like driving while drunk or even increased violent behavior. Increased dependence on alcohol leads to alcoholism‚ where you are physically dependant on alcohol and have lost control of the amount you drink. According to www.helpguide.org‚ there are many myths about alcohol abuse: * Myth: Alcoholics have no will power. If they were stronger they could just stop drinking. Fact: Alcoholism affects brain chemistry‚ which causes you to feel compelled to drink alcohol. Usually you can only stop
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tolerance which made it easier to hide his addiction. The essential nursing role was to empathetic‚ provide active listening and reinforcement as needed‚ and assist him in recognizing his triggers so that he may recognize and avoid them. Alcoholism is a disease that affects 10% of women and 20% of men in the United States. (www.medicinenet.com). The DSM-IV TR diagnosis of alcohol dependence is able to be given when an individual has met three or more of the seven criteria associated with
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Recovery 1 The Long Road to Recovery‚ From a Hopeless State of Mind and Body Michael A White ENG 211 Professor Geoff Pope March 14‚ 2010 The Long Road to Recovery 2 The Long Road to Recovery‚ From a Hopeless State of Mind and Body Alcoholism and the disease of addiction have been viewed in two strong yet completely different ends of the spectrum for as long as men and women have been losing control of how much and when they drink. One end of the spectrum is the immoralist point of view
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Alcoholism addiction What is alcoholism? Alcoholism is when you abuse alcohol‚ you continue to drink even though you know your drinking is causing problems. If you continue to abuse alcohol‚ it can lead to alcohol dependence. Alcohol dependence is also called alcoholism. You are physically or mentally addicted to alcohol. You have a strong need‚ or craving‚ to drink. You feel like you must drink just to get by. For more than millions of people have been affected by an addict that destroyed their
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socialization outside the home are known contributing factors that influence substance abuse. One most researched area of substance abuse is that of alcoholism and its interventions‚ and diagnosis for treatment the under age drinker. Although‚ there are programs that focus on the unmet needs of the abusers‚ obstacles to prevention‚ and ongoing research to combat alcoholism of the under-age drinker‚ more can be done. Current and Unmet Needs of Alcohol Abusers Two of the largest areas of focus for
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very much also in many fields such as‚ lack of jobs or unemployment‚ poverty‚ homelessness‚ lack of food‚ lack of education in some countries‚ corruption‚ related to health‚ youth correction‚ alcoholism and drugs and many more. Many of these are happening in Canada. Here I would like to talk about alcoholism and another drugs usage in Canada. Because this is the big social issue in the Canada‚ nowadays. This is being used in all provinces and territories of
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Teenage Drinking has been a factor in the past years. There are causes of drinking as well as effects of drinking and solutions. There are many causes that are related to drinking. One cause is peer pressure. Peer pressure comes from older people that are probably already drunk at the time‚ trying to force a teenager to have an alcoholic drink. Usually the teenager says yes. About 92% of high school seniors have admitted having tried alcohol. Many of them have tried their first drink around the
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Alcoholism is a long standing health issue‚ and there has been ongoing research to seek out drugs that could effectively help to treat alcoholism‚ acute and long-term. According to an article by Johnson‚ Swift‚ Addolorato‚ Ciraulo‚ and Myrick (2005)‚ a challenge has been to identify medications that not only reduce the rewarding effects of alcohol‚ but the dependence‚ post cessation craving‚ and the withdrawal craving. Lorazepam and gabapentin have been used for the detoxification of alcohol dependent
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the first bite of your favorite dish is the way that most people imagine their preferred eatery but what they do not know is that often they could find almost any type of drug within the building if they searched thoroughly enough. Drug use and alcoholism are problems common within the restaurant and bar business‚ for various reasons including easy access and a generally less educated demographic. “Nationally‚ 22.3 million persons aged 12 or older in 2007-2008 were classified with dependence on
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2008‚ Pages 36-43. 4. Wechsler‚ Henry. Dying to Drink. Rodale: St. Martin’s Press‚ 2002‚ Pages 73-117. 5. Helzer‚ John E. Alcoholism in North America‚ Europe‚ and Asia. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1992‚ Pages 102-121. 5. Vines‚ Joe. “Push to lower drinking age faces tough climb up Capitol Hill.” Keene Sentinel. [Keene‚ NH] 8 December 2008‚ Page 5. 7. Manzardo‚ Ann. Alcoholism: The Facts. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2008‚ Pages 101-124. Appeals in Order Logical Appeal – “The current legal
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