Posts Tagged ‘alcohol treatment’
When Drinking Becomes a Problem that Needs Attention »
How do you know that you have a problem with your drinking? When is it evident that you are involving yourself in abusive drinking? If you have ineffectively tried to discontinue your drinking or if you sworn to yourself that your drinking days are gone and then you recognized that you were drinking in a hazardous manner just a few days later, the [...]
What I Learned About Alcohol and Drug Addiction in »
When I was in the tenth grade in high school, I took a substance abuse class. At that time period, I did not grasp the fact that alcohol abuse in reality was a sub division of drug abuse. While taking this class and learning more about drug and alcohol abuse and above all about alcohol side effects, I read a lot about Alcoholic Anonymous, their [...]
A Woman Exhibits Signs of Alcoholism and Depression »
Teresa was a thirty-year-old librarian who realized that she had some problems 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, two weeks ago she failed to pass a random blood alcohol test at work, six weeks ago she got stopped by the state highway patrol for [...]
An Unstable High School Student Manifests Numerous »
Dante was a eighteen year old high school senior who was displaying a number of alcohol-related problems at school. As a result, the principal informed him that he had to see Miss Johnson, the school counselor, before he would be allowed to return to school. Later that day when Dante went home after school, he had to explain his school discharge [...]
The Important Issues in An Effective Alcohol Abuse »
What are the critical elements in a productive alcohol intervention? Why do some alcohol abuse interventions succeed as anticipated while others bomb? The Necessity for a Distinguished Reputation of Intervention Achievement Scientific investigation makes evident the fact that a fruitful addiction intervention needs to be directed by an [...]
A Young Woman Tries With Everything in Her to Stop »
Jennifer is a twenty-eight-year-old quality improvement consultant who has been ingesting alcohol in a hazardous and abusive manner since she and her live-in boyfriend broke off their relationship. Indeed, for the past eight months she has been drinking just about two bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking [...]
A Young Female Tries Extremely Hard to Stop Drinking, »
Jennifer is a forty-year-old financial analyst who has been consuming alcohol in an irresponsible and excessive manner since she and her boyfriend broke up their relationship. Indeed, for the past eleven months she has been drinking very nearly one-and-a-half bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking several mixed [...]
Alcohol Relapse and When Helping the Alcoholic Becomes »
It is remarkable to point out something that family members who have been unfavorably affected by the alcoholism of another family member obviously do not grasp. It seems to be that by protecting the alcoholic with falsehoods and dishonesty to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have essentially created a circumstance [...]
A Young Lady Tries Very Hard to Quit Drinking, »
Jennifer is a forty-year-old data warehouse manager who has been drinking in an excessive manner since she and her live-in boyfriend decided to break off their relationship. In point of fact, for the past eleven 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 [...]
When Abusive Drinking Leads to Serious Health Problems »
For several years alcohol dependency research has demonstrated the fact that there is strong relationship between alcohol addiction and dangerous health conditions. For example, in 2005, scientific exploration and alcohol abuse and alcoholism statistics revealed that alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency cost the United States an estimated $220 [...]
