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Wernike-Koraskoff Syndrome: Another Name for Alcohol-Related Dementia
My father is 81 and has moderate dementia. He forgets that he drinks and doesn't think he has a problem, but he has two DUIs and now he is walking to the liquor store and drinking on the way home with the police following him. Is there any hope of finding a treatment center for him or will he have to be arrested before anything can be done to help him?
Read answer →Alcohol Detoxification Requires Medical Treatment and Standard Protocols
How do I know if I am going to have alcohol detox that is serious enough that I am going to need to go to the hospital. I want to do this on my own but my girlfriend is saying we have to go to a detox clinic. I am telling her that I will go but I do not want to unless it is really necessary. Since she will be at home with me while I am going through this she will be there to drive me to the hospital in planet of time if things get too serious. What is a warning sign I should be on the lookout for to let me know it is time to go to the hospital and that things are at risk of getting dangerous?
Read answer →Alcohol Detox and Rehab Overseas
I have an opportunity to work overseas in the Middle East starting just before Christmas. I would be working in a fairly remote area and there would none, or almost no alcohol available. I have always been a very heavy drinker but I have been drinking very hard for the last 7 or 8 months, basically all the time. I know I need to stop and going to place without alcohol seems like a good way to go about it. I think I need some help with the detox (I am already waking up shaking in the night) so I plan to get all my stuff together and then a couple of weeks before I leave I’ll do a rehab detox and about a week of inpatient treatment and then it will be pretty much straight from the rehab to the plane to a country without alcohol. Does this sound like an OK plan? Is there anything obvious I am missing that will cause me problems?
Read answer →Early Recovery Teaches Recovery Must Come First
I am about to finish a 60 day residential alcohol addiction treatment program. My counselors are recommending that I move into a sober living house after my graduation from here. They have arranged for one that will accept me to be there with my son. Right now he is staying with my sister. I am kind of torn about what to do. I miss him like crazy. He is 7. And I also cannot really ask my sister to take him for any longer than she already has since it is hard for her to get him to school everyday since she has to drive him there herself. But I am very worried that the sober living home will not be a great environment for my son to be exposed to. I know that everyone is supposed to be sober but at the end of the day it is just a bunch of strangers. On the other hand if I go back to my old place there is a lot of temptation around me and I am not sure if I am ready for that, and I have to admit that I was not a very good mom to him when I was drinking, so the most important thing is that I stay sober. He is 7 so he is old enough to see what is going on. Is he going to be OK staying with me in a sober living home or is it going to be harmful to him in some way? I want to be a better mom to him from now on so I don’t want to put him in a bad situation, but if I start drinking again that will be even a worse situation for him. I am not sure what to do.
Read answer →Child Sexual Abuse is Correlated with Alcoholism
I believe that the sexual abuse I suffered as a child and teen is the reason why I am an alcoholic today. I have decided that I need to get help and I want to go to a rehab but I think I need to address what happened to me in the past if I really want to get better and so I don't think that AA style rehab is what I need. What types of therapies r programs would you recommend I be looking for in a rehab?
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