Question by ? ?: Should I start attending AA?
I am a 23 year old female and I am an alcoholic. After a recent break-up, my drinking got significantly worse. I have finally realized that i have a serious drinking problem. I look back over the years and basically I have driven drunk probably over a hundred times – but sooner or later i will get caught. My family, specifically my parents have had enough of my drinking. My mom wants me to go to AA meetings and offered to come with me. Part of me really will miss alcohol… its a crutch.. its my fun and even an emotional release. I am going to be starting medical school soon and i will never succeed in any career unless i get this under control. Is it childish of me to request my mother come withme to AA meetings…….. im afraid to go

Gubernatorial candidate: Homosexuality is similar to alcoholism – MSNBC
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Gubernatorial candidate: Homosexuality is similar to alcoholism MSNBC Homosexuality is similar to alcoholism and eating disorders, Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Scott Lively said this week. “I believe that homosexuality is a behavioral disorder on par with alcoholism or eating disorders,” the independent … Scott Lively: 'Science Says' Gays Using Bodies IncorrectlyOn Top Magazine all 2 news articles »

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‘Preachers Daughters’ Star SPEAKS On Alcoholism: ‘It Helped Me Sleep At Night’ – Cocoafab
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'Preachers Daughters' Star SPEAKS On Alcoholism: 'It Helped Me Sleep At Night' Cocoafab “It's been a really big wakeup call as far as alcoholism goes,” she told Sister 2 Sister. “I didn't realize that I indeed have a drinking problem.” On the show, she was busted by her parents for being hung over at a church service and she was …

Alcohol abuse: 5 facts – U-T San Diego
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Alcohol abuse: 5 facts U-T San Diego In 2012, about 24 percent of people age 18 and older reported binge drinking in the past month (defined as consuming five or more drinks during the same occasion during at least one day in the past month), and 7 percent reported heavy drinking during …

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Mobile app may help people recovering from alcohol abuse: study – Reuters
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Mobile app may help people recovering from alcohol abuse: study Reuters He and his colleagues write in JAMA Psychiatry that only about one in four people recovering from alcohol abuse abstains from drinking alcohol during the first year of recovery. Past studies have found that continuing treatment for alcoholism is linked … and more »

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Question by Bommie: Why do people think drinking and smoking are diseases?
I didn’t know about this until just now hearing it over the radio. I had no idea people thought drinking and smoking were diseases when they become addicted to them. I find that really stupid. These can cause diseases, but they are not diseases themselves. You choose to drink and become an alcoholic and damage your liver and you can choose to smoke or not and be a smoker and get lung cancer or throat cancer. If these are choices why are they beloved to be a disease? That just baffles me.

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Answer by liah
Smoking and drinking is not a disease However once u get to a point where u drink every night or day or every night AND day and get a charge of dwi and cant go without smoking every hour THAT is a disease

Rehabilitation Alcoholism in the News

De-addiction gets a vocational twist
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In a bid to rehabilitate its occupants into mainstream society after they have sought healing away from their addictions, the Muktangan De-addiction Centre in Vishrantwadi has initiated a new vocational rehabilitation training programme that instructs …
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'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery in US
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A local rehab facility has a six-month wait. One school …. CALIFORNIA: California has seen an increase in heroin addicts seeking treatment since fiscal year 2006-2007, as a proportion of addicts seeking treatment for all drugs including alcohol …
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Teenage Alcohol Abuse Facts in the News

Oregon should regulate pot like other vices
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It's hard to find hard drug users who don't consume alcohol as well. Several studies have found … Medical marijuana is legal in 20 states and the District of Columbia, and research has found the increased availability and implied reduction in …
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Do violent video games boost aggression?
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"Children and adolescents who play a lot of [violent] games change over time, they start to see aggressive solutions as being more reasonable," ways to respond to conflict or frustration, Anderson told Live Science. However, experts not involved with …
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Teen father arrested for biting nose off infant
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