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Alcoholism-- What Should I Know About It?

By Geoff Hugh, Thu Dec 8th

What is alcoholism? Alcoholism is a disease that affects the part of the brain thatcontrols your feelings, the way you make decisions, and the wayyou act. People with alcoholism cannot
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How To Break The Shackles Of Alcoholism With Alcohol

By Paul Johnson, Thu Dec 8th

Alcohol rehabilitation means bringing back people from theinfluence of alcoholism or "alcohol dependence." You will besaid to be in a condition of alcoholism, if you display any ormore of the
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Alcoholism Marriage: Dealing With Shocking Alcoholism Marriage Issues

By JimC

If you have found yourself dealing with alcoholism marriage issues and problems, you may be wondering where you can turn to for help, guidance and assistance. You may be married
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Alcoholism Symptoms: 6 Common Signs Exposed!

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Alcoholism refers to the constant use of alcohol. Alcoholism is a disease which grows gradually and leaves serious effects on the mind and body. The effects of alcoholism
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A Simple Step You Can Take To Quit Alcohol

By Ras Reed

If you or a loved one have not had success during earlier attempt to terminate drinking alcohol, here is a simple step you can take to quit alcoholism. Many people go into drinking several bottles of
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Alcoholism Facts - Facts Of Alcoholism You Should Know

By David Buster -

Alcoholism facts can help one better understand the extent of alcoholism and alcoholism warning signs. One of the alcoholism facts is that alcoholism is a type of drug addiction that can be both
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Is Alcohol Hurting Your Life?
Is your life or the life of someone you love being torn apart as a result of alcohol abuse? Alcohols effects can be devastating to both the person suffering the problem as well as friends and family.
 

Alcohols cost to us as a society is difficult to measure, sure there are the direct costs, loss of productivity and accidents caused while under it influence. Though the most insidious price is the loss of opportunity that it creates, and the damaging effect it has on human lives.
 

The extent of alcoholism and addiction in the world is horrific. Substance abuse is one of the major health problems we face today. Over a lifetime, 27% of the population will suffer from a substance abuse disorder, 25% of Americans will die of some form of substance abuse. Over 90% of alcoholics die of their disease, approximately 26 years earlier than their normal life expectancy. 

More than 40% of those who start drinking at age 14 (or younger) are likely to become alcoholics. In 1998 alone, the cost of alcohol abuse was over 185 billion dollars. Many years of alcohol and drug use studies find that 80% of high school seniors have tried alcohol and 32% have gotten drunk in the last thirty days 

Heart Disease, Cancer & Stroke

Heavy drinking contributes to illnesses in each of the top three causes of death: heart disease, cancer and stroke.
Yet, even now in many sections of our community alcoholism and substance abuse are still frowned upon. People suffering from these terrible afflictions are seen as failures, someone of dubious character. Truth is most of these people are no different from you or me. 

Alcohol is an Insidious Drug 
It can can lure you in little by little. Its effects help us feel better, often happier more confident while all the while a dependence can start to take hold.


There is no alcoholic born who did not at some stage think that they could control their drinking habit
. “I can stop any time I want to”, it is just that time never seems to arrive. “I will quit tomorrow”... 


It is only when the human cost starts to mount up, and the realisation (for some) starts to set in that this drinking problem is now in control of their lives and hurting them an those people they love around them. 


Light at the End of thr Tunnel

Classical alcoholism takes about 15 years to develop, but it can happen much quicker in adolescents and young adults. With all of this bad news though there is light at the end of the tunnel, we have strong evidence that treatment of alcoholism does work.

We have to remember there problem of alcoholism is a physical one, not so much different from any of us who may suffer from multiple sclerosis or diabetes. It can be controlled and its damage can be reversed. 
For every dollar spent on alcohol and drug recovery programs, the economy saves seven dollars in health care and other related costs to society. Most patients who work with the recovery programs stay clean and stay sober.
Contained in this Awareness Guide there are a multitude of articles and reports written especially to give you the latest information available.

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