Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by tim s: vomiting/ sweating are symptoms of alcoholism?

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Answer by cyy
theres a possibility

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Question by astutewoman: Alcoholism / Alcoholic behavior…?
I have limited exposure to alcoholism from various stages and people in my life…and currently involved with a recovering alcoholic… I try to support others going through the same thing… and had a friend say this to me recently —

“One thing I’m coming to grips with right now is that, regardless of what he says, alcohol is his #1 love, not me. He will beg, borrow, steal and lie to get it – and I couldn’t say for sure if he’d go to those lengths for me! Should we be sympathetic to the fact that this addiction and disease
is making them lie and hurt us? Somedays I feel there is a fine line between being supportive and being a total pushover.”

Has anyone felt this same way? have you felt you were being supportive and a pushover or did you feel you were being one more than the other.. and how?

How did you cope with what you felt versus knowing what you had to do?

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Answer by Daniel F
Addicts CAN stop…. Don’t let them manipulate you. Give them help to stop, but don’t enable their addiction.

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Question by walmartshopper: what defines alcoholism?
why is it so hard for an alcoholic to know they are one, i believe my husband is one although he says he is not, i grew up in an alcoholic home, i do know what it means, just not why they dont see it in themselves, my dad was very physically abusive when he drank, while with my husband it makes him more calm, but at times if we are argueing he has been known to throw things and just get meaner, he thinks he is not an alcoholic for the mere fact that he dont drink at work, only when he comes home every day, would anyone else consider this to be alcoholism, the problems it is causing is destroying our whole relationship, and i need help

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Answer by Uncle Charlie
If his best friends are at the bar, he’s an alcoholic
If his complains he has no money, but theres always beer, hes an alcoholic
If he puts booze in front of his family hes an alcoholic

Uncle Charlie

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Question by miekaonfire!™[NObama]: alcoholism stats?
in my spanish class, were making posters about diffrent addictions. I have been assigned alcoholism. I need stats, like; how many people die from it a year, relation to domestic abuse…etc.

If you can give me a direct fact; that will help me greatly!!
If you can give me a link; that works too.

Thanks!
Mieka

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Answer by an
look it up yourself
you lazybutt

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Question by Jesse D: Writing a paper about alcoholism? Help with topic ideas?
I have an eight page paper about alcoholism due this Friday. I’m brainstorming what I want to write about and trying to come up with questions I can answer within my paper, relating to the disease, of course.

So far, I’ve thought of:

Basic statistics (How many people are affected by alcoholism in the US? How many are men/women? What’s the economic/social level of those affected? Age range? Race?…)
Risk Factors
Possible causes (I’ll only touch briefly on this, since no one really knows whether it’s inherited or not. I will present both sides.)
Symptoms
Diagnosis (Using the AUDIT/CAGE testing system, etc…)
Treatment (How many treated actually stay sober, as opposed to going back to the bottle? What are the treatment options?)
Other health issues that stem from being an alcoholic (Liver failure, cancer, depression, bi-polar disorder, etc…)
What could be done better/more to inform the public about alcoholism

What else would you like to know about alcoholism, if you were reading my paper? Do you have any other topic ideas I could touch on? Thanks!

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Answer by njyogibear
costs to business community for employees with alcoholism–a, absenteeism/lost productivity and b, expense for health insurance/rehab

social stigma/public view of alcoholism

portrayal of alcoholism in popular culture ie literature, movies, tv-has it changed over time?

drinking age and its correlation to alcoholism; contrast USA to other countries where younger poeple can drink

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