Alcohol Treatment

Jennifer is a forty-year-old administrative assistant who has been ingesting alcohol in an irresponsible and excessive manner since her fiancée and she decided to break up. In truth, for the past eleven months she has been drinking nearly a bottle of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking more than [...]

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Author on November 8th, 2009

How do you recognize that you have a drinking problem? When is it plain to see that you are engaging in alcohol abuse?
If you have hopelessly struggled to quit drinking or if you have given your word to yourself that your drinking days are behind you and then you realized that you were drinking in [...]

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Author on November 2nd, 2009

When I was a sophomore in high school, I enrolled into a drug abuse class. At that time period, I did not grasp the fact that alcohol abuse in reality was a sub classification of drug abuse. While taking this class and learning more about drug and alcohol abuse and above all about alcohol side [...]

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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 [...]

Continue reading about A Woman Manifest Signs of Alcoholism and Depression and Makes an Appointment to See Her Doctor About Her Drinking Issues

Jennifer is a forty-two-year-old sales assistant who has been ingesting alcohol in a hazardous and irresponsible manner since she and her live-in boyfriend severed their relationship. In fact, for the past eight months she has been drinking nearly two bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking several cans [...]

Continue reading about A Young Woman Tries Extremely Hard to Abstain From Drinking, Experiences Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms, Grasps the Fact That She is Addicted to Alcohol, and Makes Up Her Mind to Seek Alcohol Rehab

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 [...]

Continue reading about A Young Female Tries Unusually Hard to Quit Drinking, Suffers From Alcohol Withdrawals, Learns That She is an Alcohol Dependent Individual, and Makes Up Her Mind to Get Alcohol Treatment

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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Author on October 27th, 2009

How do you recognize that you have a drinking problem? When is it clear that you are involving yourself in irresponsible drinking?
If you have unproductively tried to quit drinking or if you have given your word to yourself that your drinking days are behind you and then you realized that you were drinking in a [...]

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When I was a sophomore in high school, I took a substance abuse class. At that time period, I did not understand that alcohol abuse actually was a sub category of drug abuse. While taking this class and learning more about drug and alcohol abuse and especially about alcohol side effects, I read a lot [...]

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Teresa was a thirty-four-year-old bookkeeper who knew that she had a problem with her drinking. As an illustration, within the past month she has felt the need to have more than a few drinks before going to work, six weeks ago she tested positive for a blood alcohol test at her place of employment, five [...]

Continue reading about A Woman Exhibits Signs of Depression and Alcohol Dependency and Makes an Appointment to See Her Healthcare Professional About Her Irresponsible Drinking