To Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and Drug Free is a public education Web site developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to communicate to pare... Details >
A Message to Teenagers...How To Tell When Drinking Is Becoming a Problem 
These 12 questions have been prepared to help teenagers who drink alcohol to decide whether they might have a drinking problem. A "yes" answer to any one of these questions can indicate a serious pro... Details >
Al-Anon Family Groups Home Page
Also available in: Spanish
Al-Anon is a self-help fellowship for persons who are affected by the compulsive drinking of a family member or friend. Alateen, a part of Al-Anon Family Groups, helps teenage sons and daughters of a... Details >
Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention: The Parent Connection
Two of the biggest concerns parents have when they send their sons and daughters to college are whether they will be safe, and whether they will do well academically. Both of those concerns are legit... Details >
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
Alcohol and Your Body
McGruff the Crime Dog® has a message for you: Drinking alcohol is a DEAD END! At this page, he will show how alcohol can affect you from head to toe.... Details >
Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Alcohol Use and Abuse
Also available in: Spanish
Anyone at any age can have a drinking problem. Because the aging process affects how the body handles alcohol, the same amount of alcohol can have a greater effect as a person grows older. Over time, ... Details >
AlcoholScreening.org
AlcoholScreening.org is a free service of Join Together, a project of the Boston University School of Public Health. AlcoholScreening.org helps individuals assess their own alcohol consumption pattern... Details >
American Indian/Alaska Natives and Alcoholism
American Indian/Alaska Natives have the highest rates of drinking, including heavy drinking. As a group, American Indian/Alaska Natives also have higher rate of drinking and driving and alcohol-relate... Details >
College Drinking Prevention: collegedrinkingprevention.gov
Collegedrinkingprevention.gov is an online resource center for changing the drinking culture on college campuses. The content of the site is based on a series of reports published by the Task Force o... Details >
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
Cool Spot: Information for Teens
The Cool Spot was created for kids 11-13 years old by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).... Details >
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
Family History of Alcoholism: Are You at Risk?
Also available in: Spanish
If you are among the millions of people in this country who have a parent, grandparent, or other close relative with alcoholism, you may have wondered what your family's history of alcoholism means fo... Details >
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
FAQ' s on Alcohol
This page links to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about alcohol routinely received by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Questions cover what alcoholism is, which medications t... Details >
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
FAQ: Drugs
This page presents frequently asked questions about drugs. Answers include information on what alcoholism means, how a person can get help for an alcohol problem, what a safe level of drinking is, whe... Details >
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Prevention Activities
This web page highlights CDC's partnership with state health departments and universities for the purpose of identifying FAS cases and developing prevention programs.... Details >
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Frequently Asked Questions: Alcohol and Public Health
This general overview provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reviews the affects of drinking alcohol, impact of excessive alcohol use, and suggested and legal drinking levels for w... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Girl Power!: Body FX
Information on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, inhalants, and club drugs that is written for girls.... Details >
How To Find An A.A. (Alcoholics Anonymous) Meeting
Alcoholics Anonymous is worldwide with A.A. meetings in almost every community. ... Details >
How to Locate a Meeting: Al-Anon/Alateen
Al-Anon and Alateen meetings are held in most communities to help families of alcoholics. Search these listings to find information and meetings held locally and throughout the U.S., Canada, and Puert... Details >
If Someone Close...Has A Problem With Alcohol Or Other Drugs
This article explains how substance abuse affects more people than the user, and supports friends and family in dealing with their loved one's problems. Provides tips on helping the user.... Details >
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Independent Living for People With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is an umbrella term describing the range of effects that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects may include physi... Details >
SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence
Information on Alcoholics Anonymous
This information is both for people who may have a drinking problem and for those in contact with people who have, or are suspected of having, a problem. This sheet tells what to expect from Alcoholic... Details >
Is AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) for You?
This online questionnaire is designed to help you decide if drinking is a problem for you and if you need the services provided by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).... Details >
Is Al-Anon is For You?
Twenty questions are presented to help you decide how much you are affected by the excessive drinking of someone close to you and if you need the services provided by Al-Anon.... Details >
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Publications
Also available in: Spanish
Resources on alcohol and drug abuse research, practice, and patients. Include Alcohol Alerts; Alcohol Health and Research World; research monographs; surveillance statistical reports on alcohol use an... Details >
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
When Parents Drink Too Much
This document provides information about when somebody in your family drinks too much.... Details >