Lifting the Right Stones: Surviving Addiction in a Loved One Researchers estimate that substance abuse in the United States costs business and industry over $100 billion each year and that governments will soon be spending over $100 million every day to incarcerate individuals arrested for ...
A Tale of Two Diseases In early 2000, Darryl Strawberry once again pleaded “no contest” to charges of cocaine possession and that, this time, he was suspended from baseball for one full year came as a surprise and disappointment to ...
Are You a Responsible Drinker? While alcohol use is accepted in our society, it is critical for each of us to achieve a responsible approach to social drinking. This approach can best be achieved through several methods. These include:
Thinking about ...
An Introduction to Alcoholism What is alcoholism? According to the American Medical Association, "alcoholism is an illness characterized by significant impairment that is directly associated with persistent and excessive use of alcohol. Impairment may involve physiological, psychological or social ...
Symptoms of Alcoholism DSM-IV Criteria for Alcohol Dependence
A maladaptive pattern of substance use, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by three (or more) of the following, occurring at any time in the same 12-month period:
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Stages of Change Almost 20 years ago, two well-known alcoholism researchers, Carlo C. DiClemente and J. O. Prochaska, introduced a five-stage model of change to help professionals understand their clients with addiction problems and motivate them to change. ...
A Parent’s Guide to Spring Break Parents: If the words "spring break" bring to mind scenes of Gidget and Moondoggie waxing up their surfboards, then it's time for a reality check. If "spring break" conjures up images of days and nights ...
My Parent Has a Problem with Alcohol If you are the child of an alcoholic, you are suffering from this disease as well. More than likely you have lived with the pain of a broken family that is full of secrets and ...
Frequently Asked Questions about Alcoholism Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about alcoholism, and their answers.
How can I have a drinking problem if I can hold my liquor?
Anyone who drinks too much liquor in too short ...
Dealing with Denial in Alcoholism Denial is a characteristic distortion in thinking experienced by people with alcoholism. For decades, people who treat alcoholics, and recovering alcoholics themselves, have puzzled over why alcoholics continue to drink when the link between alcohol ...
Children of Alcoholics More than 28 million Americans have seen at least one parent suffer alcohol's serious adverse effects, leading to serious family problems. More than 78 million Americans, or 43 percent of the adult population, has been ...
My Child Has a Problem with Alcohol Children see drinking all around them—at home, in restaurants, at family celebrations and on television—and they are naturally curious about alcohol and the way it affects people. You should always answer your child's questions honestly, ...
Losing in Life When you grow up in New England, life revolves around the seasons. Memorial Day kicked off summer, even though it was still too cold to swim. Labor Day meant back to school, even though it ...
Teens and Drugs: What a Parent Can Do to Help (Although I’ll talk about this important issue in terms of a boy’s behavior, it could just as easily be about a girl.)
It’s an all too familiar story. A young teen who was once loveable, ...
Cannabis is linked to schizophrenia in predisposed individuals Cannabis has long been thought to increase the risk of developing schizophrenia. However, the evidence is still not fully conclusive.
The first study on schizophrenia and cannabis took place in Jamaica in the 1960, when ...
