Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by Agent47: Is alcoholism really a disease?
my mom is an alcoholic and she claims it’s a disease but i don’t get how an addiction is a disease.

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Answer by ςίяίuς Rℓgℓnℓratℓd
Alcohol is a depressant.

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Question by justlise: Where do you find help for alcoholism when you’ve tried everything?
Have given up on AA and have no money for yet another treatment center. I’m truly desperate.
No insurance. Unemployed. Have tried the one state-run program in my city and left after a rape-atttempt after being there for less than 24-hrs. I ran and they took no responsibility..said It’s something you have to deal with in treatment. Tell me I’m wrong…

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Answer by Kathryn R
Have you talked to your medical doctor??? There are mediation’s that can be given to help with the cravings like the ones you use for people who want to stop smoking. That and the combination of AA or a similar program might turn the tide for you. You should also try to find someone who specializes in addiction therapy a psychiatrist who can help you at the same time prescribe the medications that you might need.
If you’re unemployed than you should be eligible for Medicaid
and you should go to your nearest city hospital and apply for both Medicaid and to find a doctor to help you.

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Question by Angeline Carter: Which sociological theory can explain why alcoholism exists in today’s society?
Options are functionalism, conflict theory, interactionist theory, or feminism

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Answer by prism1964
Genetic and environmental. I really believe one is born an alcoholic if it develops in one’s life time. There are people who drink way out of control in certain situations but they aren’t alcoholics if 1.) they can control their drinking after the stressor and 2.) if they can quit if they just want to.

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Question by NJ_Irishman: I have alcoholism. It’s a brain disease I inherited from a long line of Irish drunks. Why do some deny this?
They did a brainscan on me, it was off the charts. ALCOHOLISM all the way.
Why do some idiots deny the ovious fact that ALCOHOLISM is a BRAIN DISEASE that you INHERIT from your family? I’m Irish, I know I inhereted this BRAIN DISEASE from a lone line of drunks on the Emrald Isle. How is alcoholism any different from cancer, or tuburculosis, or AIDS???

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Answer by Rachel
alcoholism is a BEHAVIOR disorder. and a physcial and mental addiction. Yes it is a disease but ultimately it is a choice. you can CHOOSE not to drink alcohol. cancer is not a choice.

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Question by I_Make_Movies_for_HBO: Alcoholism is not a Disease, Am I Right or Am I Right?
I Am sick of people saying Alcoholism is a disease, Cancer is a Disease, Alcoholism is a choice! I just want peoples thoughts on this subject.

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Answer by no4play
It is a bad disease formed by habit.

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