Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those around them. The following self-assessment tests can help you determine whether or not it may be time to get help.

• Alcohol Abuse Screening Quiz
  
• Drug Abuse Screening Quiz
  
• Could You Be Depressed?
  
• Is Your Child Using Drugs or Alcohol?
  
• Is Your Child Huffing Inhalants?
  

Questions for Families:

• Are You Troubled by Someone's Drinking?
  
• Are You Enabling an Alcoholic or Addict?
  
• Did You Grow Up With a Problem Drinker?
  
• Domestic Abuse Screening Quiz
  
• Adult Child Screening Quiz
  

You wake up with your head pounding from the sound of the alarm. The light from the window is actually painful. You are dizzy and slightly nauseated. You have a major hangover. What is a hangover? What causes all those different symptoms? And most importantly, what can you do about it? Read more...

About Binge Drinking:

• Acute Alcohol Poisoning
  
• Teen's Death Exposes Binge Drinking Dangers
  
• Binge Drinkers Have Highest Risk of Injury

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The Rite Aid Corporation and nine of its subsidiaries in eight states have agreed to pay $5 million in penalties for violations of the Controlled Substance Act following an eight-state, four-year investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration into the discount pharmacy's practices. The drug store chain has also agreed to electronic monitoring to track future sales of drugs used to manufacture methamphetamine.

Rite Aid also agreed to a compliance plan for all of its 4,915 stores nationwide. Read more...

In her latest book, actress, screenwriter and author Carrie Fisher takes a humorous but frank look back at her battles with substance abuse, mental illness and growing up with famous parents. Fisher's book, "Wishful Drinking," is a memoir of the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, whose fame she later eclipsed when she was chosen by George Lucas to be Princes Leia the first three "Star Wars" movies.

The book reflects Fisher's one-act, road show by the same name that she has been performing the past year. Read more...