Alcoholics Families in the News

Community Services for March 30
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Al-Anon Family Groups, a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics and addicts who share experiences, strength and hope in order to solve common problems, meet at 7 p.m. Mondays in Rainbow City ([email protected] or 256-442-8697); at 7:30 …
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Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?
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I recently directed a short film about a family struggling with alcoholism called “Red Love Redemption.” The film is about making amends and shares experience, strength and hope. Here is the link: http://films.thelot.com/films/851. Best,. Jodi Leib …
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Daily Calendar for March 31, 2014
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According to the website, “This film follows Craig, a struggling family man who loses his low-wage job and is threatened with eviction. In an effort to delay facing the music at home, he heads to a local bar and encounters an old friend. The two …
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Alcohol Abuse Graphs in the News

Canada-wide über-study confirms old news on Inuit, First Nations food problems
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This graph illustrates some of the old news contained in a big Aboriginal food security report released March 27 by the Council of Canadian Academies. …. Nunavut has the highest per capita rates of alcohol and drug abuse and smoking in the country …
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Least Expensive Cities for Beer Drinkers
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… the city scores higher because of the relatively greater demand. The following graph shows the ten least expensive cities for beer drinkers, with the number of six-packs a person with an average income could afford. … San Francisco enjoys a …
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THC for HIV: Researchers connect psychoactive ingredient of medical marijuana …
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Tax dollars at work
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White supremacy teachers’ workshop in Wisconsin [Madison, Wisc…] The city of Madison hosted the 15th annual national White Privilege Conference last week at the Monona Terrace to discuss issues of white supremacy, social justice, education and the Tea Party…. Our first account comes from the break …
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Wednesday Reading Meme
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What I’ve Just Finished Reading I finally finished Eva Rice’s The Misinterpretation of Tara Jupp. I liked it, but it’s a bit uneven: it has two stories and they sort of work against each other. There’s the story of Tara’s coming of age and her relationship with her sister Lucy (and Lucy’s relationsh …
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Radio spectrum to safeguard competition if Telefonicas 86
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Hitting the mommy juice too hard? Experts warn of alcohol abuse by moms – Today.com
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Hitting the mommy juice too hard? Experts warn of alcohol abuse by moms Today.com In a TODAY.com survey, almost 40 percent of respondents said drinking helps them cope with the stress of being a parent and more than one-third said they have mom friends who they think have a problem with alcohol. Wine is the beverage of choice, with …

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The county with the most people seeking treatment for alcohol abuse? Waterford – thejournal.ie
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The county with the most people seeking treatment for alcohol abuse? Waterford thejournal.ie … said Graham Love of the Health Research Board. He said that measures such as regulation of how alcohol is marketed and advertised, minimum prices on alcohol, and labelling of alcohol with health information should help to solve some of the problems.

Question by sweetheartz21: Why does my mom think I’m an alcoholic?
First off, I want to let you know I am almost 23. I moved out of my parents house a few years ago and since my husband joined the military (he left for Basic Training a month ago); I’ve had to move back in. I’m more than happy to not have to worry about bills and such; but, I’m starting to wonder if any of this is affecting me. Twice in the past week, I’ve gone out to hang out with friends; which ended up in me staying over at their place for the night because I didn’t want to drive home drunk (my parents house is 17 miles away). The catch: my mom is convinced I need to go to an AA meeting because I’ve become “such an alcoholic that (I) could kill (myself) from drinking so much”. This is the first time since I turned 21 that I’ve gone out and partied, by the way. Honestly, I feel I need to spend as much time with my best friends before my husband and I get stationed to a new base because I’m scared I won’t make any friends where we get stationed. I also feel I need to live my youthful years to their fullest since once my husband gets home from his 3 month training, I’ll have to become a responsible, rule-following military wife (hopefully, I’m not offending any military wives; I don’t really know how I’ll need to act once we get stationed at our first base). So tell me, do you think me getting drunk twice in a week makes me an alcoholic???

Question by : Premises and Conclusion?
many mental health practitioners are promoting the notion that alcohol abuse, drug abuse, over-eating, gambling, anorexia, bulimia and smoking are diseases. By using the disease model, its proponents believe that people are more apt to seek help because having an “illness” is more acceptable than having psychological or behavior disorder.

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Answer by David Gallagher
If it is the true opinion of “its proponents [that] having an “illness” is more acceptable than having psychological or behavior disorder,” then there is no problem with this paragraph. It’s proponents have an opinion, and opinions are neither right nor wrong, except where you can argue against it. The purpose of this paragraph is not to argue, but to state the opinion of “the many mental health practitioners.”

The premises and the conclusion of those people are neither right, nor wrong, in the context of a simple explanation of their opinion.