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New approaches to alcohol abuse deserve support
First, that alcohol, although abused by a small fraction of the populace, still has a wide and costly impact on the community. And second, that there is no single approach that will turn around the problem — collaboration and innovation continue to be …
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Call to drug and alcohol test pollies
Mr Hodgett signalled he was open-minded about the radical idea of testing our law makers following a Napthine Government crackdown on drug and alcohol use and theft on government building sites. Asked if the same scrutiny should be applied to …
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SGA supports county alcohol diversion program
The University of South Dakota Student Government Association will support a resolution in favor of a program allowing people over the age of 18 who received a Class 1 or Class 2 misdemeanor in Clay County to forgo conviction by completing a series of …
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Dennis Rodman Blames It On The Alcohol, Enters Rehab
Sources connected to Rodman tell us the 52-year old basketball Hall of Famer checked into a treatment center a few days ago in New Jersey … on the heels of his disastrous trip to North Korea. We're told Rodman is "beyond exhausted and overwhelmed" …
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My husband has in a the Bell Shelter rehab last year from 5/06 thru 12/06 for drug and alcohol abuse and posession charges. While the the shelter for the first three months he was doing just fine up until 09/06 when I could no longer be there for him …
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Question by RyleeKay: can alcohol abuse cause depression?
i’m very depressed and really don’ tlike myself. i believe i have had an issue with alcohol abuse for over a year now.
if i stop drinking, will i start to feel better about myself?

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Answer by Nanthan123
Look, i dont want to sound like a preacher or anything. But i was in your boat 3½ years ago. Unfortunate events in my life forced me to attend AA meetings. Ive been sober now 3½ years and life is better and different. Without that program i would not be sober, and it has done nothing but good for me.

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Alcohol abuse mostly targeting one age group in Rockford
All types of people can fall victim to the chains of addiction. Maybe you know a friend or family member who has, or it could even be a personal experience, but some medical professionals say when it comes to alcohol abuse one specific age group's …
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Community calendar
Alcoholics Anonymous, Sunday Morning Awareness Group, open discussion, 10 a.m., Trinity Medical Center East staff conference room; information, (740) 266-5081; Sunday Night Celebration Group, 7 p.m., School of Bright Promise, 256 John Scott Highway …
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Is marijuana as safe as — or safer than — alcohol?
Alcohol's addictive qualities are well-documented. Approximately 17.6 million people, or one in every 12 adults, suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence, according to the NIAAA. Alcoholics in withdrawal can suffer from anxiety and depression, headaches …
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Justin Bieber's Police Report Was LIED ON?! Problems Uncovered Over How …
While the police report commented that the Canadian reeked of alcohol and had a .04 blood alcohol level, it seems there might've been some fudging going on with those docs. We now hear Bieberoni apparently had a .014 blood alcohol level, which is so …
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Question by denveryay: How is it possible to absolutely categorize Alcoholim as a disease and not an illness?
“Disease” is a very loosely defined term in many respects. There are multiple disorders, infenctions, and symptoms that can be typical of a definable disease. Also, a disease must have specific and constant cause(s), which in the case of Alcoholism is the CHOICE to drink ethyl-alcohol. The cause of the “disease” is the recurring and disregarding CHOICE to drink. A choice, however pathological or illogical, doesn’t seem to be appropriate as a cause or a condition of any disease. Despite the negative psychological, physiological, and other results of long-term alcohol abuse, it seems that it shouldn’t be classified as anything more than a treatable mental disorder.

“Illness, although often used to mean disease, can also refer to a person’s perception of their health, regardless of whether they in fact have a disease. A person without any disease may feel unhealthy and believe he has an illness. Another person may feel healthy and believe he does not have an illness even though he may have a disease” – Wikipedia on ‘Disease’

It is true that if some Alcoholics didn’t have a disease to blame for their disorder, they would not be able to stop drinking. It is also true that because of Alcholism-as-a-disease, many people who ABUSE alcohol are led into misperceptions about their drinking habits. In fact, it is only alcohol DEPENDENCE that could possibly even begin to be categorized as a disease.

An individual who is alcohol-dependent exhibits behavior indicitive of addiction. Drink-seeking, withdrawal and tolerance, and psychological malfunction among others are the results and symptoms of addiction. My father and friends have struggled with alchohol and drug addictions and I have seen the both successful and unsuccessful treatments implemented in their lives.

It seems that Alcoholism and drug addictions are psychological disorders that in a vast majority of instances could be cured by a conscious choice (however difficult) to STOP using the cause of the addiction. It has been proven in many instances that an addict can stop using the object of their addiction without any complications, as long as they are commited to quitting.

It seems that diseases should only be those such as Cancer, Diabetes, Hepatitis and the like. People who have these diseases cannot make a choice to simply stop a behavior to ease their pains. Whereas, although undoubtedly difficult, an addict can ease his or her addiction by making a powerful choice to stop using.

By allowing alcoholism to be categorized as a disease, it seems that negative stigma is removed from addicts’ behaviors and people who drink are given an excuse to justify their behavior. Instead of feeling like they’ve let themselves and their families down, they are able to blam their behavior on a cause outside of their control, which is simply not true.

“Neither the U.S. Veterans Administration nor the Social Security Administration makes payments to individuals, whose disabilities stem from substance abuse, including alcoholism.” – From Shoutwire

I am NOT pro- or anti- any of this I am looking for factual objective evidence and ideas that could lead to helping me understand why Alchoholism is given reprieve by its disease classification.

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Answer by kentuckyredhead5353
Well about half way through I had a problem and I developed this question. What is the difference with what you were saying in comparison to a cigarette smoker for some it’s the habit and the motion and some get physically sick for the lack of nicotine is it not similar. emotional vs physical and different for different personality types? 🙂 Guess I could read on have a good one:-)
OK I’m finally done now i get it, it’s all in there head so all they have to do is get it out of their head and it will all go away. They just will it away. Take 2 aspirins have a sucker and call me in the morning:-)
oh excuse me revision: update-read the last part. it was taken out as a disease because social security was being drained by leagal alcoholics that the government makes good taxes off of. The only help and recourse for a recovering alcoholic, drug user, vet, is a mental health clinic because why did they drink in the first place. Now uncle sam pays for their drugs and kills them off with a lousy health plan. looks who is on all the class action suits that will never collect anything. Trust me I have done my homework on this subject. I know many vets and low income disabled people. Nothing has changed but the name of the disease.

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