Alcoholism
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'Ground pe drink thodi na karta hun': Praveen Kumar breaks silence on his alcoholic image
Cricket | Jan 09, 2024, 10:47 PM ISTFormer India pacer Praveen Kumar, whose career was cut short due to injuries and off-field issues, has been one of the stories of what could have been. Kumar last played for India in 2012 and in the IPL in 2017 and now has opened up on his bad image and why never got a job in cricket again.
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Pooja Bhatt on completing 3 years 9 months of sobriety: Alcohol was my drug of choice
Celebrities | Sep 23, 2020, 01:57 PM ISTFormer actress Pooja Bhatt opened up about her battle with alcoholism as she completed 3 years 9 months of sobriety. She wrote, "Three yrs & nine months sober today. One more quarter and I will be four As someone who drank openly,I chose to recover openly."
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Here is the reason why some people get hooked to alcohol
Lifestyle | May 03, 2016, 07:45 PM ISTChanges in the brain that lead people to become more prone to drinking have been decoded by a team of Finnish scientists, a discovery which is expected to pave way for new drug therapies to treat alcoholism.
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Mass Ramzan meet in Kerala to take pledge against terrorism, alcoholism
India | Jul 14, 2013, 08:32 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Jul 14 : Thousands of faithful will come together at Malappuram town here on August 4 to pray and take pledge against terrorism and alcoholism, besides staying dedicated to lofty Islamic tenets of harmony,
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Great efforts needed to check drug abuse: President
India | Jun 26, 2013, 05:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 26: Great efforts are needed to be made to check drug abuse and alcoholism in India, President Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday.Speaking after giving away National Awards for Outstanding Services in the Field
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Women alcoholics should seek help: Aamir Khan
Bollywood | Jan 29, 2013, 02:07 PM ISTMumbai, Jan 29: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has expressed the need to address the issue of alcoholism in women and appealed that those in distress should seek help. “I think in India the problem is
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Alcohol may rob you of a deep sleep: Study
Lifestyle | Jan 23, 2013, 03:11 PM ISTAlcohol may help you fall asleep but it leads to a disrupted night's rest, a new study has claimed.Drinking was found to increase tiredness by reducing the length of time in deep sleep, which is
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Alcoholism twice as deadly for women as for men
India | Oct 17, 2012, 11:27 AM ISTBerlin, Oct 17: The annual death rates of alcohol-dependent women are 460 percent higher than the non-drinking general population while male alcoholics have a 190 percent higher death rate than the general population, German researchers
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Football tool to spread awareness against social evils
Football | Jun 20, 2012, 04:48 PM ISTKoraput, Jun 19: To raise awareness among people about social evils like alcoholism and child marriage, a novel programme called “Football for Social Change” (FSC) was launched by a UK-based organisation in Odisha's Koraput district.Around