For years, alcohol helped quiet the anxiety tied to my bipolar disorder. When I finally got the right medication, the desire to drink vanished. Anxiety is usually a big part of bipolar disorder, and ...

The middle-aged man held up his alcoholic drink and looked me in the eyes. I grabbed my glass of ice water and waited for the customary “Cheers!” It didn't happen. “I don’t trust a man who doesn’t ...

I tracked how much I drank every day for a year. Moderate drinking is one drink a day for women, not exceeding seven a week. I exceeded that amount half the time, drinking more during the summer and ...

Iím not lining myself up for a monthís stay in rehab, but I do have a drinking problem. Or to put it another way, I have a problem drinking. It goes hand-in-hand with everything else in my life. I ...

Following a New Year’s Eve party in 2024, she decided to do dry January again and now hasn’t drank alcohol in more than two ...

Dear Annie: My best friend and I, both 54-year-old females, met two weeks before kindergarten. Except for a couple of years, we have stayed friends throughout our lives. We see each other every few ...