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You Might Be an Alcoholic If

The disease of alcoholism is baffling (actually, it's cunning, baffling and powerful). To the outside observer, the drinker's self-destructive behavior makes no sense. To the drinker him/herself, it doesn't...

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How to Overcome Alcoholism?

An important concept in my life, as alcoholism runs in my blood. The disease that is thought to be part genetics and hereditary. So, being that my great grandfather died of live failure from alcohol, and my...

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Irish Ancestry and the Effects of Alcoholism

The Irish were famous for their Pubs and alcohol. The effects of drinking were ones that the whole family unit suffered. The lasting demons of the drink are hard to erase, but it can be done.

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Am I addicted? Take the APA 7 questions test.

The line between use and abuse, and between abuse and addiction get seem a bit fuzzy at times, and especially when your mind may be a lot clouded by regular intoxication and the effects of drugs or alcohol. ...

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Alcohol Blackout

What is an alcohol blackout? This is not the same thing as passing out when you have had too much to drink. Passing out very much resembles sleeping. No, an alcoholic blackout is when a person has had a...

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Alcohol - A List of Diseases Associated With Alcoholism

A list of diseases and medical conditions associated with alcoholism and the chronic abuse of alcohol.

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Teens at Risk

Are your Teens at Risk? Ah... the teenage years. Time to expand your wings a bit and test the boundaries with your parents. Unfortunately, many teens take the "experimental" years too far, resulting in...

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Parents Beware of Vodka Soaked Tampons

This latest one is just gross. It seems kids have found a new way to get high by inserting vodka soaked tampons into the vagina. And just so the boys won't be left out, it works rectally as well. This is one...

31 comments    health family children
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The List of the Famous Who Have Died for Their Addictions

Those are people who died, died Those are people who died, died Those are people WHO died, died They were all my friends They just died - Jim Carrol Elvis Presley- A medical examiner listed the cause of...

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Alcohol abuse treatment for seniors.

For any number of reasons, older adults and seniors are increasingly at risk for alcohol abuse and dependence…and as the baby boomers move into old age, the once very rare occurrence of senior...

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