Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by jenn03: Dose anyone know any good web sites or other sources where i could find out about alcoholism??
Mainily hard facts on what it dose to your body and most of all your liver

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Answer by Mary Smith
go to google

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request of Pamela : What are some sites that you trust to get access to scientific journals and articles about alcoholism for free? write a reasoned essay on the negative effects of alcoholism in my advanced composition class, and I’m in need of reliable sources. You can listen to all links. Thank you. best answer:

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I need statistics that shows how bad alcoholism is. I need it for a speech for a school. Anything with bar graphs or pie charts would be good too.

I keep on Googling it but I keep ending up at the same websites.

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Replies directing to legal counsel or “comments” about former husband are not sought here. Only seeking direction of how to explain depression to my kids.
Basic info…(lengthy yet shared in hopes of reply to aid for info. sought)…
My kids ages today…son (almost 17) and two daughters (20, 23).
At time of divorce their ages were son (11) and daughters (14, 17).
Was married 23 yrs. now divorced 6 yrs. I had initiated divorce and their dad agreed.
Divorce…There was NO physical abuse, cheating, alcohol, drugs.
Reason for divorce…during last 6 yrs of marriage we grew apart. He became neglectful, sex once every few months, condescending, putting me down, began raising his voice to me more and more. I was beginning to feel “small”, not important, empty, etc. so I finally called it done.
Week after divorce proceedings began I went into deep depression. Divorce right thing to do, yet still felt very grieved and sad over parting ways with him and our marriage ending.
I had 80% custody and their dad 20% in addition to other times they wanted to get together.
After divorce process, my depression lightened yet was still there. Their dad “encouraged” my kids frustration over my depressed behavior.
Three years after divorce, at request of my second daughter, I allowed my two younger kids to move in with their dad. (Eldest was at college). The understanding and agreement was that I was still to see them, just switching main household.
As soon as they went to live with their dad, all my kids stopped seeing and talking to me. Former husband would say, “Just give them time…be patient.”
Didn’t do the”custody switch” through court as didn’t want to put my kids through that.
Kids not coming ’round, waiting and patience ran out so I sought co-parenting counseling.
Neither their dad or I are in any other relationship.
Today…three months ago my former husband and I returned to co-parenting counseling and last session the counselor suggested I find something for my kids to read or me write letter to them explaining how depression can effect a person. Not looking for excuse for my past depression, simply seeking info. or the words to explain how depression at times reflects out to others. Had always been good mother, but during that time frame of depression my behavior was…deep sadness and grief that out-formed as crying, agitation, focus on cooking, laundry, etc. weakened.
Have long since healed from the depression, yet since my kids won’t see me they don’t see how I am today which is the mother they knew before the divorce.
Anyway…many web-sites and books found, but find it challenging to locate info.of this scenario of mother explaining depression to her kids. My former husband and I can talk and get along okay, yet I feel there’s still hurt, anger on his part due to divorce. Getting back together again? We get along “okay”, yet to be married…no.
Do you know of any books, web-sites, OR suggestions in your own words to share that would explain why their mother “wigged out” (depression) during that time. People get “ill” in various ways but do heal again. How to explain that type of illness to my kids when many don’t see depression as an illness?
Have next co-parenting session in two weeks and it’s challenging to find info. that would “speak” to my kids with the emotions and age they are today. Only info. the counselor has on this is the text-book depression info. and my former husband says “he doesn’t know”. So, I’m left to find info. on this alone.
Any suggestions in how to explain past depression as it applies to this scenario?
Thanks much.
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