| Living in London I saw the challenges facing Britains | | | | putting things off and going for drinks instead? |
| who are tackling alcohol misuse and drug addiction. | | | | Honestly, has alcohol bettered your life? Does it make |
| Binge drinking in London is rampant but how do you | | | | you happier, more confident, and healthy? Can you |
| stop the abuse? According to the NHS, UK alcohol | | | | have one beer at the local pub or do you need 3 or 4 |
| related incidents account for 70% of accident and | | | | pints? Binge drinking is a dangerous past time for |
| emergency calls during the night. Getting hammered | | | | many Londoners. Especially after work, the city pubs |
| does not have to the only way to "have a good time." | | | | are overflowing, as everyone attempts to drink away |
| Steps to Recover from addiction and stop alcoholism | | | | their stress. |
| - Decide to do something about the addiction or | | | | Because in the UK, binge drinking is a socially |
| excessive drinking- stop making the pub a routine | | | | acceptable norm many don't take it too seriously. |
| outing | | | | However, Britain has a reputation of being a nation of |
| - Do not wait for " rock bottom " there is always | | | | binge drinkers. This infamous reputation follows Brits to |
| something worse coming | | | | their typical vacation spots all over Europe too. |
| - Ask for help! | | | | In the Borough of Camden, London alone, there are an |
| - Educate yourself on drug addicted behaviour and | | | | estimated 45,000 " hazardous drinkers " and then |
| alcoholism | | | | there are the estimated 11,000 " harmful dependent |
| - Educate yourself on drug and alcohol rehabilitation | | | | drinkers ". I think that the biggest challenge facing |
| programmes available privately & from the NHS | | | | alcoholics is the social pressures to drink alcohol and |
| - Know that many alcoholics and drug addicts recover | | | | use drugs. If you are Aware, it is one step closer to |
| every day | | | | recovery. |
| - Intervention - what to do - who can help - when to | | | | What is the Truth about Help and Recovery from |
| do it | | | | Alcoholism? |
| - Recognize your local social pressures to drink | | | | The truth is that with a desire and the right rehabilitation |
| excessively and take drugs | | | | program, alcoholism can be beaten for life. That is the |
| All of these points will help you escape the dangers of | | | | truth. |
| addiction and alcoholism. Even if you do not consider | | | | Alcohol can create a temporary dream world, an |
| that there is a problem now, awareness of the | | | | illusion that things are okay but they are always worse |
| incessant bombardment by advertisers to keep people | | | | in the morning. For instance, if you are shy without |
| drinking alcohol and taking prescription medications may | | | | alcohol, alcohol will only make it worse in the long run. |
| get you to look at certain personal behaviours or those | | | | Eventually shyness is no longer the major problem, |
| of your friends and decide if it is going too far. Have | | | | alcoholism is. Everyday people around the world are |
| things gone bad at work? Relationship troubles? More | | | | released from alcohol addiction, for life. The choice is |
| sick days off work? Knackered all the time? More | | | | actually yours. |