Next to tobacco, alcohol is in the list of psychoactive substances that cause harm to health. Abuse of alcohol also leads to legal, economic, and social problems. A study confirmed that the total cost of substance abuse in Canada (including death, illness, and economic cost) amounted to $39.8 billion dollars in 2002. Alcohol abuse accounts … Read more…
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5 Methods to identify & avoid alcohol abuse
The best way to treat alcohol abuse is to eliminate drinking alcohol completely. For some people, however, sticking to their alcohol limits or cutting down on their drinking may seem more like a possibility. This could be an initial step to full recovery, so here are some tips on how to cut down on drinking. … Read more…
Alcohol Abuse Versus Alcohol Dependency: What’s The Difference?
Alcohol abuse is the misuse or improper use of alcohol and alcohol-containing drinks, which could lead to temporary impairment of physical and psychological bodily functions. Key Differences Alcohol abuse is differentiated from alcohol dependency (alcoholism) in such a way that alcoholism includes a strong craving for alcoholic drinks. Alcohol abuse is usually caused by social … Read more…
Long-term Recovery from Alcohol Addiction
Full recovery is threatened by what they call a “relapse.” Even if alcoholics have stopped drinking for months or years, there are instances in life that can pull them back to their old ways. Receiving a bad news is one. With the loss of a loved or a job, it may be hard to resist … Read more…
Alcohol Recovery Solutions: 3 Ways To Succeed
Although alcohol recovery doesn’t come so easy, it doesn’t mean that alcoholism is a hopeless case. To ensure success for full recovery, motivation and persistence are extremely important. Alcohol treatment can only be successful when patients, themselves start admitting that, indeed, they have a problem. With the help of family and friends, alcoholics have to … Read more…
The AA’s 12-Step Alcohol Recovery Process
This 12 step recovery program for alcohol obsession was first published as a book, the “Alcoholics Anonymous” in 1939. AA embraced and turned this program into their “bible,” to make it feasible for addicted individuals to get rid of their drinking habits, and in the process, and enjoy an alcohol-free lifestyle. Even the Narcotics Anonymous … Read more…
Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery: What You Haven’t Considered
Recognizing when to seek help from a professional drug or alcohol abuse center could be difficult. A lot of times, the family members would see the signs of addiction even if the addicted individual doesn’t or refuses to recognize them. The kind of alcohol or drug abuse treatment one would get would all depend on … Read more…
The Role Of Nutrition in Alcohol Recovery
Almost all alcohol-addicted individuals have somehow damaged their health. Due to their addiction, they might have deprived themselves of proper food and nutrition. To understand this further, it should be noted that only fat has more calories/gram than alcohol. As such, when one drinks alcohol, a person feels like he or she has just eaten, … Read more…
The Alcohol Recovery Project (ARP)
Based on official statistics gathered on 2003, alcohol-related deaths among the Britons with ages 15 to 44 years old have tripled in the past two decades. These alcohol-related deaths include deaths due to murders done by people under influence, accidents, and health problems. As such, it is a good thing that the Alcohol Recovery Project … Read more…
Some Facts about Religious Alcohol Recovery Programs
What makes Christian-based rehab or recovery programs similar to the other kinds of programs available to alcoholics? One is that the patient is assisted to get past his or her defense behavior and to have him or her acknowledge the addiction. When this has been done, the addicted individuals could then “surrender” their agony and … Read more…