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Monday, February 18th, 2008What parents should know about drug addiction
Drug and substance abuse among children, especially teens, is substantial. According to the most recent statistics available, 1.1 million of our youth age 12 to 17 meet the diagnostic criteria for dependence on drugs and approximately 1 million of our American youth are being treated for alcohol dependency. Although […]
Alcohol Treatment
Monday, February 18th, 2008People become addicted to a wide variety of things – chocolate, caffeine and shopping, for instance. But when the addiction involves alcohol, alcohol treatment is needed because this substance is one of the most mind-altering. If treatment is delayed, it could lead to an escalation of the addiction to the point where the addict is […]
Alcohol Facts
Monday, February 18th, 2008Alcohol is fun, right? Sobering facts about the world’s most dangerous drug…
Studies show that those who begin drinking by age 15 are five times more likely to abuse or depend on alcohol as an adult, as opposed to those who begin drinking after age 20.
Overwhelmingly, the percentage of teens abstaining from alcohol is greater than […]
More Facts About Alcohol
Saturday, February 9th, 2008Alcohol is something that is interesting, because it can be both beneficial to you when used in moderation, and harmful to you when used in excess. Certain things in alcohol, especially in red wine, can be very good for your health, if you use it once in a while, and never to excess. In certain […]
How to Identify Alcohol Abuse
Saturday, February 9th, 2008Do you know that alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are two completely different conditions? One is an addiction, and one is not. One does not have a withdrawal syndrome, and the other does. One involves risky and irresponsible behavior while drinking, and the other involves a need to drink every day or binge-drink. Both are […]
The Physical Effects of Alcohol
Monday, February 4th, 2008What can this article tell you that you don’t already know about the physical effects of alcohol? It’s because of these immediate effects that you drink alcohol in the first place; that “loosening up” feeling, calming your anxiety or fear, mellowing you out, and feeling buzzed and a bit unreal. “Disinhibition” is a term that […]
Is the Social Use of Alcohol Alcoholism?
Monday, February 4th, 2008Everyone has concepts or behaviors that are called either “normal,” “right,” or “abnormal” and “wrong.” Like everything else, the definitions of these terms are in the eye of the beholder. This is particularly true when we talk about drinking alcohol and alcoholism. Some people believe that any use of alcohol at all is wrong. Some […]
What is so Addictive About Alcohol?
Monday, February 4th, 2008Millions of people take medications every day to control a physical or emotional problem. For example, you may take a daily pill for high blood pressure, or injections of insulin if you’re diabetic, or a pill to put your episode of depression into full remission. Why don’t be become physically and psychologically addicted to these […]
Alcohol Facts
Monday, January 28th, 2008What do you know, or think you know about alcohol? That you feel buzzed and a little goofy when you have one drink too many? That alcohol makes you talk too much and behave in ways not in your best interests? That you go to jail for DUI if you’re driving a car with a […]
How to Identify Alcohol Abuse
Monday, January 28th, 2008Do you know that alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are two completely different conditions? One is an addiction, and one is not. One does not have a withdrawal syndrome, and the other does. One involves risky and irresponsible behavior while drinking, and the other involves a need to drink every day or binge-drink. Both are […]
Alcohol Addiction Treatments
Monday, January 21st, 2008The person whose personal experience was the subject of a previous blog and his wife got to talking again about the situation. Naturally, the subject of alcohol addiction treatment came up.
It’s been six weeks since the former drinker has had anything alcoholic to drink. Yeah, he’s keeping track. Seems that during this six weeks, he […]
Alcohol Addiction Treatments
Sunday, January 6th, 2008Alcoholics Anonymous is the most widely known organization devoted to alcohol addiction treatment. When it was first founded, and for many years after, those who were addicted to something other than alcohol was NOT allowed into the program.
What makes AA so successful? Is it the one-on-one sponsoring that is available? Is it because it is […]
Alcohol Treatment
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Different drug addictions may require different methods of treatments. What works for cocaine recovery may not work as a method of alcohol addiction treatment. Group therapy is a common form of treatment for alcoholism. Programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous use this type of treatment to help people become “clean and sober”. It has a pretty […]
Recovering from Alcoholism
Saturday, December 8th, 2007Because alcohol can legally be bought and sold, as long as the laws governing the sale and purchase of it are followed, people tend to forget that alcohol is a drug, and it can be abused, just like any “street” drug or any prescription drug can be abused.
When alcohol abuse does occur, the person who […]
Alcoholism Treatment
Monday, November 26th, 2007People tend to forget that alcohol is a drug, just like any “street” drug. The only difference is that alcohol, with some restrictions, is legal. That still does not make it safe. Alcohol abuse can lead to addiction, just like drug abuse can. And, once a person is addicted, that can lead to problems […]
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