Sen. Faith Winter, of Broomfield, who serves as assistant minority leader in the Colorado Senate, said she entered treatment for alcohol abuse on Thursday after appearing intoxicated at an event.
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in alcohol and drug addiction. Although recent studies have investigated the effects of... Abstinence did not increase significantly in the first 4 weeks of treatment (when participants had...
In this four-part series, The Denver Post investigated why so many Coloradans are dying from... Part 4: Alcohol addiction treatment is available in Colorado, but people struggle to get the...
Less than three months from his ninth “birthday” of sobriety, someone close to me died of alcoholism. After years of working his own program and helping others manage their way through a 12-step program — including counseling people from teenagers to hardened prisoners — he dropped dead as he was closing in on being an “old-timer” in Alcoholics Anonymous. No, he didn’t fall off the wagon during those eight years, nine months and seven days. But his doctor was adamant that alcohol killed him. ...
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Time for state to deliver help to heavy drinkers ; Colorado lawmaker silence is deafening in response to the 60% rise in alcohol deaths in our state, along with record-high domestic violence fatalities, in which 44% of perpetrators had indications of alcohol abuse . Those numbers rose over the same time period as the expansion of alcohol takeout and delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. When fentanyl deaths went up, legislators mobilized in force. However, with alcohol deaths up, they are ready to give more incentives to alcohol businesses wit ...
Common sense says we should be more judicious about alcohol intake. But we just may be our own worst enemies when it comes to handling liquor. The Denver Post published a four-part report (Jan. 7-10) about Coloradans’ disturbing tendency to drink too much and ignore the harmful results. Stunningly, alcohol deaths in the state jumped more than 60% in the four years from 2018 to 2021, the sixth-highest in the nation. Post reporter Meg Wingerter unveiled many surprising facts regarding excessive drinking, the resulting negative effects on societ ...