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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...

5 comments    alcohol beer drinking
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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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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...

6 comments    health addiction alcoholism
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The risks of depression and alcohol abuse. How to get help for a dual diagnosis.

Depression and alcoholism are incredibly interlinked, and if you experience clinical depression you are far more likely to abuse drugs or alcohol; and if you abuse drugs and alcohol, you are far more likely...

0 comments    depression alcoholism
Reasons to Stop Drinking Alcohol78

Why should you stop Drinking Alcohol ?

Just like smoking Alcoholism also can lead to addiction and has numerous bad effects. Alcoholism has ruined several families and lives. Newspapers are full of stories about drunken driving and families ruined by alcohol. Many people start drinking just to show off or being accepted by friends or society but it later becomes a habit one cannot get rid off. Given are the bad effects or impacts of Alcohol Consumption and ten reasons to stop drinking.

28 comments    health relationships alcohol
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Want to Understand Alcoholic or Addicted Thinking? Learn About the "Stages of Change" Theory

It's tough to understand the thinking of an alcoholic or drug addict. Here's a tool doctors use to help them understand the addicted mind set - The Stages of Change Theory.

0 comments    health family addiction
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Top Signs of Relapse for Addicts

First, I'll just put it out there: I'm an addict in recovery. I certainly don't fit the societal profile or images conjured up in people's heads about what that means. I've never lived on the streets, never...

21 comments    alcohol addiction recovery
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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.

3 comments    health cancer disease
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Dui Drivers License Restoration In Michigan

For DUI drivers, license restoration in Michigan is not impossible. To restore your drivers license in Michigan, you will need to prove with clear and convincing evidence that you have controlled your alcohol...

12 comments    automotive dui alcohol abuse
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Drug and Alcohol Counselor Career Information

Drug and Alcohol Counselors are individuals who have been trained to work with those suffering from addiction. Counselors can play a vital role in helping an...

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