See also:

• Health: Pharmacy: Drugs and Medications: A: Alcohol  (7)
• Health: Specific Substances: Alcoholic Beverages  (90)
• Kids and Teens: Health: Substance Abuse: Alcohol  (11)
• Recreation: Food: Drink: Drinking  (9)
• Society: Issues: Health: Alcohol  (101)

NIAAA     www.niaaa.nih.gov National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.

Alcohol Abuse Increases, Dependence Declines Across Decade  www.niaaa.nih.gov/NewsEvents/NewsReleases/NESARCNews.htm Compares alcohol abuse and alcoholism rates 1992 and 2002. NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) is part of NIH.

Alcohol Reports  alcoholreports.blogspot.com Research findings and information on alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. Open access to peer-reviewed articles free for all to view.

Alcohol Use Statistics  www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/alcohol.htm Information on the use and abuse of alcohol in the United States. Provided by the National Center for Health Statistics.

Brown Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies  www.caas.brown.edu Provides post-doctoral research training for behavioral, medical, and social scientists and health care professionals who wish to pursue a career in alcohol abuse and alcoholism research.

eMedicine Health - Alcoholism  www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/18863-1.asp Consumer health resource center providing an overview of alcoholism and its causes, symptoms and treatment.

ICFDA Alcohol Cravings Induced via Serotonin  www.drugawareness.org/Archives/Miscellaneous/MRalcohol.html How Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Serzone, Effexor, Anafranil, Fen-Phen, and Redux can lead to relapse to active drinking.

Jellinek Chart of Alcoholism  www.in.gov/judiciary/ijlap/docs/jellinek.pdf Historic chart shows progression of alcoholic decline and recovery. [PDF]

MedicineNet articles on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism  www.medicinenet.com/Alcohol_Abuse_and_Alcoholism/article.htm Two dozen questions and answers on alcoholism and problem drinking.

MedlinePlus: Alcoholism  www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alcoholism.html Offers information about Alcoholism. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence - NCADD  www.ncadd.org The NCADD is a volunteer health organization providing education, information, help, and hope. Includes alcoholism facts, and youth information.

OMIM: Cholinergic Receptor, Muscarinic, 2; CHRM2  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=118493 Information on a receptor believed to be related to alcoholism and depression.