Alcohol

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Alcohol Fact Sheet

 Quitting / Cutting Down Tips

Anyone who drinks may want to think about cutting down or stopping. There are many reasons you may want to cut down or quit, including, improving your health, and improving relationships with your family and friends.

  • Set a limit on how much you will drink
  • Stay active
  • Find more non-alcoholic activities, plays, sporting events, movies, sightseeing, museums, etc.
  • Watch out and avoid temptation
  • Pick one day during the week in which you will not drink. Then two, then three, then four, then five, then six, then seven
  • Don't keep alcohol at home
  • Drink only one drink an hour
  • Drink slowly!

Information taken from The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and The National Institute of Health


EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

ALCOHOL FACTS

ALCOHOL MYTHS

A FAMILY HISTORY OF ALCOHOLISM: ARE YOU AT RISK?

HARMFUL INTERACTIONS: MIXING ALCOHOL WITH MEDICINE

ARE YOU DRINKING AT RISK

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

B. C. Health Services
Cushing Hall - (617) 552-3225
Infirmary (24 hours) - (617) 552-3227

B. C. Counseling Services
Gasson Hall Room 108 - (617) 552-3310
Fulton Hall Room 254 - (617) 552-3927
Campion Hall Room 201 - (617) 552-4210
Emergency on-cal l- (617) 552-3227

Campus Ministry
McElroy Room 215-(617) 552-3475

Alcohol and Drug Education
Campanella Way- (617) 552-8639

B. C. Police Department
Campanella Way
Escort Services - (617) 552-8888
Emergency - (617) 552-4444



Alcohol Hotlines and Websites

Alcohol and Drug Abuse-24 Hour Helpline
1-800-452-9300

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
1-800-ALCOHOL

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Information
1-800-NCA-CALL

Alcoholics Anonymous
Boston: (617) 426-9444
http://www.aa.org

Children of Alcoholics Foundation
http://www.coaf.org/

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
http://www.health.org

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
http://www.ncadd.org

Al-Anon
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org
This site focuses on those who have been affected by other's alcohol abuse.

Office of Minority Health Resource Center
http://www.omhrc.gov
A comprehensive health resource site directed specifically to minorities which includes alcohol information.