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Intervention for binge drinking

June 28, 2012 in alcohol rehab, alcoholism intervention, Drug Abuse

Land of Binge DrinkingBinge drinking has a reputation for being the wild cousin of alcohol abuse.  You blackout.  You neglect duties.  You stop working.  You drink nonstop.  You waste cash on expensive and cheap drinks alike.  It often plays out as a dramatic Hollywood movie in people’s heads.  While alcohol abuse intervention is important for kinds of alcoholics, it is even more so for those who do binge drinking.… Read the rest

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Alcohol Abuse in Women

June 6, 2012 in Alcoholism

Woman in Glass IllustrationMore and more research done by those in the medical and healthcare community show there are far greater dangers in drinking for women.  All females in every age bracket demonstrated in a recent study that brain damage is a high risk.  They might be subsuming the same amounts and types of alcohol and at in the same time periods, but the risk still remains. … Read the rest

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Fetal Alcohol Disorders

March 10, 2012 in drug rehab

Often named under the umbrella acronym FASDs, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders can happen when a woman drinks while pregnant.  Because doctor are unsure of how much alcohol can bring about the disorder, they recommend total sobriety while pregnant in order to be sure that their babies will be born healthy.

Even if a woman is considering pregnancy, she ought to abstain simply to err on the side of caution. … Read the rest

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Drug Abuse in Hollywood

February 18, 2012 in Drug Abuse

In a recent study, the medical community discovered some surprising results: about one out of every ten people in the United States has experienced some sort of detrimental problem associated with alcohol abuse.  In drug related problems, about one out of every thirty-five people in the United States and above the age of twelve has used some sort of illegal drug.… Read the rest

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African American cultural sensitivity in drug rehab study

August 25, 2009 in drug rehab

More and more the medical community is discovering that the reason some drug treatment facilities do not work for minorities originates in the lacking understanding of the specific culture minorities bring with them to the facility.  Some of the modules used in rehabilitation centers are foreign and more than improper suggestions of how to deal with addiction.  The various twelve-step programs that all at their core urge addicts to say they are powerless to their addiction and must submit to a greater being are actually more harmful than helpful, especially to those in the African American Community. … Read the rest

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