Help needed for SA Aboriginal alcoholics
Medical training and rehab services are needed to help Ceduna Aborigines escape the grip of alcoholism, an inquest has been told.
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Health promoter leaves Missoula city-county department after 30 years
Others wanted to talk this week about Greg Oliver’s legacy with the Missoula City-County Health Department that was 30 years in the making. Oliver wanted to talk about, of all things, health. Health and Missoula’s downtown plan. Health and the school district’s Graduation Matters. Health and the Poverello Center.
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Alcoholics Anonymous chapter puts lives on track
Thursday November 18, 2010 PITTSFIELD — Standing before three dozen people at the SIOGA Club, Thomas Szcezpaniak wavered a moment before introducing himself.

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German city opens new pub – for alcoholics
Inside the corner pub in Kiel’s down-at-heel Gaarden district hollow-cheeked men with tattoos sat at the bar, chain-smoking roll-up cigarettes as they cracked open the beers they had just bought at the discount supermarket down the road.

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With no detox beds, Kiwi docs ask alcoholics to keep boozing!
Wellington, Nov 07 : Doctors in New Zealand are telling the alcoholics to continue boozing as they do not have enough acute detoxification beds to help them get rid of the condition.

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Alcoholics told to keep drinking
Doctors are telling severe alcoholics needing help to keep drinking because there is a shortage of acute detoxification beds in the South Island, specialists say.

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Alcoholics told to keep drinking due to bed shortage
Severe alcoholics are being advised to keep drinking due to a shortage of acute detoxification beds. read more

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Alcoholics told keep drinking due to detox bed shortage
Alcoholics are being advised to keep drinking due to a shortage of detoxification beds.

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Alcoholics told keep drinking as beds full
Severe alcoholics are being advised to keep drinking due to a shortage of acute detoxification beds.A Canterbury doctor, who asked not to be named, said he had seen patients who wanted to stop drinking but could not do so safely…

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NZ alcoholics told ‘keep drinking’
Severe alcoholics in NZ are being advised to keep drinking due to a shortage of acute detoxification beds.

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Man arrested after slaying outside Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
NEW BEDFORD – A city man has been charged with murder in connection to a stabbing death outside an Alcoholics Anonymous…

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Take the cars away from all alcoholics
Something much more severe has to take place than the current punishment for DUI. Any alcoholic will drive drunk no matter what, license, no license, etc. We will not get them off the road as long as they can get behind the wheel of an automobile and start it. We have to remove this possibility.

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Rihanna: ‘Album will cure alcoholics’
Rihanna says that her new album means people don’t need to drink when they go out.

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Album Description
This is a music CD collection of 10 heartfelt and passionate Christian recovery songs. These are well-constructed songs, both instrumentally and lyrically. These songs have helped addicts (and others in recovery) relate to, and identify, their feelings. Your heart and soul will be moved by the music on this CD. Other recovery programs that have found this music helpful: Survivors of emotional incest; sexual abuse; domestic violence awareness, overeaters groups…. More >>

Recovery Oriented Christian Music – Songs for Christians With Addictions. Recovery music for Adult Children Of Alcoholics, emotional incest survivors, sexual abuse, and domestic violence awareness.

Hazelden to publish Alcoholics Anonymous’ ‘Big Book’
For millions of addicts around the world, Alcoholics Anonymous’ basic text – informally known as the Big Book – is the Bible. And as they’re about to find out, the Bible was edited.

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High levels of stress hormone in recovering alcoholics ‘raise relapse risk’
Washington, Sept 24 : High levels of a stress hormone in recovering alcoholics could increase the risk of relapse, a new study has found.

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Scientists find high levels of stress hormone in chronic alcoholics
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that high levels of a stress hormone in recovering alcoholics could increase the risk of relapse.The study showed that cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal gland in response to stress, is found in high levels in chronic alcoholics, as well as those recovering from the condition.

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Economy sending alcoholics to hospitals
The economy is taking its toll on alcoholics who are feeling the effects in a dangerous way.

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Drug Trials Show Promise for Improving Abstinence in Alcoholics
Findings of a new study suggest that alcoholic patients who have undergone detox can modestly improve their chances of abstinence by taking acamprosate (Campral). A Cochrane review supported by a grant from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the study determined that the drug—when used in combination with psychosocial treatment strategies—reduced the risk of [...]

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Drug that helps prevent relapse in alcoholics effectively
Washington, Sept 8 : Scientists have found that a drug called Acamprosate that helps prevent relapse in alcoholics.

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There’s no age limit among alcoholics…
Do you have anything to say? There’s no age limit among alcoholics… Ah-ha! These creative ideas so funny!

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