| Alcoholism | | | | produce drunkenness. |
| Alcoholism interventions should be carefully planned | | | | - Drinking begins to take priority over other activities. It |
| and developed by professional substance abuse | | | | becomes a compulsion. |
| counselors who are experienced in such procedures. | | | | Often alcohol dependence remains undetected for |
| The most essential purpose of an alcoholism | | | | years. Both the availability of alcohol and the way it is |
| intervention is to get the alcoholic to seek professional | | | | used (the social patterns) appear to be major factors |
| alcohol addiction treatment. | | | | in influencing the likelihood of a person becoming |
| Alcoholism Medications [Sorted by Popularity] | | | | alcohol dependent. |
| Revia®, Antabuse®. | | | | There may also be a genetic component, because |
| » View medications: Alcoholism | | | | alcohol dependence clusters in some families. |
| Alcohol. Friend or foe? | | | | However, it’s hard to be sure that this is not |
| High levels of alcohol consumption can lead to physical | | | | because of learned behaviour. |
| illness and psychological and social distress. Alcohol | | | | Alcoholism Symptoms - First Stage |
| has therefore always had an ambivalent position in | | | | The following represents some of the alcoholism |
| society. | | | | symptoms and behaviors in the first stage of |
| In moderation, it can be the oil that makes a social | | | | alcoholism: |
| occasion go with a bit more flow or helps a shy | | | | - Increasing tolerance; |
| person overcome their inhibitions. | | | | - A conscious effort to seek out more drinking |
| Small, regular amounts of alcohol also seem to have a | | | | opportunities; |
| positive effect on the heart and circulation. But too | | | | - Gross Drinking Behavior - more frequent drinking of |
| much alcohol is often a recipe for disaster. | | | | greater amounts; |
| The increasing use of alcohol, along with other drugs | | | | - Boasting and a "big shot" complex; |
| of abuse, is a serious public health problem across all | | | | - An ability to drink great amounts of alcohol without |
| age ranges, but especially so in the young. | | | | any apparent impairment; |
| What is alcohol dependence? | | | | - Lack of recognition by the person that he or she is in |
| Alcoholism, or alcohol dependence is a medical term | | | | the early stages of a progressive illness. |
| with a deliberately more precise meaning than the | | | | According to the Centers for Disease Control and |
| problems that can occur, sometimes as one-offs, | | | | Prevention (CDC), each year in the United States, |
| through an uncharacteristic binge. | | | | between 1,300 and 8,000 babies are born with fetal |
| In alcohol dependence a number of features come | | | | alcohol syndrome (FAS). Fetal alcohol syndrome is a |
| together in the behaviour of the person affected. | | | | combination of physical and mental birth defects that |
| - Withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety and tremor | | | | affects about 6% of the babies born to women who |
| develop after a short period without a drink, and are | | | | are alcohol abusers or alcoholics. |
| reduced by taking more alcohol. | | | | » Learn more: Alcoholism |
| - Tolerance develops, so it takes more alcohol to | | | | ......................................................................................... |