Alcoholism

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    About.com Alcoholism

  • Alcohol in the News

    7 Feb 2010 | 4:05 pm
    Pneumonia, Drugs Killed Brittany Murphy... Rip Torn Heading to Rehab After Arrest... Leif Garrett Faces Heroin Charge... Drugs, Alcohol Cited in Death of Jay Reatard... Canadian Police See New Teen Drug Trend... Woman Arrested on 30-Year-Old Drug Charge... More... Read more... Free Newsletter: Sign Up for Recovery News Join the Discussion: Alcoholism Forum Photo: Brittany Murphy - © Getty Images Alcohol in the News originally appeared on About.com Alcoholism on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 00:05:04.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?

    4 Feb 2010 | 4:05 pm
    Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those around them. The following self-assessment tests can help you determine whether or not it may be time to get help. Alcohol Abuse Screening Quiz Drug Abuse Screening Quiz Could You Be Depressed? Is Your Child Using Drugs or Alcohol? Is Your Child Huffing Inhalants? Questions for Families: Are You Troubled by Someone's Drinking? Are You Enabling an Alcoholic or Addict? Did You Grow Up With a Problem Drinker? Domestic Abuse Screening…

  • Heavy Drinking Affects Thinking in Senior Women

    3 Feb 2010 | 4:01 pm
    If you are 60 years old or older and drink more than the recommended guidelines for moderate alcohol consumption, you could run the risk of losing memory and other cognitive functions, especially if you are a female. A new study has found that cognitive function declines more rapidly for heavy drinkers even compared with light-to-moderate drinkers. For women, heavy drinking is four drinks or more during a day or more than seven drinks a week. For men, five or more drinks during any one drinking session, or more than 14 drinks a week, is considered heavy. Read more...Heavy Drinking Affects…

  • Where Do Teens Get Prescription Drugs?

    2 Feb 2010 | 4:01 pm
    Use of prescription drugs among teenagers is a growing problem and one of the myths surrounding the phenomenon is that they are getting those drugs from street dealers or from the Internet. The truth, unfortunately, is much closer to home. Read more... Related Information: Is Your Teenager Using Drugs or Alcohol? Teen Drinking - Not Just a Phase How to Talk to Kids about Alcohol Photo: Clipart.comWhere Do Teens Get Prescription Drugs? originally appeared on About.com Alcoholism on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 00:01:38.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • Books About Cocaine and Cocaine Addiction

    1 Feb 2010 | 4:07 pm
    Cocaine is a highly addictive central nervous system stimulant which affects the brain's processing of dopamine. These books trace the political and cultural history of cocaine, the devastating effects it has had on the lives of those who abuse it and explore the most effective treatment and relapse prevention strategies. Read more... Related Information: Classic Recovery Books More Books About Recovery Movies About Recovery Photo: Clipart.comBooks About Cocaine and Cocaine Addiction originally appeared on About.com Alcoholism on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 00:07:05.Permalink | Comment |…
 
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    ScienceDaily.com

  • Financial hardship contributes to diagnosis anxiety

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Women with medium or low levels of income are more susceptible to anxiety and depression after ductal carcinoma in situ diagnosis.

  • Brain dopamine receptor density correlates with social status

    7 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm
    People have typically viewed the benefits that accrue with social status primarily from the perspective of external rewards. A new study suggests that there are internal rewards as well. Researchers found that increased social status and increased social support correlated with the density of dopamine D2/D3 receptors in the striatum, a region of the brain that plays a central role in reward and motivation, where dopamine plays a critical role in both of these behavioral processes.

  • Early abuse tied to more depression in children

    7 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am
    A study of 500 low-income children ages 7 to 13, about half of whom had been abused and/or neglected, aimed to find out whether abuse early in life and feelings of depression affected cortisol ("stress hormone") levels. Study results suggest that there are different subtypes of depression, with atypical cortisol regulation occurring among children who were abused before age 5.

  • New compound could become important new antidepressant

    7 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am
    Chemists have discovered and synthesized a new compound that in laboratory and animal tests appears to be similar to, but may have advantages over one of the most important antidepressant medications in the world.

  • Moms' depression in pregnancy tied to antisocial behavior in teens

    6 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm
    Researchers studying 120 British youth from inner-city areas found that mothers who became depressed when pregnant were four times as likely to have children who were violent at 16. This was true for both boys and girls. The mothers' depression, in turn, was predicted by their own aggressive and disruptive behavior as teens.
 
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    Medicinenet.com: Alcoholism

  • Stress Hormone Could Be Key to Alcoholism

    28 Jan 2010 | 11:00 pm
    Title: Stress Hormone Could Be Key to AlcoholismCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/28/2010 12:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 1/29/2010

  • Liver Disease

    28 Jan 2010 | 11:00 pm
    Title: Liver DiseaseCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 1/14/2010 2:49:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 1/29/2010

  • Alcohol Affects Baby's Pain Regulation

    27 Jan 2010 | 11:00 pm
    Title: Alcohol Affects Baby's Pain RegulationCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/27/2010 4:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 1/28/2010

  • Too Much Alcohol Impairs Seniors' Thinking

    27 Jan 2010 | 11:00 pm
    Title: Too Much Alcohol Impairs Seniors' ThinkingCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/27/2010 4:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 1/28/2010

  • The Truth About Urine

    18 Jan 2010 | 11:00 pm
    Title: The Truth About UrineCategory: Health FactsCreated: 1/25/2010 11:17:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/19/2010 11:17:34 AM
 
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    Oxford Journals: Alcoholism

  • Biomarkers for Detecting Thiamine Deficiency--Improving Confidence and Taking a Comprehensive History are also Important

    Thomson, A. D., Marshall, E. J., Guerrini, I.
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:43 am

  • Alcohol Intake and Systemic Markers of Inflammation--Shape of the Association According to Sex and Body Mass Index

    Oliveira, A., Rodriguez-Artalejo, F., Lopes, C.
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:43 am
    Aims: To assess the association of alcohol intake with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), uric acid and leukocyte count in blood, and whether sex and body mass index (BMI) modify these associations. Methods: Individuals aged ≥18 years were randomly selected from the population of Porto, Portugal (70% of participation). A total of 840 women and 490 men with reliable information on inflammatory markers and alcohol intake, obtained from a validated food frequency questionnaire, were studied. Associations and their respective trends were estimated from generalized linear models,…

  • Prevalence and Determinants of Binge Drinking in Middle Age in a Transitional Post-communist Country: A Population-based Study in Tirana, Albania

    Burazeri, G., Kark, J. D.
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:43 am
    Aims To assess the prevalence and determinants of binge drinking in the middle-age population of transitional post-communist Albania, for which data were previously unavailable. Methods: A population-based sample aged 35–74 years, interviewed and examined in Tirana in 2003–2006, included 450 men and 235 women for whom data on alcohol intake were collected (65.5% response). Multivariable-adjusted logistic regression was used to assess the association of drinking patterns with sociodemographic, socioeconomic and psychosocial characteristics and coronary risk factors. Results:…

  • Methanol Levels in Saliva--A Non-Invasive Parameter That May Be Useful in Detection of Alcohol Intoxication

    Heberlein, A., Lenz, B., Degner, D., Kornhuber, J., Hillemacher, T., Bleich, S.
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:43 am
    Non-invasive screening parameters proving alcohol intoxication are necessary especially in forensic contexts. Results obtained by common measurement methods like the ethanol breath analyzer may be falsified by several parameters like hypoventilation. Therefore, we undertook a pilot study investigating the usefulness and applicability of methanol levels measured in saliva. Our results show that methanol levels in saliva are closely linked to ethanol levels in saliva (r = 0.971, P < 0.0001, t = 5.622, P = 0.000) as well as to ethanol levels in serum (r = 0.786, P = 0.001, t = –1.106, P…

  • In Alcohol-Dependent Drinkers, What Does the Presence of Nicotine Dependence Tell Us About Psychiatric and Addictive Disorders Comorbidity?

    Le Strat, Y., Ramoz, N., Gorwood, P.
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:43 am
    Aim: To examine the pattern of psychiatric comorbidity associated with nicotine dependence among alcohol-dependent respondents in the general population. Methods: Drawn from a US national survey of 43,000 adults The (National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions) who took part in a face-to-face interview, data were examined on the 4782 subjects with lifetime alcohol dependence, and comparisons were made between those with and those without nicotine dependence. Results: Nicotine dependence was reported by 48% of the alcohol-dependent respondents. They reported higher lifetime…
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    Online Counselling

  • Self criticism causes depression

    We all make mistakes from time to time, it’s inevitable. But how you react to them can make a big difference to your self esteem. What do you tend to say to yourself when you make a mistake? If... [ This is a summary only. Click the title link to see the full article on the site. ]

  • Alcohol makes your heart healthier

    As if you needed another excuse to have a drink. Now researchers in Spain have conducted a study of 40 000 people and found that those who drank alcohol regularly tended to have a lower risk of a... [ This is a summary only. Click the title link to see the full article on the site. ]

  • Childhood experiences of adults with alcohol and/or sexual, gambling, or drug difficulties.

    A Research Study, posted on behalf of the University of Essex. · How does somebody develop an addiction? · Are there childhood experiences that make it more likely that someone will develop such... [ This is a summary only. Click the title link to see the full article on the site. ]

  • Online Psychological Therapy Proven Effective

    A recent research study published in the Lancet has demonstrated the effectiveness of online psychological counselling for mental health problems. The study followed a group receiving therapy over... [ This is a summary only. Click the title link to see the full article on the site. ]

  • Effects of Alcohol on Sleep

    Many of you will say that you need a drink in order to sleep, that alcohol actually helps you sleep better. While it may be true that drinking will get you off to sleep quicker, unfortunately the... [ This is a summary only. Click the title link to see the full article on the site. ]
 
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    WordPress Tag: Alcohol Abuse

  • Q&A -- How long does alcohol detox last, and what can I do to relieve the symptoms?

    Bill
    7 Feb 2010 | 12:43 pm
    Alcohol withdrawal without medical help can, and frequently does, result in some or all of the follo

  • You can stick your Super Bowl up your ...

    Makeover Mia
    7 Feb 2010 | 1:08 am
    Yes, you’ve just been dumped by… well just about everyone. The year started about a month ago but you’re still stuck in December 2009 hoping the next year will work out for you. But so far it’s already well in February and you’re not particularly a shinning young promising woman are you? You’ve lost your job, or you’re almost there. You’ve lost your boyfriend or you’re almost there. You’ve got no direction in life. School sucks, and either you’re up to your neck in debt for school tuition or your parents are, but either way…

  • Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

    buzzkillz
    5 Feb 2010 | 1:42 pm
    Clif DeRoss The staff of the Buzz on the Buzz realizes that it is impossible to stop college students and other young adults from drinking alcohol, so we have decided to promote responsible drinking among them. A part of our mission is to inform the youth of the dangers of alcohol abuse. One of the biggest dangers involved with alcohol abuse is that continued abuse can result in alcohol dependency. A person who has an alcohol dependency cannot control the amount and frequency of his or her alcohol consumption, and as time progresses both the amount and frequency increases. An alcoholic will…

  • For Scots, a Scourge Unleashed by a Bottle

    Bill
    5 Feb 2010 | 10:19 am
    Coatbridge Journal – For Scots, a Scourge Unleashed by a Bottle – NYTimes.com Perhaps it

  • Sexual Abuse in Childhood

    Michael Melville
    4 Feb 2010 | 1:31 pm
    My friend and colleague, the River Jaguar, asked me why I don’t write about my experience of feeling abandoned by my family, about being sexually molested by my parents as a child, and how it has affected me and my relationships with others, especially my wife and children. She believes that feeling into the pain and sitting with it can be healing. I agree. And I have written about my experiences in my ebook Riding Coyote’s Tail at http://ridingcoyote.blogspot.com/, but they are woven into the tapestry of story. My son, the Puma, advised me to publish each story separately, so…
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  • I've got a terrible track record

    Me
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:55 pm
    When it comes to choosing men. Boyfriends Twice my age, never faithful for more than 30 seconds at a time. Brother of first boyfriend. Insisted that he loved me, followed me everywhere declaring his undying love. Actually, boyfriend number 2 cannot just be resigned to a list. The relationship was one of those “on and off” things at first. Every time I summoned up the courage to dump him, he would follow me everywhere. Standing outside nightclubs, my friends’ houses and on one occasion, a wedding, he would call me names, tell everyone how much of a slut I was and at the end…

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    holly
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:46 am
    On Saturday evening, I began reading Mary Karr’s third memoir, Lit, a story of her own alcohol addiction and the recovery process. While reading, I was enjoying a chilled glass of Sauvignon Blanc, the hilarity of this not lost on me. Fifty pages and three glasses of wine later, the words rearranged themselves within sentences, and I abandonned the book for reality  TV programming. Even as I lost myself in a marathon of “America’s Next Top Model,” like three cycles ago, I couldn’t help but relate Karr’s binges and hangovers with my own. I never thought I…

  • Drug Rehab Treatment in Tennessee - Nashville Treatment Center - RECOVERY RANCH - Nunnelly, TN -

    sobernexus1
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:42 am
    Drug Rehab Treatment in Tennessee – Nashville Treatment Center – RECOVERY RANCH – Nunnelly, TN - Substance Abuse Drug Rehab Treatment Center, Alcoholism, Eating Disorders, Gambling Addictions, Dual Diagnosis/Mental health, Intervention, Detox, Therapy, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Bipolar Disorde, Co-occurring Disorders, Toltec Wisdom, 12 Step, etc. Details Photo Gallery View Rooms 37137-Nunnelly (Hickman County) Tennessee Drug Rehab Treatment Center “THE RECOVERY RANCH” Nashville Tennessee TN, Memphis, Knoxville, Clarksville The Recovery Ranch on Sober Nexus The…

  • Wishful Thinking

    sobrietyupsidedown
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:58 am
    “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained” ~ CS Lewis I’m at work. Alone. It’s me and a few students holding down the empty fort. I didn’t have to come in today. I could have ‘telecommuted’ from my sofa. But I figured that face time is good given this new promotion and all. Only thing is. I’m here. Alone. In my corner office, with my face in the computer screen in the corner of that office. This morning I found myself snapping at my kids; nagging them to speed it up.

  • 30 days sobriety complete

    alcoholicstruggle
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:47 am
    Let me start off by saying that I picked up a 1.75 ltr bottle of vodka yesterday.  I didn’t plan on it, but I always get nervous when in a liquor store that someone will see me and I want to get in and out quick.  That being said, it was the economics again that got me. The price of the liter that I planned on buying was more than I expected and the price of the 1.75 less. I did some quick math and ran out with the 1.75.  I may only saved around 7 or 8 bucks over a 2 week period, but money is money. I did not regret it. I rationalized it by thinking that if I am going to stick with this…
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    The Discovering Alcoholic

  • Keeping Up with The Jones-ings

    The Discovering Alcoholic
    7 Feb 2010 | 5:27 pm
    Joanne Kimberlin of The Virginian-Pilot has written an in-depth piece on prescription medication abuse in the US with a focus on the state of Virginia. It begins with an assessment of current conditions by Cathy Pederson, a Norfolk undercover drug agent who explains addicts no longer fit the old stereotypes. More and more, she finds herself busting business executives, lawyers, teachers, gray-haired grandmothers, teenage girls – all caught in the grip of a blossoming addiction to opiates like OxyContin, Vicodin and Percocet. Pederson has noticed another common thread: “They didn’t meet…

  • Early Sobriety Can Be Tough, But It Is the Easier Path

    The Discovering Alcoholic
    6 Feb 2010 | 5:49 pm
    A recent article in the Boston Globe, Easy=True, describes a hot topic in psychology circles called “cognitive fluency” that I feel also makes a great recovery tool. Cognitive fluency is simply a measure of how easy it is to think about something, and it turns out that people prefer things that are easy to think about to those that are hard. In a nutshell, the brain interprets easy things in a positive manner. People will gravitate to things that rhyme, simple fonts, and logical ordering while avoiding complex, disorderly, or just unfamiliar things because they seem difficult regardless…

  • Top 5 AA Meeting Tips for Newcomers

    The Discovering Alcoholic
    5 Feb 2010 | 5:21 pm
    I have 15 years of uninterrupted sobriety and yet I still feel out of place sometimes when it comes to going to a new AA meeting. When I think about it though, it’s not the AA meeting itself that is unsettling but instead just the fact that I am sitting down with a complete group of strangers. Even a quilting bee could be unsettling if one feels out of place or as if everyone in the room but you know one another. Add discussing what can be a very personal and uncomfortable topic to the occasion and no wonder that a lot of people look to the web for advice about how to handle AA jitters. I…

  • TDA in Japan II: Fugu

    The Discovering Alcoholic
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:58 pm
    I’ve scheduled my trip to Japan for late February, so I’ve been doing some research and putting a few items on my trip agenda. Over the next few weeks I’ll share a few of my planned activities and stops, the first is to experience a fugu dinner. I’ll do this in Tokyo where I’ll have a few friends and colleagues from work to help me choose a reputable fugu establishment, and of course will skip the saki course. (In business and overseas travel I’ve figured out how to artfully turn down the “traditional” drink… I just say no thank you) The…

  • IF it’s time to ban all booze from clubhouses

    The Discovering Alcoholic
    3 Feb 2010 | 8:31 pm
    Jon Pul Morosi I’ve followed the problems Miguel Cabrera has had with alcohol and his subsequent efforts toward recovery, making snarky but informed comments about the first and applauding the latter. So has the very accomplished sports journalist Jon Paul Morosi has also chronicled Cabrera’s plight and is now strongly suggesting that alcohol no longer be made available in MLB clubhouses. A universal ban on alcohol in major league clubhouses is long overdue. Until every team removes beer from the working quarters of its employees, each day on the baseball schedule will include the most…
 
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    Recovery Crossroads

  • A.A.'s History Epochs and What They Tell Us Today

    dickb
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:53 pm
    A.A. History Epochs and What They Tell Us TodayDick B.© 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved A.A.'s Real History - a product of ongoing research and open-mindedness. The more the research, the more writers are able to divest themselves of the idea as to what AAs do and don't say, believe, practice, and pass along. The shibboleths of higher power, spiritual but not religious, salvation or something, nonsense gods that can be chairs, and all the other baggage that has emerged from lack of historical research may never be extracted from today's recovery language. But there's hope. A.A. had…

  • A.A.'s History Epochs and What They Tell Us Today

    dickb
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:05 pm
    A.A. History Epochs and What They Tell Us TodayDick B.© 2010 Anonymous. All rights reserved A.A.'s Real History - a product of ongoing research and open-mindedness. The more the research, the more writers are able to divest themselves of the idea as to what AAs do and don't say, believe, practice, and pass along. The shibboleths of higher power, spiritual but not religious, salvation or something, nonsense gods that can be chairs, and all the other baggage that has emerged from lack of historical research may never be extracted from today's recovery language. But there's hope. A.A. had…

  • Character Traits of an Excellent Man - Part 4

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    8 Feb 2010 | 6:14 am
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  • Dick B. on the recent talk on Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr., and A.A.

    dickb
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:21 pm
    Dick B.'s FYI Messages: A Talk on SAMUEL MOOR SHOEMAKER
 
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    The Sober Village

  • Marijuana Decriminalization Considered in R.I.

    Sober Bot
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:44 am
    A state Senate leader and the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) are pressing state lawmakers to decriminalize marijuana possession in Rhode Island. More...

  • Neb. Alcohol Industry Opposes Beer Tax to Fund Treatment

    Sober Bot
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:44 am
    A proposal to use beer-tax revenues to fund an alcohol detoxification program in the notorious town of Whiteclay, Neb., is being opposed by alcohol industry lobbyists. More...

  • Finding Balance

    Chy
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    An email share I'm passing on... The goal of recovery is balance - that precious middle ground. Many of us have gone from one extreme to another: years of taking care of everyone but ourselves, followed by a time of refusing to focus on anyone's needs but our own. We may have spent years refusing to identify, feel, and deal with our feelings, followed by a period of absolute obsession with every trace of emotional energy that passes through our body. We may succumb to powerlessness, helplessness, and victimization, then we swing to the other extreme by aggressively wielding power over those…

  • Tips & Tricks

    EskimoBluDay
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:07 am
    I've been sober since my surgery. No strong urges but no real stress or disasters either. They WILL come and with them the enemy that has outposts in my head. So what do I do? I'm setting traps for the enemy. Some premptive, some just sitting there waiting for it. They are based on the article "Why is it so damn hard to change?. How to Change Your Bad Habits - Oprah.com. First the preemptive. To change the dopamine pathways I've started a number of projects in my woodshop. I used to be a drummer so I'm building a conga like drum to play when I'm antsy. I've ordered some knife blanks that…

  • welcome arhiner

    Rocketman
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:40 am
    Hello & welcome to the village. :bye:
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    Alcohol Treatment Clinics

  • Types of Alcohol Treatment Programs

    What kinds of Alcohol Treatment are available?  Alcoholism is a terrible and sometimes deadly disease.  When seeking an alcohol treatment program choosing the right one can be a daunting task.  It is important to know what types of alcohol treatment are available.  Most alcohol treatment programs will offer a variety ...

  • Florida Rehabilitation:

    The time for alcohol intervention is now.  Landing on this website was no accident, and it may be the best thing that has ever happened to you.  Alcohol destroys everything it comes in contact with.  Florida Rehabilitation clinics are here to help you or your loved one overcome the devastating ...

  • Delaware alcohol rehabilitation centers:

    If you are reading this, chances are that you or a loved one is an alcoholic.  You feel lonely, misunderstood, alienated and confused.  The first thing you must realize is that there is hope.  There can be a happy future in store for you and your loved ones.  Delaware alcohol ...

  • California Alcohol Recovery Programs:

    The population of California is over 34 million.  Nearly 3 million of these individuals are alcoholics, and most of those are going without treatment.  Because that all important first step is so difficult for the alcoholic to make, often alcohol intervention is needed.  If you have a loved one with ...

  • Arkansas Rehabilitation Services:

    The affects of alcohol are devastating.  Alcoholism has been known to ruin friendships, destroy marriages, separate families and disrupt communities.  Arkansas is no different in it’s affliction by alcoholism.  Treatment clinics for alcohol in Arkansas work with the individual and families to carve out treatment programs that work. Since taking the ...
 
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