Alcohol links

• The Public Agenda site analyzes alcohol policy and public attitudes on alcohol issues.
• Drinking: A Student's Guide has real-life perspectives and advice on alcohol's role in college students' lives. Sections include "Binge Drinking," "Alcohol and Health" and an online test, "Am I at Risk?"
• This page from Indiana University has advice on how to help a friend who may have a drinking problem.
• Rutgers University's Center of Alcohol Studies has bibliographies and databases of its research on the medical, psychological and social aspects of alcohol use.
• The History of Alcohol and Tobacco Use has original source documents and illustrations from the 17th through 19th centuries.
• Yahoo's Alcoholism Support Groups page includes a number of Alcoholics Anonymous links.
• Sobriety and Recovery Resources is an excellent page that includes many personal writings by people recovering from alcohol addiction.
• This online resource guide from The Arc offers links on fetal alcohol syndrome.
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has programs for victim assistance, discouraging underage drinking and news of related legislation.
• Join Together is a site that encourages people to work toward reducing substance abuse in their communities.
• Rational Recovery is an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous, a recovery self-help program that emphasizes personal initiative with no religious or spiritual requirement.
• SMART Recovery, a program discussed in detail in one of the stories in this series, has a site explaining its program, an alternative to 12-step programs that emphasizes sensible behavior changes. Includes times and instructions for meetings held via online chat.