Alcohol Addiction (Alcoholism)

Everyone, stop getting drunk!
Then Ann Friedman responded by suggesting that college men needed to stop getting drunk. The conversation continues, both here and elsewhere. Perhaps we should expand our horizons. Everyone should stop drinking. Male, female, young, old, flesh, fowl … Read more on Washington Post (blog)

Denouncing binge drinking is not victim-blaming
The message of Emily Yoffe's Slate article about binge drinking and sexual assault on college campuses was as important as it was obvious: The best step that young women can take to protect themselves is to stop drinking to excess. Young women … Read more on Washington Post

Stop drinking energy drinks •Doctor warns people with hypertension, diabetes
Stop drinking energy drinks •Doctor warns people with hypertension, diabetes. Written by; Saturday, 26 October 2013 00:00; font size decrease font size decrease font size increase font size increase font size; Print · Email · Be the first to comment … Read more on Nigerian Tribune

Question by Angie: Will medicaid pay for alcohol rehab in Utah?
If you had a brother, sister, son, or daughter that needs help. Would you do anything you could to help them? This is a disease!

Best answer:

Answer by raysny
No. Although alcoholism is considered a disease by some, it is treated as a behavior by the government.

http://askjan.org/media/alcohol.html#ADA

Most rehabs are 12step-based, based on AA. Rehabs have a slightly better success rate than Alcoholics Anonymous which is estimated to be about 5%, the same as no treatment at all. People who fail in AA and 12step facilitation tend to fall harder than those who were not exposed to 12step treatment, which teaches people they are powerless to do anything about their addiction, that even God cannot cure alcoholism, only grant a daily reprieve from the desire to drink.

Dr. Brandsma found that A.A. increased the rate of binge drinking, and
Dr. Ditman found that A.A. increased the rate of rearrests for public drunkenness, and
Dr. Walsh found that “free A.A.” made later hospitalization more expensive, and
Doctors Orford and Edwards found that having a doctor talk to the patient for just one hour was just as effective as a whole year of A.A.-based treatment.
Dr. George E. Vaillant, the A.A. Trustee, found that A.A. treatment was completely ineffective, and raised the death rate in alcoholics. No other way of treating alcoholics produced such a high death rate as did Alcoholics Anonymous.
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-letters85.html

What works? A summary of alcohol treatment research:
http://www.behaviortherapy.com/whatworks.htm

“About 75 percent of persons who recover from alcohol dependence do so without seeking any kind of help, including specialty alcohol (rehab) programs and AA. Only 13 percent of people with alcohol dependence ever receive specialty alcohol treatment.”
Alcoholism Isn’t What It Used To Be:
http://www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov/features/alcoholism.aspx

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Attorney General Against Underage Drinking Fails To Stop Underage Drinking …
We all know that drinking can cause a lot of problems. We also all know that prohibiting drinking doesn't work. Therefore, we are left with the choice of trying to ameliorate the problems associated with drinking (here's a thought, let's not have drunk … Read more on Above the Law

Missing the point on binge drinking
The message of Emily Yoffe's Slate article about binge drinking and sexual assault on college campuses was as important as it was obvious: The best step that young women can take to protect themselves is to stop drinking to excess. Young women … Read more on Washington Post

Yoffe: Want to stop rape on college campuses? Get women to stop drinking
In one awful high-profile case after another – the U.S. Naval Academy; Steubenville, Ohio; now the allegations in Maryville, Mo. – we read about a young woman, sometimes only a girl, who goes to a party and ends up being raped. As soon as the school … Read more on Newsday

The Best Rape Prevention: Tell College Women to Stop Getting So Wasted
Stop!”) The biological reality is that women do not metabolize alcohol the same way as men, and that means drink for drink women will get drunker faster. I tell her I know alcohol will be widely available (even though it's illegal for most college … Read more on Slate Magazine

Alcohol Withdrawal and Detox