Alcoholism

Recovery Hints
Adult Children of Alcoholics
by Janet Woititz
It is important to be clear what recovery means for adult children. Alcoholism is a disease. People recovering from alcoholism are recovering from a disease. The medical model is accepted by all responsible folks working in alcoholism treatment.

Chapter 2: The Stranger You Love
Addict in the Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery
by Beverly Conyers, MA
All addicts' stories are heartbreaking in their own unique ways. But if you hear enough of these stories, you begin to realize that they are also distressingly similar.

A Look At The Problem
Marriage On The Rocks: Learning to Live with Yourself and an Alcoholic
by Janet Woititz
We live in a society where drinking alcoholic beverages is encouraged and even expected. A man has difficulty being socially with it when ordering club soda or a Coke. Drinking someone under the table is manly, and making a martini without bruising

Why Do Kids Use Alcohol? A Look at High-Risk Teens
Alcohol - Whats a Parent to Believe? (The Informed Parent)
by Stephen Biddulph
It is unfair and often untrue to paint a high-risk kid as a drug or alcohol abuser or a troubled kid who goes around hating and fighting and causing trouble. Many high-risk teens—even those who are addicted or involved with serious abuse of alcohol

Drugs and Alcohol: Short-Circuiting Brain Chemistry
End Your Addiction Now
by Charles Gant, M.D. and Greg Lewis, Ph.D.
Potentially addictive substances, including nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, heroin, Prozac, and Valium to name only a few function by short-circuiting brain chemistry. Their chemical structures are such that they literally substitute for the neurotransmitters

Definition of Alcoholism
Alcoholism and Other Drug Problems
by James E. Royce, S.J., Ph.D., David Scratchley, Ph.D.
There are nearly as many definitions of alcoholism as there are those who write or lecture on the subject. Why bother to define? There are many reasons. The alcoholism worker must have a definition that will stand up in court under cross-examination

Number of Alcoholics
Alcoholism and Other Drug Problems
by James E. Royce, S.J., Ph.D., David Scratchley, Ph.D.
In 1993 NCADD put the figure at 12.1 million. Using our working definition but applying it conservatively, one can say as a rule of thumb that alcoholics constitute 4 percent of the general population.

Making Contact With Others
Lifeskills for Adult Children
by Janet Woititz, Alan Garner, M.A.
Adult children cringe at the idea of having to make small talk. Growing up in a dysfunctional family means that social skills were not adequately developed. Few people really enjoy small talk, but it is a necessary part of the socialization process.

Wellness: The Missing Dimension in Recovery
The Wellness-Recovery Connection: Charting Your Pathway to Optimal Health While Recovering from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
by John Newport, Ph.D
As you may be aware you are not the only one who has ever hidden empty wine bottles from your spouse missed out on a good job due to failing a drug screening or fallen into a pattern of constantly covering up for the irresponsible behavior of an alcoholic

Adolescence and Alcohol: What's the Attraction?
Alcohol - Whats a Parent to Believe? (The Informed Parent)
by Stephen Biddulph
Any discussion of alcohol abuse and alcoholism is incomplete and almost meaningless without discussing the potential victims: the teens. This section looks at the nature of teens as developing adults and the reasons why some teens are at higher risk for

Recovery Hints for Adult Children
The Complete ACOA Sourcebook: Adult Children of Alcoholics at Home, at Work and in Love
by Janet Woititz
It is important to be clear what recovery means for adult children. Alcoholism is a disease. People recovering from alcoholism are recovering from a disease. The medical model is accepted by all responsible folks working in alcoholism treatment.

Why Do Some Kids Refrain from Drinking?
Alcohol - Whats a Parent to Believe? (The Informed Parent)
by Stephen Biddulph
Some kids don't use alcohol. If the statistics are correct, about 30 percent of high school seniors don't use alcohol, and an even higher percentage of younger kids are abstinent. Some of the kids in this category may try alcohol, use a few times

Introduction
Playing It Straight: Personal Conversations on Recovery, Transformation and Success
by David Dodd
In this groundbreaking work, rock-n-roll writer and critic David Dodd presents some of the most powerful interviews with musicians, entertainers and athletes you will ever read.

Preface
The Real 13th Step: Discovering Confidence, Self-Reliance, and Independence Beyond the 12-Step Programs
by Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D.
Since the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, twelve-step based recovery programs have proved very effective in helping victims of addictive, obsessive and compulsive behavior put a stop to that behavior and the damage it has created in their lives.

Alcohol, Memory Blackouts and the Brain
by National Institute of Health
Alcohol primarily interferes with the ability to form new long-term memories, leaving intact previously established long-term memories and the ability to keep new information active in memory for brief periods.

Adolescent Brain and Alcohol Effects
by National Institute of Health
Many people begin to drink alcohol during adolescence and young adulthood. Alcohol consumption during this developmental period may have profound effects on brain structure and function.

The Program
Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening
by Robert J. Meyers, Ph.D., Brenda L. Wolfe, Ph.D.
Here is a book for those who have tried everything to get their loved ones sober-from scolding and nagging, to begging and bribing, and even detaching-all to no avail. Using this compassionate yet effective approach, spouses, lovers, parents, or children

Alcoholic Versus Problem Drinker
Alcoholism and Other Drug Problems
by James E. Royce, S.J., Ph.D., David Scratchley, Ph.D.
Scientific researchers like W. Madsen, D. Cahalan, and S. Bacon rightly insist that to gather meaningful and comparable data one must have an operational, quantifiable definition that guarantees consistency as to which cases are counted as alcoholics

There Is a Solution
The Big Book Unplugged : A Young Person's Guide to Alcoholics Anonymous
by John R.
Alcoholism is the only disease that tries to convince you that you don't have it. So what's the purpose of the Big Book? It's simple: The Big Book provides solutions to what we couldn't fix.

The Effects of Alcohol on Physiological Processes and Biological Development
by National Institute of Health
Adolescence is a period of rapid growth and physical change; a central question is whether consuming alcohol during this stage can disrupt development in ways that have long-term consequences.