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View Post: Fight Hangovers: Treating alcohol-use disorders and tuberculosis ...
20 Nov 2009 by Smart Partyer  
The study was funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. This release is supported by the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network at http://www.ATTCnetwork.org. Subscribe in a reader ...
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View Post: Student alcohol abuse is a familiar demon
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18 Nov 2009 by Ryan Furlong   ...
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View Post: UNDERNEWS: RESEARCH CHALLENGES ASSUMPTION THAT ALCOHOLICS ARE ...
17 Nov 2009 by TPR  
Perhaps the most remarkable finding of the epidemiologic study was how many Americans experienced an alcohol-use disorder (either abuse or the more severe dependence) at some point -- and how many recovered on their own. ...
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View Post: Alcohol Abuse Facts On Liver Failure
19 hours ago by admin  
While alcohol initially stimulates the mind continued use turns alcohol into a sedative. It also changes our cognitive processes, giving us less ability to make sound decisions. Overall muscle coordination is also affected by continued heavy use ... Need Any More Daunting Facts About Alcoholism? - Click Here Now To Discover How To Quit Drinking Alcohol Permanently, Within 21 Days (Or Less) - Guaranteed (Even If You've Tried Every Known Quit Drinking Product And Failed)! ...
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View Post: NIAAA Official Says Alcoholism 'Isn't Usually' a 'Chronic ...
19 Nov 2009 by Jacob Sullum  
More important, the Times quotes Mark Willenbring, director of treatment and recovery research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, who admits that the one-size-fits-all, abstinence-only approach preached by Alcoholics ..... Apologizing for your past actions is not taking responsibility when you blame those actions on the alcohol. AA explicitly states that you are powerless to control your alcohol use and need the help of the "higher power". ...
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View Post: United States Changes Its Mind on Addiction - It's Not a Chronic ...
18 hours ago by Stanton Peele  
According to the lead researcher on the project, Deborah Dawson, NESARC data show that alcohol use disorders are "less a mental disorder than a maladaptive pattern of behavior. ... Tags: addiction disease, alcohol abuse, alcohol abuse and alcoholism, alcohol addiction, alcohol disorder, american mythology, amp nbsp, brain disease, consumption patterns, interaction between people, joe biden, lead research, national epidemiologic survey, national institute on alcohol abuse ...
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View Post: Pat Dollard
Young Americans
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View Blog: “We're on the cusp of some major advances in how we conceptualize alcoholism,” says Dr. Mark Willenbring, director of treatment and recovery research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The institute is the nation's leading ... Perhaps the most remarkable finding of the epidemiologic study was how many Americans experienced an alcohol-use disorder (either abuse or the more severe dependence) at some point — and how many recovered on their own.

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View Post: Offsetting Behaviour: Afternoon alcohol roundup
19 Nov 2009 by Crampton  
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has revised its thinking on alcoholism: 70% of those [with an alcohol disorder] quit drinking or cut back to safe consumption patterns without treatment after four years or less. ...
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View Post: Alcohol abuse and abusive men - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug ...
10 Nov 2009 by liveweyerd  
1.Widom, Cathy Spatz. "Child Abuse and Alcohol Use." Research Monograph 24: Alcohol and Interpersonal Violence: Fostering Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1993. ...
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View Post: Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?
19 Nov 2009
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. ..... After reading a number of the comments on this website it is apparent to me that a lot of people are really struggling with alcoholism, with drug abuse, or with both. It seems that most of these people want a way out of their addiction and want to start living a better life. ...
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