5 Signs You May Need Rehab

Posted on March 25, 2013 by pgh

5 Signs You May Need Rehab

Most of the time when people are drinking too much, they don’t ask themselves tough questions. They believe that they have fooled everyone around them into thinking that their drinking is under control. Usually, however, the only person they are fooling is themselves. Those occasional twinges of guilt or introspection can easily be drowned by having a few more drinks, so the drinker is often the last to admit that he or she really has a problem. If you are having one of those moments where you think you might have a problem, these 5 signs you may need rehab could help.

5 Signs You May Need Rehab: Your drinking is causing problems

One of the first signs you may need rehab is when your drinking starts causing problems in your life. If you are having problems in your relationships, legal problems, financial difficulties, or other issues due to drinking, and you still continue to drink, you may need rehab.

5 Signs You May Need Rehab: You make promises to yourself or others about your drinking that you can’t keep.

A major sign you may need rehab is making promises to yourself or others about your drinking that you later break. You may promise yourself that you won’t ever get that drunk again or you will no longer drink and drive. You tell your family that you will cut down on your drinking or quit. You may even really mean it when you make these promises. But inevitably, you end up right back where you swore you’d never be (i.e. drunk behind the wheel or suffering from a major hangover).

5 Signs You May Need Rehab: You lie about drinking or hide the evidence

This sign you may need rehab is somewhat related to the previous one. You make promises about your drinking, you don’t keep them, and then you lie about it. Or maybe you haven’t made any promises, but you feel like you need to consume how much or how often you drink. On some level, you know that others will not approve of what you are doing.

5 Signs You May Need Rehab: You drink or use drugs in the morning to cure a hangover or deal with the “shakes.”

One of the biggest signs that you need rehab is using alcohol or drugs to cope with a hangover. Hangovers and shaking hands are symptoms of acute withdrawal from alcohol, and it means your body has become dependent on alcohol.

5 Signs You May Need Rehab: You avoid social situations that do not involve alcohol.

Many problem drinkers are unable to enjoy themselves without drinking. They will avoid any activity that doesn’t involve alcohol, or they will drink even though it is inappropriate in a certain social situation. Sometimes unconsciously, problem drinkers seek out other people who drink like they do so they can justify how much they are drinking. Isolation is also a common behavior among problem drinkers. If you notice this behavior in yourself, you may need rehab.

Alcoholism and Violence

Posted on March 21, 2013 by pgh

Alcoholism and Violence

Obviously, there is a strong correlation between alcoholism and violence. Add alcohol to any tension fueled environment, and you have a recipe for disaster. Alcohol can lower impulse control and cloud rational judgment. When something angers an alcoholic while they are intoxicated, it can very quickly lead to violence.

Alcoholism and Violence: Brain Chemistry

Not all alcoholics are violent, but there is a significant minority that is. Drunken violence is related to brain chemistry. Brain cells communicate with each other using chemicals called neurotransmitters. Brains of certain alcoholics often have a different form of a key molecule, which stops the mood-regulating chemical, serotonin, from being transported properly. These types of alcoholics are known as “type 2” alcoholics, and they are frequently prone to violent behavior.

Alcoholism and Violence: Anger Issues

Obviously, people who already are prone to anger issues are going to be more likely to be violent when drunk. Alcohol changes the way you process information, so it compromises your ability to process multiple sources of environmental information. This makes it difficult to determine the intentions of people around you. When you’re drunk, you’re far more likely to view actions as intentional, and if you are already prone to aggression, you can become violent.

Drinking also erases worry about the possible consequences of aggression. While someone with anger issues may get very angry about something that happens, they may be able to take a minute to think through the ramifications of becoming violent. This ability to take a breather and calm down can prevent them from acting out. However, alcoholism and violence go hand in hand because alcohol often causes you to forget about consequences of your actions. People who have anger issues may also use alcohol as an excuse for getting violent, believing that aggressive actions are more easily explained and forgiven if it happens when they are under the influence.

Alcoholism and Violence: Domestic Violence

About 80% of domestic abuse cases involve drugs and alcohol. Domestic abuse cases when the abuser is under the influence of drugs and alcohol tend to be much more extreme and result in greater injury. Alcoholics, especially while under the influence, tend to have a shorter fuse, erupting into violence when they get angry.

Alcoholism and Violence: Neglect of Children

Even alcoholic parents who don’t resort to violence tend to neglect children when they are under the influence. Neglect is the failure of a parent or guardian to provide for a child’s basic needs. Neglect may be physical, medical, educational, or emotional. A number of studies have established that alcohol is a significant factor in child neglect and being mistreated is a factor in the child developing alcohol problems later in life. This becomes a vicious cycle: The alcoholic parent mistreats a child, who then becomes an alcoholic later in life as a result. Alcohol is a factor in almost half of all child welfare investigations in the United States and a parent with a history of harmful alcohol use has been consistently shown to increase the risk of child maltreatment.

Sources: http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/world_report/factsheets/fs_child.pdf

http://www.choosehelp.com/topics/anger-management/why-does-drinking-release-the-rage-understand-alcohol-related-anger-and-aggression

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2005/jul/21/thisweekssciencequestions

Alcoholism: Depression, Anxiety and Suicide

Posted on March 18, 2013 by pgh

Alcoholism: Depression, Anxiety and Suicide

Alcoholism: Depression, Anxiety and Suicide

Many people who have alcoholism also suffer from bouts of depression, anxiety and in the worst case scenario when alcoholism is mixed with a mental illness, suicide. Alcoholism compounds the symptoms of depression and anxiety and depression and anxiety can compound on alcoholism. The three together, alcoholism, depression and anxiety all create a negative cycle that if left untreated for some individuals leads to suicide.

Alcoholism: Depression and Anxiety

Many depressed people who do not realize they are suffering from alcoholism drink more alcohol with the hope of gaining relief of the emotion suffering they are experiencing. Unfortunately for many people heavy drinking makes the symptoms of depression worse. The combination of alcoholism and depression is very difficult and makes depression very hard to treat and not just that but the combination of alcoholism and depression increases the risk of suicide due to depression.

It is very common for people to drink to unwind after a stressful day. The reduction of anxiety brought on by drinking is a welcome feeling for many people suffering from depression and the anxiety that comes with it. However, when people start to slide into a mix of depression and anxiety, which usually go together, it is very common for them to increase their drinking as they try harder to overcome their symptoms. More often than not the person does not realize they are gradually increasing the amount of alcohol they consume due to their alcoholism and due to their unpleasant feelings. The problem with using alcohol to treat feelings of depression and anxiety is that it has a rebound effect when the alcohol loses its effect. When the alcohol starts to wear off someone with alcoholism experiences worsening symptoms of their depression and anxiety. If repeated it can get worse and worse eventually leading to a high risk of suicide.

Alcoholism: Depression, Anxiety and Suicide

Untreated depression and anxiety mixed with alcoholism carries with it a high suicide rate. Uncontrolled alcoholism alone carries a fairly high suicide rate without the depression and anxiety. The reason for this is because alcoholism usually causes people to become depressed due to losing careers, families, friends and the future of the alcoholic begins to look bleak.

Most suicide attempts successful and otherwise have happened when people consume alcohol. Drinking and alcoholism causes logic and inhibition to be non-existent. It seems alcoholism kind of takes the will to survive out of the equation. The survival instinct is severely weakened due to lack of inhibition when someone is drinking. So for someone who is suffering from depression and anxiety as well as alcoholism should be very careful because this could be a potentially lethal situation in which the alcoholic’s problems seems to be drowning them and suicide is the only way out. Without the survival instinct to stop them the alcoholic may find themselves ready and willing to end their life. This is a worst case scenario but is very common in alcoholic’s who’s drinking has destroyed their lives. It is even more common in alcoholic’s who suffer from depression and anxiety.

Source: http://www.suicideprevention.ie/Depression.ie/pages/?id=95

Alcohol and Your Health

Posted on March 18, 2013 by pgh

Alcohol and Your Health

Alcohol or ethyl alcohol is the intoxicating ingredient that you will find in wine, beer and hard liquor. Alcohol is made naturally from carbohydrates when certain micro-organisms metabolize them in the absence of oxygen. This process of making alcohol is called fermentation.

When alcohol is consumed it is metabolized fairly quickly. Unlike the food you eat that takes time to digest, alcohol does not have to be digested and can be quickly absorbed. About 20% of alcohol is absorbed directly through the walls of the stomach and can reach the brain within one minute. About 10% of alcohol is let out through breath and urine. After the stomach absorbs the alcohol it then moves onto the small intestine and travels to the liver. The liver cells are the only cells in your body that can produce enough of the enzymes needed to oxidize alcohol at a decent rate. Alcohol affects every organ in the body but its biggest impact is on the liver. The liver is able to metabolize about ½ ounce of alcohol an hour. If more alcohol arrives than the liver can handle then the alcohol travels to all parts of the body until the liver is able to process it.

Because of the fact that alcohol affects the liver and every other organ, and cell in your body it can cause a multitude of issues with your health.

For instance it can cause health effects such as:

Arthritis – alcohol affects your health but increasing the risk of gouty arthritis
Cancer – alcohol affects your health by increasing the risks of cancer in the liver, pancreas, rectum, breast, mouth, pharynx, larynx and esophagus.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a huge effect of alcohol and your health if you are pregnant. FAS can lead to physical and behavioral problems in the fetus.
Heart disease – Alcohol affects your health by raising your blood pressure, blood lipids, and your risk of stroke.
Hyperglycemia -Raises blood glucose
Hypoglycemia – Alcohol affects your health by lowering blood glucose especially in those with diabetes
Kidney disease – Alcohol affects your health by enlarging the kidneys, can alter hormone functions and increase the risk of total kidney failure.
Liver disease – Alcohol affects your health by causing a fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis or scarring of the liver.
Malnutrition – Alcohol affects your health directly by increasing the risks of protein-energy malnutrition, low protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A, Vitamin C, thiamine, and vitamin B6.
Nervous Disorders – Alcohol can affect your health by causing neuropathy and dementia and it also impairs balance and memory.
Obesity – Alcohol affects your health by increasing the amount of energy you need.
Psychological – Alcohol affects your health by causing psychological problems such as depression, anxiety and insomnia.

The truth about alcohol and your health is that if it consumed in small amounts on varying occasions it is not really a health hazard but when copious amounts of alcohol are consumed, regularly, or when you get drunk than you are doing damage to your body. Alcohol affects all aspects of your health not just one part of it. Alcohol can affect your mental, emotional and physical well-being. So if you are going to drink do it consciously.

Sources: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alcohol/SC00024

Hangover Movie: Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle

Posted on March 15, 2013 by pgh

Hangover Movie: Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is a classic hangover movie that every college kid and stoner has seen. It is very much a remake on the very classic Cheech and Chong movies with its ridiculous antics, drug use, sex, and drinking.

Harold Lee and Kumar Patel play the parts of two stoners who end up getting the munchies and decide they want to go to White Castle. Harold is the more introverted awkward character and Kumar is the more outgoing and spontaneous one setting this hangover movie up for some interesting situations. Harold and Kumar’s journey to find a White Castle because of the relocation of the old one; turns into an entire movie.

Harold and Kumar set out to get White Castle and in the process of trying to get some delicious hamburgers to satisfy their munchies, Harold gets bitten by an animal and ends up in the hospital. After getting out of the hospital Harold and Kumar continue their hunt for White Castle and then the car breaks down. After their car breaks down they meet a nice man named Randy who takes them with him to his house to fix their car. At Randy’s house, Randy offers to let Harold and Kumar sleep with his beautiful wife Liane. After this debacle, Harold and Kumar end up picking up a hitch-hiker, who when they stop at a gas station steals their car. So now Harold and Kumar are walking and end up jay walking. After jay walking they get stopped by a police officer who just likes to pick on minorities and ends up arresting Harold and holding him in a cell. Harold and Kumar escape and both run to hid in the bush and come face to face with a cheetah. And the antics go on and on.

Eventually Harold and Kumar find themselves at a raging party that they stop by for a minute and they also in the end make it to White Castle after being up all night losing their car, walking, hitting a party and going through everything they have to get it. While at White Castle the hitchhiker returns the car. And while Harold and Kumar are eating the White Castle it is an epic moment for them because what was supposed to be a quick trip to White Castle had turned into an all-night debacle of sex, drugs, music, and drinking. The classic hangover movie: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.

How to stay safe during Spring break

Posted on March 14, 2013 by pgh

How to stay safe during Spring break

Spring break is that once a year party where hundreds of college students migrate to cities and beaches across the world looking for a good time. No matter what continent it is on or what city you go to, there are going to be great parties, great people, and great times waiting. That is what spring break is all about. Most people are packing their bags and checking their itineraries, double checking reservations and buying swimsuits but there are a few other things you might not want to forget. Here is a list of ways that you can stay safe during spring break, because while it is about having fun, things can happen.

Where you are and who you are – Your contact information is valuable. Let as many people as you can know where you are going, who you are going with, for how long you are going etc. This means letting your parents, relatives and even friends who can’t join in on the spring break festivities. This is extremely beneficial in the case of an emergency. Make sure you leave your flight information, hotel details, and other info for friends also on the trip.
Have a best friend – If you don’t already know it is best if you have a buddy on your spring break. Having someone, especially if you are in a large group, can make it easy to make sure you get from place to place and they can keep tabs on you when you are drinking. It works both ways too so you can keep an eye on them.
Never put your drink down -This may sound like a party anthem but it is actually true. Don’t ever leave your drink unattended. No matter what is going on around you don’t let your drink leave your sight or your hands. Too often bad things can happen with strangers if you leave your drink alone. So just hang onto your drink.
Don’t drink and drive -You can hold onto your drink just make sure you don’t drive afterwards. This is dangerous not only for you but whoever else is on the road and can lead to some serious legal repercussions. It would stink to get arrested on your spring break.
Wear a condom – Spring break if filled with young beautiful men and women. Spring break also includes lots of drinking so there is bound to be people having sex. This is fine, just make sure to always use protection. Random hook ups do happen but there shouldn’t be lifetime consequences for them.

And last but also very importantly in order to stay safe on spring break it is important that you always know where you are going. Whether this means keeping a map with you, saving locations in your phone, or paying the extra money for a cab. The worst possible thing you could do is decide to venture out at night and get lost. You may end up somewhere you don’t want and didn’t mean to be.

All in all spring break is a time to have fun and let loose. Let the party begin!

10 Ways You Can Use Alcohol That Doesn’t Involve Drinking It

Posted on March 12, 2013 by pgh

10 Ways You Can Use Alcohol That Don’t Involve Drinking It

Believe it or not alcohol doesn’t and isn’t only for drinking. There are many ways you can use alcohol that don’t involve drinking it. From cleaning to working in your garden, the alcohol you are so accustomed to drinking can actually be a useful tool for many things in your life aside from getting drunk.

Here are 10 ways you can use alcohol that don’t involve drinking it:

Vodka

Vodka is one of the most, if not the most, popular alcohols today. This is not only because of its ingredients but also because it is a less intense flavor, which makes it perfect for mixing with other juices and liquors. So what are some ways you can use alcohol that don’t involve drinking it?

Cleaning – Vodka has potent cleaning power of all kinds. If you spray your laundry with vodka as a freshener the alcohol kills odor-causing bacteria but it doesn’t leave a scent behind after it has dried. You could also use alcohol to polish glass and porcelain. Alcohol is great for getting rid of mold too, simply scrub the dirty area with a towel that is wet with vodka.
Poison Ivy – Vodka can help disinfect skin and reduce symptoms of poison ivy.
Flowers – Packaged flowers usually contain acid, sugar and a biocide that kills bacteria. If you add vodka and a spoonful of sugar to the water of your bouquets you can help with that.

Whiskey

Whiskey is made from fermented grain mash and is aged in wooden casks.

Decongestant – Whiskey has been used to help with colds and congestion for a long time. This is one of the ways to use alcohol while drinking it but not to get drunk. Alcohol is heated with honey, lemon and water to help with decongestion.
Toothaches – This is also an old remedy that uses alcohol. Whiskey dabbed on sore teeth can help with any toothache.
Biofuel– Alcohol can be used for fuel! Scientists developed a fuel-grade biofuel that uses the waste from distilling whiskey and it is more powerful than most biofuels.

Beer

Right after water and tea, beer is actually the most consumed beverage in the world.

Hair – The vitamin B and sugars within the alcohol in beer can help restore shine in hair. Warm, flat beer worked through hair after it has been shampooed works great. Rinse and then style as usual.
Soil -Putting a few tablespoons of beer over soil helps grass grow fuller and faster. Why? Because of the yeast in the beer.
Baths -This alcohol, beer, can actually soften your skin. Especially the darker beers with more malt.
Cooking – beer can help the flavor of any bland dish including anything fried, soups, and more!

There are so many ways to use alcohol that don’t involve drinking it that it makes you wonder why we don’t use it more often in our baths or in our gardens!?

Sobriety Apps

Posted on March 12, 2013 by pgh

Sobriety Apps

There are apps for everything these days, and sobriety is no exception. We’re living in an era where you can have your sober tools with you at any time. Perhaps you’re in a place where you can’t just pull out a big book. No matter, there’s an app for that! Maybe you have a few free minutes and want to center yourself with some spiritual literature. Now, you can do that right from your phone. Sobriety has never been so convenient.

1) 12 Steps AA Companion: $2.99

Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch; Android

This sobriety app allows you to access the big book at any time. It includes the first 164 pages of the Big Book and over 60 stories from the first and second editions. This is a great app to have for Big Book step meetings or impromptu meetings with your sponsor/sponsees. It also comes with a sobriety calculator that shows you how long you have been sober every time you open the app. If you can’t afford the $2.99, there are a couple of free versions (including Georgia Sobriety) but you won’t get the stories in the back, the sobriety calculator, and some of the other features.

2) Sponsor Support $0.99

Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch; Android

This sobriety app is designed so that you can get support anytime, anywhere. With a click of a button you can contact your sponsor via voice or email with a preprogramed message letting them know you need their assistance. It also has a success calendar to keep you focused and a daily journal. The sponsor support sobriety app also lets you keep your group and medical contacts organized and easy to reach.

3) Afternoon Affirmations: Free

Platforms: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

There are plenty of recovery sites that will send a morning reflection text or email every day. This sobriety app sends you a message every day at one pm. If you are one of those people that sometimes forgets or doesn’t have time for a morning meditation, this app is for you. The content is a mix of spiritual quotations and practical reminders designed to calm you when the afternoon gets hectic.

4) One Health Meeting Finder

Platforms: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

A comprehensive and easy to use sobriety app that lets you find recovery meetings in your area. You can use your current location or search by zip code, map the meeting, and meetings to your calendar. It allows you to find pretty much any 12 step meeting, including Over Eaters Anonymous and Sexual Compulsives Anonymous. It even lets you search by type (i.e. women/men only, big book study, open/closed)

5) AA Speakers to Go; $4.99

Platforms: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad; Android

Listening to past AA speakers can be a great way to meditate or to simply get some experience, strength and hope. And sometimes, we are just unable to make it to a meeting, even if we really need one. This sobriety app comes pre-loaded with over 400 speaker tapes.

Source:

http://www.thefix.com/content/12-apps-12-steps-holiday-survival-guide9472

Alcohol Addiction

Posted on March 11, 2013 by pgh

Alcohol Addiction

Alcohol Addiction: Definition

Alcohol addiction, or alcoholism, is a chronic, progressive disease that includes problems controlling your drinking, being preoccupied with alcohol, continuing to drink despite negative consequences, having to drink more to get the same effect or having withdrawal symptoms when you rapidly decrease or stop drinking.

It is possible to have a problem with alcohol, even when it has not progressed to the point of alcoholism. Problem drinking means you drink too much at times, causing repeated problems, but you are not completely dependent on drinking.

Alcohol Addiction: Facts

Alcohol addiction has little to do with what kind of alcohol you drink, how long you have been drinking, or even exactly how much you drink.

Vulnerability to alcoholism can be inherited, but doctors still do not know what causes alcohol addiction.

Alcohol addiction affects people from every type of background, but here are several characteristics that can increase the risk that a person will develop alcoholism. These are known in the scientific community as “risk factors.”

“Binge Drinking” defined as five or more drinks in a sitting for men and four for women, can increase chances of developing alcohol addiction.

Alcohol addiction is a disease, which is why most alcoholics can’t stop using “willpower”

Alcohol addiction: Signs of a problem

There are some simple signs to understanding addiction and determining if you are an alcoholic:

Does your drinking cause problems in your life?
These can be legal, financial, moral, or spiritual.
Do you make promises to yourself or others about quitting or cutting down on drinking and then break them?
Do you lie about drinking or try to hide the amount you drink?
Do you avoid social situations that don’t involve alcohol?
Do you have a high tolerance for alcohol?
Do you ever use alcohol first thing in the morning to get rid of hangover symptoms or avoid the shakes?
Have you ever “blacked out” or forgotten things you did while you were drunk?

Alcohol Addiction: Intervention

Sometimes when an alcoholic’s problems reach a crisis stage, the family must seek a professional intervention. An intervention comes down to confronting the alcoholic with how his or her drinking has affected the people around them. The alcoholics friends, families, and employers tell the alcoholic how his or her drinking has become a problem in their lives.

Interventions should be carefully planned and developed by a professional substance abuse counselor. If they are done haphazardly, they can be counterproductive. The goal of an intervention is to get the alcoholic to go into a treatment program.

Alcohol Addiction: Treatment

Alcoholism is a treatable disease and there are many programs available to help and support an alcoholic that has decided to get help. Thousands of facilities in the United States offer alcohol and drug rehabilitation and treatment services, ranging from short-term residential or in-patient hospitalization to long-term, outpatient counseling and therapy. The goal of these facilities is to help the alcoholic learn how to remain sober and resist the urge to drink.

Sources: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alcoholism/DS00340

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52888&page=2

Hangover Movie: Wedding Crashers

Posted on March 11, 2013 by pgh

Hangover Movie: Wedding Crashers

“Wedding Crashers” is a 2005 movie starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. This comedy dream team worked together previously in “Starsky & Hutch” and “Zoolander”, but “Wedding Crashers” is by far their best team effort.

In this comedy, John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are divorce mediators in Washington D.C. Naturally, this line of work sours them as to the sanctity of marriage, and these two motor-mouthed conned men spend their free time crashing wedding parties and trying to pick up unaccompanied women. The two work from a set of rules established by a past crasher, Chazz Reinhold (Will Farrell).

In the first half an hour of “Wedding Crashers,” Jeremy and John crash a sequence of weddings and become the hit of every reception. They then begin gearing up for the social event of the year- the wedding for the daughter of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, William Cleary (Christopher Walken). Once inside, the two set their sights on Cleary’s other daughters, Gloria (Isla Fischer) and Claire (Rachel McAdams.) Jeremy ends up sleeping with Gloria on a nearby beach during the reception. Gloria quickly becomes obsessed with Jeremy and claims to have been a virgin until the encounter. Jeremy tries to get John to bail on the reception, but John is busy trying to woo Clair.

John, wanting to spend more time with Claire, convinces Jeremy to accept the family’s invitation to an extended weekend at their family compound. Jeremy agrees reluctantly, not wanting to spend any more time with Gloria. A serious of entertaining event occur at the compound: Jeremy gets hurt during a football game and Gloria tends to him while trying to have sex with him at the same time. John spikes Claire’s fiancé’s drink with eye drops and he gets sick for the rest of the night, allowing him to spend more time with her. Claire’s mother, Kathleen (Jane Seymour) makes John feel her surgically enhanced breasts.

John and Jeremy’s ruse is eventually discovered by Claire’s fiancé, and they are kicked out of the compound. Jeremy continues to see Gloria secretly and when John finds out, it causes a rift between them. Thoroughly depressed, John begins to crash weddings by himself, often crying or destroying things at the reception and being kicked out. Eventually, he even joins Chazz in crashing a funeral.

“Wedding Crashers” is pretty much a double romantic comedy, plus a “bromance” movie. The first third of the film, where Jeremy and John are crashing weddings, is the most entertaining. They use corny pickup lines and their always the life of the party. “Wedding Crashers” slows a bit when it settles into their serious romantic conflicts. Despite the romances between Jeremy and Gloria and John and Claire, the movie creates a stronger chemistry between the two best buddies than between the buddies and their girlfriends. However, Wilson and Vaughn complement each other nicely, and the cameo by Will Farrell is extremely entertaining. All in all, this is definitely a comedy worth watching.