Teresa was a thirty-eight-year-old graphic designer who realized that she had a drinking problem. For instance, within the past five months she has felt the need to have several drinks before going to work, four months ago she tested positive for a hair alcohol test at her place of employment, six weeks ago she got [...]
Jennifer is a forty-one-year-old paralegal who has been drinking in an irresponsible and abusive manner since her boyfriend and she broke up. In actual fact, for the past eight months she has been drinking just about one-and-a-half bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking a number bottles of [...]
For more than a few years alcoholism research has revealed the fact that there is strong association between alcohol dependency and life-threatening health conditions.
As an illustration, in 2005, medical investigation and alcohol abuse and alcoholism statistics showed that alcohol abuse and alcoholism cost the United States an estimated $220 billion on an annual basis. It [...]
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When I was a sophomore in high school, I enrolled into a drug abuse class. At that time, I did not comprehend that alcohol abuse in point of fact was a sub division 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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Jeffrey was a high school freshman who typically seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a risk taking personality and usually wanted to do what his older brothers were doing. The underlying drawback with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were consequently able from [...]
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It is interesting to articulate something that family members who have been negatively affected by the alcohol dependency of another family member obviously do not understand. It appears that by protecting the alcohol dependent person with untruths and deceit to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have in actual fact created a situation [...]
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How do you recognize that you have a problem with your drinking? When is it obvious that you are involving yourself in alcohol abuse?
If you have unsuccessfully made an effort to discontinue your drinking or if you promised yourself that your drinking days are over and then you realized that you were drinking in an [...]
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