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Alcohol and Liver Cirrhosis
If you consume alcohol, there may be potential for you to develop problems with your liver, leading to liver cirrhosis. While the amount and frequency of alcohol...
Codependency: How Families Enable Alcoholics to Function
Codependency is a form of relationship that is common in alcoholic homes. It is often learned in childhood and is a pattern that repeats down the...
Does Family History Influence Choice of Relationships?
It has long been known that adults who were raised in alcoholic homes have certain typical characteristics. These people are called ‘adult...
Family Therapy for Alcohol Issues Family Life
The route through alcoholism can be complicated. One branch of treatment is family therapy, which looks at the emotional life of an entire...
Genetics Versus Upbringing in Alcohol Abuse
The roots of alcohol abuse vary widely and there is no definitive evidence that defines the relative effects of genetics and upbringing on the...
How does Alcoholism Affect Children?
It's unlikely to sound surprising but studies have shown that children who have alcoholic parents will grow up to suffer deep-seated emotional and behavioural damage....
How Much Alcohol is Too Much?
How much alcohol is too much can depend on who you are, and you could argue, what the circumstances are. Daily, heavy drinking that affects your health is clearly too...
How to Cope With a Recovering Alcoholic
When somebody stops drinking, their family and friends think the problems are over: but it can actually be the beginning of a rocky road, full of...
Living With an Alcoholic
Living with an alcoholic is generally a rollercoaster of a ride. It’s hard for those around the drinker to understand that actually they can’t help themselves and...
Pretending When You Have a Drink Problem
For alcoholics, one of the most common factors of the illness is not facing up to it. Pretending there is no drink problem. It might seem...
Teenage Alcoholism
Alcohol is one of the most frequently used substances by teenagers. But while some of us may think it is simply a stage that kids go through, the reality is that it...
The Problem of Teenage Drinking and Alcoholism
Whilst alcoholism in its truest form is normally the province of older people, there are an alarming number teenagers and even younger children who...
