When Drinking Becomes a Problem That Requires Attention

How do you identify the fact that you have a drinking problem? When is it plain to see that you are involving yourself in alcohol abuse? If you have unproductively struggled to stop drinking or if you promised yourself that your drinking days are behind you and then you realized that you were drinking in [...]

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When Drinking Becomes a Problem That You Cannot Avoid

How do you identify the fact that you have a problem with your drinking? When is it obvious that you are engaging in abusive drinking? If you have unproductively attempted to stop drinking or if you have given your word to yourself that your drinking days are gone and then you realized that you were [...]

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Alcohol Relapse and When Helping the Alcoholic Becomes Hazardous

It is remarkable to mention something that family members who have been unfavorably affected by the alcoholism of another family member plainly do not understand. It seems to be that by shielding the alcoholic with falsehoods and deceit to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have actually created a circumstance that makes it [...]

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What I Learned About Drug and Alcohol Addiction in High School

When I was in the tenth grade in high school, I enrolled into a drug abuse class. At that age, I did not realize that alcohol abuse actually was a sub classification of drug abuse. While taking this class and learning more about drug and alcohol abuse, I read a lot about Alcoholic Anonymous, their [...]

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Alcohol Addiction, Alcohol Relapse, and Enabling

It is interesting to articulate something that family members who have been harmfully affected by the alcoholism of another family member clearly do not grasp. It seems that by shielding the alcohol dependent individual with lies and deceit to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have basically created a situation that makes it [...]

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Do You Have A Drinking Problem?

How do you recognize that you have a problem with your drinking? When is it clear that you are involving yourself in excessive drinking? If you have unproductively struggled to stop drinking or if you promised yourself that your drinking days are finished and then you realized that you were drinking in a hazardous way [...]

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Alcohol Relapse, Enabling, and Alcohol Dependency

It is worthy of note to bring up something that family members who have been negatively affected by the alcoholism of another family member evidently do not realize. It seems to be that by shielding the alcohol dependent person with lies and deceit to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have in essence [...]

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Alcoholism, Alcohol Relapse, and Enabling

It is worthy of note to mention something that family members who have been harmfully affected by the alcoholism of another family member clearly do not grasp. It seems to be that by protecting the alcohol addicted individual with untruths and deceitfulness to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have in effect created [...]

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Enabling, Alcohol Relapse, and Alcohol Dependency

It is worthy of note to articulate something that family members who have been adversely affected by the alcoholism of another family member clearly do not comprehend. It appears that by protecting the alcoholic with falsehoods and dishonesty to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have basically created a condition that makes it [...]

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The Central Features in A Productive Alcohol Dependency Intervention

What are the significant factors in a fruitful alcohol intervention? Why do some addiction interventions happen as expected while many fail? The Necessity for a Time-Honored Record of Intervention Achievement Scientific investigation shows that a “winning” alcoholism intervention needs to be supervised by an intervention expert who has a well-known reputation of intervention achievement. In [...]

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