Alcoholism: Meds a Good ‘First Step’ for Treating Alcoholism – Chicago Tribune

Meds a good ‘first step’ for treating alcoholism – Chicago Tribune
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Meds a good 'first step' for treating alcoholism
Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two drugs commonly used to treat alcoholism may be appropriate for people in different stages of recovery, a new analysis confirms – likely because they work differently in the brain. The drugs, acamprosate (marketed as

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Bobby Brown’s DUI: Alcoholism is a disease like hypertension and diabetes – Examiner.com
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New York Daily News

Bobby Brown's DUI: Alcoholism is a disease like hypertension and diabetes
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Whitney Houston's ex Bobby Brown is in the news again for driving under the influence. He was arrested on Wednesday morning for suspicion of a DUI. Sadly, Bobby Brown is known as a bad boy with a history of alcohol and drug abuse. Read more
Bobby Brown's Family Thinks Jail Time Will Force Him To Get SoberPerezHilton.com
Bobby Brown May Return to Rehab After Charged With DUIAceShowbiz

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Winstead gets smashed for ‘Smashed’ – GoErie.com
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National Post

Winstead gets smashed for 'Smashed'
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As they prepared to shoot the film in Los Angeles in just 19 days on a budget for less than $ 1 million, Winstead took a monthlong crash course on alcoholism. Born in a non-drinking religious community in North Carolina, raised in Utah, where liquor
Cast gets SmashedThe Province
Movie review: 'Smashed' is a sobering look at alcohol abuseWaynesboro Record Herald
Review: Smashed turns a critical eye to alcoholism without the 12-step lecturingVancouver Sun
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Miss. bluesman getting long overdue grave marker – The Commercial Dispatch
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San Francisco Chronicle

Miss. bluesman getting long overdue grave marker
The Commercial Dispatch
Johnson was an influential blues singer and guitarist in the 1920s and '30s but was ravaged by alcoholism before dying in 1956. He sang in a falsetto, often yodeling. And he was known for playing the guitar behind his head. Singer Bonnie Raitt helped
Miss. bluesman Tommy Johnson getting headstone on his grave more than half Washington Post
Bluesman Tommy Johnson Is Finally Getting A HeadstoneKWTX

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