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I have a friend who happens to be addicted to alcohol. Since she stopped drinking two days ago, she has been experiencing what I think are withdrawal symptoms. She’s having a hard time sleeping, and when she does get to sleep, she experiences bad dreams. She’s also nauseous a lot of times, and her hands get clammy. I’ve already told her to seek medical help, but she’s stubborn and doesn’t want to. Will this go away? Read more

I have a friend who was an alcohol addict. She stopped 2 days ago and I think she’s experiencing withdrawal symptoms. She’s been having a hard time sleeping, and when she does sleep, she gets bad dreams. She experiences nausea a lot and has clammy hands. I told her she should get herself treated, but she doesn’t want to. Is this normal? Read more

In the UK, people don’t meet for a coffee, they meet for a pint (or cocktail, whatever). Alcohol use is embedded in the social fabric – what might elsewhere be understood as mild alcoholism is easily accepted as normal – to the point that it’s not unusual for people to turn up for work with a hangover (or take a sick day to nurse a bad one). I think there’s resistance to the disease or genetic theory of alcoholism – people have ‘drink problems’, or just ‘like having a good time’, or are ‘being sociable’. This applies to all classes + groups: binge-drinking students + city workers; football fans; families (children are often welcome in pubs)…
To be abstinent, as is demanded of many alcohol treatment programmes, is to be a pariah. On top of that I think mental illness in general is largely taboo…
What are treatment strategies that make sense in this context, then? How do you help someone with a ‘drink problem’ who’s in sync with his culture?
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I was just wondering about this since the smokers I know also drink excessively. Is there really a connection between smoking and drinking alcohol? Read more

We’re really plumb out of money, but I also need to get my husband treated for his alcoholism. I fear that if I don’t put him inside an alcohol rehab soon, he’ll get worse. He’s gotten more violent lately, and I just don’t want this to continue on. Help please. Read more

A lot of smokers I know are also alcohol drinkers. Are smoking and alcohol drinking somehow connected? Will the treatment of one eventually lead to the dissipating of the other? Read more

My father has been drinking too much alcohol lately, and I’m honestly alarmed. She developed the habit when my mother died two years ago. Please help me… :( Read more

My childhood friend begged me to help him find one since he is a self confessed drug dependent and he wants to change for good. Please, help me…:( Read more

My brother has been gobbling up way too much liquor for the past five months or so, and I’m terribly worried. His work has been badly affected by his alcoholism that he nearly got fired. I hope someone out there can lend a helping hand. Read more

I have a friend who stopped drinking alcohol two days ago and she has been experiencing what seems to me like withdrawal symptoms. She’s always craving alcohol and gets clammy hands. I told her these are signs that she should get herself treated for addiction but she won’t listen to me. Am I right? If so, what can I do? Read more

It’s easier for me to open up to strangers than to bother my family and friends about this. I have been craving for alcohol more and more now, and have started experiencing withdrawal symptoms as well. I want this to stop. I need to talk to someone about this, but not face to face. Any ideas? Read more

I heard some kids in school talking about a holistic approach in relation to drug and alcohol addiction. Does anybody know more about it? I’m just interested. Read more

I know I have a drinking problem but I was just too proud to admit it. Now, I am ready to get some help. I don’t want to waste my life on alcohol. Where can I get treatment? Read more