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• Alcoholism Facts
  For most people who drink, alcohol is a pleasant accompaniment to social activities. Moderate alcohol use—up to two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women and older people—is not harmful for most adults.
  
  
  • Alcoholism - Is It Curable or Controllable?
    Alcoholism is a progressive and potentially fatal disease. Alcoholism itself is not curable but it is possible to recover completely.
    
    
  • How Much Drinking Is Too Much?
    Experts are no longer categorizing alcoholics just by the fact that they drink so much alcohol that it affects their lives but now alcoholism can be divided into varying degrees of alcoholism
    
    
  • How to Quit Alcohol without Gaining Weight
    Not everyone gains weight when he or she begins an alcohol recovery program but there are many people who do gain weight.
    
    
  • How to Stop Using Alcohol without AA
    For the alcoholic, quitting drinking is extremely difficult and something that takes time, patience, and dedication. Recovery is not a task that can be entered into lightly or
    
    
  • The Reasons behind Alcoholism
    Substance use disorders are the major public health issues facing the United States today. It is estimated that more than 15 million Americans suffer from alcoholism.
    
    
  • What to Teach Children about Alcohol
    In recent years, research has shown that approximately eighty percent of high school students have tried alcohol. The majority of kids try alcohol during their high school
    
    
  • Alcoholism - Is It Hereditary?
    Alcoholism is influenced by both hereditary and environmental factors. Addictions, particularly addictions to alcohol tend to run in families and it is known that genes to play a role in that process.
    
    
  • How Parents Can Recognize When Their Children are Drinking
    As much as parents may not like to think about it, the truth is that many kids and teens try alcohol during their high school and college years, long before it is legal for them to drink it.
    
    
  • How to Set Up an Intervention for an Alcoholic
    An intervention is a confrontation by a group of concerned family and friends. The intervention should be a loving, gentle, and supportive strategy to encourage the alcoholic to admit to having a problem with alcohol and to agree to seek professional help
    
    
  • The Facts behind Alcoholics Anonymous
    Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.), founded in 1935, is a 12-step program that is designed to help the alcoholic recover. A.A. is based on personal experience as a means for people to help each other to stop drinking.