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How Do I Kick This Alcohol Addiction?

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Question by Mrs. Alvarado: How do I kick this alcohol addiction?
I’m only 25 but I feel the need to drink every night. I have one dui but really should have had more. I have 2 kids and a full time job so AA seems impossible to fit… Continue reading

Part 3. Glasgow. Stanton Peele vs. Neil McKeganey. Addiction Debates

Part 3. Glasgow. Stanton Peele vs. Neil McKeganey. Addiction Debates — Professors Stanton Peele and Neil McKeganey debate the future of harm reduction and abstinence-based approaches to drug and alcohol treatment and policy. Uni…


The Children Left Behind
Child Welfare Information Gateway collected data nationwide on how parental substance abuse… Continue reading

A Decade in Hell for Bruce and Denise Morcombe

A decade in hell for Bruce and Denise Morcombe
The promise dragged him to hell, saw him trawling a south-east Queensland netherworld of pedophiles and drug dealers. …. Late last year, Bruce and Denise drove 20,000km across Australia in the space of two months, lobbying state political figures on …… Continue reading

Stop a Drug Addict From Leaving Home?

Question by Blaire: Stop a drug addict from leaving home?
I am 14 years old and my brother will be 16 next month.
He is addicted to drugs and my family has done everything we can to get him to stop but he will not listen.
Everyone thinks about the… Continue reading

Going Threw a Hard Time… Just Need Some Advice…?

Question by : going threw a hard time… just need some advice…?
my names Courtney,
and im only 15 years old…
hers a small hunk of my life (yes its real)
and last Wednesday night i woke up to my mom pulling me out of bed by my hair. (now… Continue reading

What Kind of Medication and Treatment Is Used to Treat Alcohol Addiction?

Question by pat m: What kind of medication and treatment is used to treat alcohol addiction?

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Answer by Greg
Yes. Two different types of medications are commonly used to treat alcoholism. The first are tranquilizers called benzodiazepines (e.g., Valium, Librium), which are used only during the first few… Continue reading