Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by Attlast: I have a Friend who I believe is an alcoholic for about five to ten years. Flu like symptoms all the time help?
I am looking for information to share with her like what is happening to her body physcially.

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Answer by virgo7254
she has hep c or cirrosis of the liver she needs to see a Dr right now
if she does not quit drinking she may die soon..for her to have symptoms all the time she is in her late stage..
look for yellowing of the eyes or skin
nausea / vomiting
pains in the lower flank of the body
tenderness to the touch
lack of wanting to eat
and weight loss
and if it is weight gain she needs to have her stomach drained from all of the toxins
..my friend went to the VA hospital because he looked like he was pregnant they had to emergency remove 7 2liters of a green fluid out of his stomach and said another day or 2 he would of died

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Question by Courtney S: how successful can alcohol rehab be if someone does not believe in a higher power?
how successful can alcohol rehab be if someone does not believe in a higher power (God or anything)? It’s one of the steps and my boyfriend is having trouble with that step but really wants to get better…. any suggestions???
the program he is in is telling him he has to believe in a higher power… please give me some feed back as to what I can do to help him get through this….

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Answer by Fu
you dont need the twelve steps to be clean.

my partner is a recovering alcoholic..and we are both atheist..she’s been clean for over 5 years now

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Question by Ree: Do YOU believe Alcoholism is a disease?
What’s your opinion? Alcoholics call it their disease — do you agree? Why!?

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Answer by Carissa S
Yes, because its something you can no longer control without help
and a disease is something you cant control without help.

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Question by Antoiwanna: The American Medical Association and Alcoholics Anonymous BOTH believe that alcoholism is a disease. T or F?

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Answer by Lemanski’s Ghost
Of course it’s not so simple. AA recognizes a spiritual solution to alcoholism, so it is not a strictly biological disease in their view if spirituality can overcome it. They also tend to be negative toward things like medications to control cravings, depression, anxiety, etc. But it is certainly a physical condition within AA, and in their view it requires a metaphysical cure.

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Question by ♪: Do AA /NA etc people believe that alcoholism is a “spirtual disease”?
I just read this and would like to verify.

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Answer by dremadagwa
may be

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