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Alcohol Abuse: Alcohol abuse: Don’t drink on 3 days a week to avoid liver disease
Current official guidance on healthy drinking limits is ‘extremely dangerous’ and must be rewritten – because it implies that drinking every day is fine, the Royal College of Physicians said.
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Alcohol Abuse: Pharmaceuticals outpace alcohol as drug of choice in Bay County
In 2010, for the first time ever, more Bay County residents sought treatment for prescription drug abuse than for alcohol addiction.
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Alcohol Abuse: ‘Avoid alcohol’ three days a week
A night of drinking should be followed by two or three alcohol-free days, according to new advice from doctors in the UK.
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Alcoholism: Morris E. Chafetz, authority on alcohol abuse, dies at 87; wife Marion D … – Washington Post

Morris E. Chafetz, authority on alcohol abuse, dies at 87; wife Marion D … Washington Post In 1971, Dr. Chafetz became the first director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, now a division of the National Institutes of Health. Ronald Reagan later nominated him to the Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving. …

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Alcoholism: Fresh Start Private – Investors

Fresh Start Private is uniquely poised to gain significant market share of the billion annual alcohol treatment market in the USA. More than seven percent of the population ages 18 years and older or 13.8 million Americans have problems with drinking, including 8.1 million people who suffer from alcoholism. And the costs financially are staggering. Alcohol dependence and abuse cost the US over 0 billion a year. For the sake of comparison, this was greater than the amount of money spent to combat cancer (6 billion) and obesity (3 billion).

Alcoholism And Drug Abuse: Preventing Suicide in the US Military: The Unheard Cry (1968)

DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, “to kill oneself”) is the act of a human being intentionally causing his or her own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair, or attributed to some underlying mental disorder which includes depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism and drug abuse. Pressures or misfortunes such as financial difficulties or troubles with interpersonal relationships may play a significant role. Over one million people die by suicide every year. The World Health Organization estimates that it is the thirteenth-leading cause of death worldwide and the National Safety Council rates it sixth in the United States. It is a leading cause of death among teenagers and adults under 35. The rate of suicide is higher in men than in women. There are an estimated 10 to 20 million non-fatal attempted suicides every year worldwide. Views on suicide have been influenced by broader cultural views on existential themes such as religion, honor, and the meaning of life. The Abrahamic religions consider suicide an offense towards God due to religious belief in the sanctity of life. In the West it was often regarded as a serious crime. Conversely, during the samurai era in Japan, seppuku was respected as a means of atonement for failure or as a form of protest. In the 20th century, suicide in the form of self-immolation has been used as a form of protest, and in the form of kamikaze and suicide bombing as a …
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Info On Alcohol Abuse: Ridgewood parents invited to meeting on teen binge drinking
"Parents are seeing increased incidents of alcohol use, and there was real energy within the committee to really address the problem and begin a dialogue with parents, so that we can lessen the danger involved with kids drinking," Brogan said. …
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Info On Alcohol Abuse: Sexcetera: Drinker avoids sober sex
Over the next three years, I slowly increased the amount of alcohol I drank to maintain the effect. When I hit eight shots a night, I realized this might be a problem and started cutting back. Over the next year, I reduced the number of shots to two, …
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Alcohol Abuse: CDC: Alcohol Abuse Costs U.S. 4 Billion a Year – NationalJournal.com
People who drink too much cost the U.S. economy $ 223.5 billion a year, and governments pay more than 60 percent of their health care costs, federal health experts reported on Monday. Alcohol abuse kills 79,000 people a year, the report from the …
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Alcohol Abuse: New Alcohol Program Tackles Chemical Dependency At Home – PRWeb
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA), 16 million people in the U.S. are dependent on, or abuse alcohol, while only one million seek help of any kind. The Last Call Program is an eight-week system that tackles both the …
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Alcohol Abuse: Morris Chafetz, 87, Dies; Altered View of Alcoholism – New York Times
Dr. Chafetz (pronounced CHAFE-etz), the first director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, became a leading spokesman for the problems of alcoholism and its treatment purely by accident. After he finished his training as a …
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Alcohol Abuse: New Alcohol Program Tackles Chemical Dependency At Home
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA), 16 million people in the U.S. are dependent on, or abuse alcohol, while only one million seek help of any kind.Houston, TX. (PRWEB) October 21, 2011 According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA), 16 million people in the U.S. are dependent on, or abuse alcohol, while only one million seek …
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Alcohol Abuse: Coalition pushes drug abuse danger awareness
A coalition of community groups and service providers is over the halfway mark in a 31-day campaign to remind the public of the perils of drug and alcohol abuse.
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Alcohol Abuse: Morris Chafetz, 87, Dies; Altered View of Alcoholism
Mr. Chafetz played an important role in changing the perception of alcoholism from social crime or personal failing to a disease requiring treatment.
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