Expert Author: Scott Mogul | Submitted: 2008-05-13 | Word Count: 541 | Views: 270 Could you recognize the stages of alcoholism in yourself, your friends, or your family members? If you are concerned that someone you know has an alcohol problem, then just knowing the four alcoholism stages could enable you to help that person quit drinking, and may even help you save their life.
Read More Expert Author: Scott Briggs | Submitted: 2008-03-08 | Word Count: 634 | Views: 464 Someone you love may be an alcoholic, and you don’t even know it. But knowing the symptoms of alcoholism, and the warnings signs people with alcoholism exhibit, will go a long way towards helping you get them the help they need.
Read More Expert Author: Peter Sams | Submitted: 2008-03-05 | Word Count: 510 | Views: 310 Alcohol has many side effects including altering your perceptions, dulling your senses, hindering coordination, and blocking memory functions. If you continue to use alcohol heavily, you could experience stomach ailments, sexual impotence, heart and central nervous system damage, loss of appetite, and blackouts.
Read More Expert Author: Peter Sams | Submitted: 2008-02-25 | Word Count: 510 | Views: 285 2-4 per cent of all cancer cases are related to alcohol. Upper digestive tract cancers are the most common, hitting the esophagus, mouth, larynx, and pharynx. Women who drink prior to menopause are more likely to develop breast cancer. Your risk of skin cancer doubles if you drink slightly more than "moderate levels." Some studies implicate alcohol in colon, stomach, pancreas and lung cancer. And let's not forget the liver...
Read More Expert Author: Ricky Waugh | Submitted: 2007-11-20 | Word Count: 591 | Views: 342 Overview of alcoholism and its causes, symptoms and treatment.
Read More Expert Author: Parag Patel | Submitted: 2007-10-16 | Word Count: 524 | Views: 342 Find information on the traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury occurs when a sudden physical assault on the head causes damage to the brain. The damage can be focal, confined to one area of the brain, or diffuse, involving more than one area of the brain. Traumatic brain injury can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury. A closed head injury occurs when the head suddenly and violently hits an object, but the object does not break through the skull. A penetrating head injury occurs when an object pierces the skull and enters the brain tissue.
Read More Expert Author: Bill Urell | Submitted: 2007-09-21 | Word Count: 576 | Views: 406 What causes alcoholism? Is it passed genetically through the family, or are there environmental factors that are more important? It is understood that the predisposition to alcoholism may be contributed by a number of factors including genetic makeup and social or environmental aspects.
Read More Expert Author: Denny Soinski | Submitted: 2007-09-01 | Word Count: 894 | Views: 451 Mandatory alcoholism treatment for people incarcerated for alcohol-related offenses and significant changes in our attitudes toward drinking alcohol, when added to the current anti-drunk driving campaigns and laws, are likely to make a major impact on reducing the number of people in our society who die in alcohol-related traffic accidents.
Read More Expert Author: Dr. Margaret Paul | Submitted: 2007-04-24 | Word Count: 724 | Views: 401 Do you drink rather than speak up for yourself? Do you find yourself turning to alcohol when you feel invalidated, rather than speaking your truth to a friend or partner?
Read More Expert Author: Eileen Gravelle | Submitted: 2007-04-12 | Word Count: 737 | Views: 585 As you get older the effects of alcohol get more difficult to take. You may feel you can't drink like you did when you were younger - and you'd be right. Is your body trying to tell you something? Take a look at our list of the seven things you need to know about the effect of alcohol on your body.
Read More Expert Author: Michael Russell | Submitted: 2007-04-11 | Word Count: 1069 | Views: 381 The problem of alcoholism is one that exists in all societies around the world. Two of the most affected entities affected by that problem is the alcoholic and secondly the family members who have to endure and provide support to the alcoholic.
Read More Expert Author: Trevor Kugler | Submitted: 2007-03-26 | Word Count: 507 | Views: 365 For the better part of ten years this is the exact question that I would ask myself every morning in the shower. I would stand there with the water washing over me and wonder if I drank too much. In hindsight, now that I don't drink any more, I realize that if I was asking myself the question, "Do I drink too much" everyday, I quite obviously drank too much.
Read More Expert Author: Alan Quan | Submitted: 2007-03-22 | Word Count: 458 | Views: 424 Zeus juice, do it fluid, liquid panty remover. Despite the manly and funny names we assign to alcohol; the truth is that alcohol will actually make you less of a man, if you drink it excessively.
Read More Expert Author: Michael Russell | Submitted: 2007-03-09 | Word Count: 572 | Views: 315 Overcoming alcoholism is an uphill battle all the way. Although several prescription medications are available for the treatment of alcoholism they have not proven to be particularly effective. Hopefully some of the newer medications will generate more positive results.
Read More Expert Author: Tom Alter | Submitted: 2007-02-28 | Word Count: 823 | Views: 398 Hangover is the name given to the heady sensation that follows a heavy alcoholic consumption. Generally, hangovers are felt when the mind returns to its proper faculties, i.e. the intoxication has worn off. Hangovers are felt mostly in the mornings following an alcoholic session the previous night. The general characteristics of hangovers are a feeling of nausea, vomiting, heaviness in the stomach, headache, sensitivity to light and noise, excessive thirst and lethargy.
Read More Expert Author: Tom Alter | Submitted: 2007-02-22 | Word Count: 830 | Views: 378 Alcoholism is defined as an irresistible urge to consume alcohol. People suffering from alcoholism are very well aware of the dangerous effects alcohol could have on their bodies, but still they are unable to resist the urge to consume it. They will usually drink beyond acceptable limits and will be in an inebriated state most often, causing embarrassment and inconvenience to the people with them.
Read More Expert Author: Tom Alter | Submitted: 2007-02-17 | Word Count: 790 | Views: 259 Alcoholism is defined as an irresistible urge to consume alcohol. People suffering from alcoholism are very well aware of the dangerous effects alcohol could have on their bodies, but still they are unable to resist the urge to consume it. They will usually drink beyond acceptable limits and will be in an inebriated state most often, causing embarrassment and inconvenience to the people with them.
Read More Expert Author: Trevor Kugler | Submitted: 2007-02-04 | Word Count: 410 | Views: 224 I spent many years looking for redemption at the bottom of a twelve pack. Guess what? I never found it. The dictionary describes redemption as: the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil. Did I feel as if I needed saved?
Read More Expert Author: Denny Soinski | Submitted: 2007-01-31 | Word Count: 963 | Views: 272 One of the consequences of the mixed messages about alcohol use and abuse in our society it that it becomes extremely difficult for many individuals, especially our youth, to realistically see the destructive, unhealthy, and sometimes fatal aspects of alcohol abuse.
Read More Expert Author: Ras Reed | Submitted: 2007-01-26 | Word Count: 405 | Views: 304 This article explains what Alcoholics Anonymous is all about and how you can deal with addiction.
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