October 17th, 2009 by author
Heather is a forty-four-year-old woman who is the top administrator in the human resources department at a large copper fabricating company. In order to cut the costs correlated with employee alcohol abuse and alcoholism, poor employee work performance, excessive sick days, work related injuries, and increasing absenteeism, Heather and the other members of top management [...]
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October 6th, 2009 by author
Recent alcohol abuse statistics demonstrate the fact that alcohol abuse among adolescents is increasing in the United States. What are some of the reasons for this? Quite a few alcohol abuse authorities think that wine, beer, and liquor advertisements produced by the media are an essential reason for the increase in teen alcohol abuse. Other [...]
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October 4th, 2009 by author
Jeffrey was a high school freshman who frequently seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had an adventurous personality and commonly wanted to do what his older brothers were doing to have fun. The primary holdup with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were as [...]
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October 3rd, 2009 by author
Jeffrey was a high school ninth grader who regularly seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a daring personality and usually wanted to do what his older brothers were doing for fun. The main difficulty with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were thusly [...]
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October 3rd, 2009 by author
Jeffrey was a high school freshman who commonly seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a risk taking personality and frequently wanted to do what his older brothers were doing to have fun. The main difficulty with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were [...]
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October 2nd, 2009 by author
What are the important features in a fruitful alcohol intervention? Why do some addiction interventions succeed while quite a few bomb? The Need for a Proven History of Intervention Achievement Scientific examination makes evident the fact that a productive addiction intervention needs to be conducted by an intervention expert who has an established record of [...]
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October 1st, 2009 by author
Daniel had been engaging in fairly heavy drinking behavior since her junior year in college. Now, eight years later, she drank more than ever. One Tuesday night when she was feeling a bit nauseous, Daniel made up her mind to stay home, relax, and watch television. While hunting for something to watch that would grab [...]
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September 30th, 2009 by author
For a number of years alcoholism exploration has demonstrated the fact that there is strong correlation between alcohol dependency and critical health conditions. For instance, in 2005, scientific investigation and alcohol abuse and alcoholism statistics revealed that alcohol abuse and alcoholism cost the United States an estimated $220 billion on an annual basis. It can [...]
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September 27th, 2009 by author
Denny is a nineteen-year-old youth who has finally determined that he needs to go and see his family doctor about his drinking problems. At first, Denny thought he would be able to simply go online, look for some basic alcohol info and determine whether or not he was an alcoholic. Not unexpectedly, he located a [...]
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September 26th, 2009 by author
When I was a sophomore in high school, I enrolled into a substance abuse class. At that time, I did not comprehend that alcohol abuse in point of fact was a sub classification of drug abuse. While taking this class and learning more about drug and alcohol abuse and especially about alcohol side effects, I [...]
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