As folks move along in the aging process, sometimes alcohol consumption can begin to increase without really being all that conscious of it. Alcoholism is a progressive disease. It only gets worse, and never better. As we age, it's often the lifestyle illnesses, ones we could have avoided, that nail us - cancer or emphysema from smoking, or cirrhosis of the liver, heart disease or worse from alcohol consumption.
If you are having doubts whether your drinking is excessive, it probably is. You can deny it, but it's well to listen to those nagging doubts. Why risk having an increasingly miserable life as you grow older? Here's some pertinent information on the subject. Continue Reading »
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When you see someone in the street drinking something out of a brown paper bag, you automatically assume that they are drinking alcohol, although it is difficult to pin point back to when it actually took off. We can though confirm that the ideology of alcoholism dates back to 1849 when Magnus Huss first linked the consumption of alcohol to serious health conditions. Continue Reading »
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According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 22.8 million Americans need help for drug or alcohol abuse. Of those people only a small percent completed rehab successfully. Students took the same survey and of those students, 2.3 million ages 12-17 reported they needed help for drugs or alcohol. Only 8.2% actually got help from a rehab center. Whatever your choice of addiction is, they have one thing in common, low self esteem.
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