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I'm a mother and I drink too much 2008-05-28 00:56:35 Do British mums have a problem with alcohol addiction? Certainly, that would seem to be the case, with over half drinking alcohol at least three or four nights a week, according to a 2007 survey conducted by social networking site Netmums. One-quarter, meanwhile, admit to regularly exceeding the recommended limit of 14 units of alcohol a week.Siobhan Freegard, the co-founder of Netmums.com, recent Read more:mother
Am I an alcoholic? 2008-05-12 10:54:38 Alcoholism is a disease. It is chronic, meaning that a sufferer will be afflicted throughout their lifetime. It is progressive, in that it gets steadily worse. And, in many cases, it can be fatal.And like other chronic, progressive and potentially fatal illnesses, alcoholism is not a matter of choice, says Simon Hill, addictions therapist at Linwood Manor Group. For a start, he says, there's stron
OAP's hit the bottle in retirement 2008-04-29 09:46:54 The UK youth culture of binge-drinking is rarely out of the headlines these days. However, a worrying trend of alcohol abuse within the older generation has been noticed by specialists at the Linwood Group, one of the UK's leading providers of alcohol addiction treatment.They are seeing increasing numbers of men and women in their sixties, seventies and even in their eighties being admitted for al Read more:bottle
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Six ways you can help an alcoholic family member. 2008-04-23 03:49:35 Living with an alcoholic may be one of the most frightening and isolating problems that their family members ever have to deal with.They may feel their problems are overshadowed by those of the alcoholic - but, due to economic hardship, disruption of domestic routine and emotional and physical abuse, the family's suffering may be just acute, if not worse, than that experienced by the problem drink Read more:Six ways
Alcohol Addiction - What does ‘rock bottom’ mean? 2008-04-17 08:48:09 What is ‘rock bottom' and how can you tell if you've reached it?It's a complex question. Broadly speaking, ‘rock bottom' is the moment when a problem drinker is forced to face the devastating consequences of continued alcohol abuse and take an agonising decision: to continue on the path of self-destruction or to make a commitment to sobriety and change. That said, the process of reachi Read more:Alcohol
Drinking and depression: chicken or egg? 2008-04-04 03:58:55 When life gets us down, a common response is to reach for a glass of something that will cheer us up and banish gloomy thoughts. Such is the role that a alcohol clinic. Alcohol plays in modern society. It's a ‘sharpener', a ‘livener', a drop of ‘dutch courage' that we turn to in times of stress or anxiety. Few of us consider that this behaviour could lead us to anBut relying on t Read more:Drinking
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Contact Us 2008-03-13 17:35:07 For residential alcohol treatment, contact Linwood Manor now.To speak to speak to Linwood Manor alcohol treatment specialists, call 0800 066 4173 For free advice, contact Alcoholics Anonymous at
The Stages, Symptoms & Effects of Alcoholism 2008-03-10 16:50:54 Admitting to being an alcoholic is still taboo in the UK yet the problem continues to grow at a rapid rate. Sue Allchurch, director of the Linwood Group, the UK's only group of centres that solely treat alcoholism, looks at the stages of this progressive disease and how to deal with the problem.Alcoholism
is a disease. It affects one in 13 adults in the UK and, without treatment, will result in ea Read more:Stages
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College Binge Drinking Instrumental in Alcohol Dependence 2008-03-10 16:41:21 Many teenagers when heading off to college are leaving home for their first-ever taste of freedom.Inevitably, alcohol will form a major part of their new lifestyle but research has shown:on average, students consumes 28.4 units a week many students consume up to 50-60 units a week the recommended daily units are 2 for women and 4 for men Most students drink in binges at weekends. This is more Read more:Alcohol
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Problem Drinking Among White Collar Workers 2008-03-10 16:24:49 The alcohol problem among the professional classes is more widespread than many employers are prepared to acknowledge.In fact, recent research conducted by the UK Health and Safety executive suggests that certain professions have higher than average alcohol consumption -- and experience more alcohol-related problems as a result.These include not only those in the hotel, catering and drinks in Read more:White
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The 7 Tell Tale Signs that School Holidays are Driving You to Drink 2008-03-10 16:12:18 The long summer break can be a testing time for any parent of school-aged children. But for some mums, the school holidays can be the time when problem drinking spirals into dependent drinking.After all, the days when kids could happily disappear off with their friends for hours without parents worrying are long gone. In this modern age of increased vigilance, women find themselves having to const Read more:School
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Ten Signs of a Drinking Problem at Work 2008-03-10 16:04:05 Every autumn, treatment clinics see a sharp increase in the number of people seeking their help with alcohol dependency problems. In many cases, that's because people find that they have fallen into drinking habits over the summer holidays that they subsequently find impossible to break. For some, it can be the start of a life of secret drinking and deception."Holiday season is the Read more:Drinking
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Government Urged: Spend Less on Campaigns, More on Alcohol Rehabilitation Treatment 2008-03-10 15:52:53 The millions spent on alcohol awareness campaigns by the UK government, such as the Know Your Limits campaign are a waste of public funds, according to Sue Allchurch, project director at Linwood Manor."These campaigns target people capable of controlling their drinking, while an alcoholic can leave hospital after a life-threatening bout of pancreatitis or liver failure and still go Read more:Alcohol
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Drinking Problems Means Practice Nurses on the Frontline 2008-03-10 15:08:47 One in 13 people in the UK are alcohol-dependent. But when an alcoholic visits their local surgery, problem drinking is probably the last thing they are there to discuss.In fact, they may not be aware they have a problem. If they are, they will go to great lengths to conceal it. Either way, an alcohol-dependent patient will typically present with other issues that they are more willing to discuss. Read more:Drinking
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Treatment Centre Says No To Celebrities 2008-03-07 08:43:24 No celebrity would be taken seriously these days without a spell in rehab for drug or alcohol addiction. Whatever the problem - from drug addiction to anger management - time spent in treatment seems to add to the glamour of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle. Amy Winehouse recently had chart success singing about not going and there's a TV sit com about a treatment centre being aired at the moment. But Read more:Treatment
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Rehab - drinking problem programmes really can work 2008-09-15 09:56:54 Despair can be a terrible and destructive emotion. When a person is in the grip of alcohol addiction, it's easy for them to label themselves a ‘hopeless case'. So rather than reaching out for help, they're more likely instead to reach for another drink.But research shows that people who enter alcohol rehab programmes have a very good chance of beating their addiction long term. Just ask Kare Read more:Rehab
Alcohol Detox - I've messed up again and I feel so ashamed 2008-09-10 04:04:16 Recovering from alcohol dependence can be a long and arduous journey. First, you must go through detox, battling the unpleasant symptoms associated with withdrawal from alcohol. Then, you must undergo a period of therapy, in which the reasons and triggers for your drinking are addressed. Finally, you need to identify new ways of taking care of yourself and establishing new patt Read more:Alcohol
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Alcohol abuse - how does it affect tolerance? 2008-08-28 10:30:59 Has the following thought ever occurred to you? "I've had a few drinks, but I don't feel drunk - so my drinking habits must be safe."Nothing could be further from the truth, says Sue Allchurch, research director at Linwood Group. "Needing a lot of alcohol to get drunk suggests that you are already drinking too much, too often," she warns.The longer a person lives with alco Read more:Alcohol
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Alcohol deaths near 1 million but disease itself is ignored 2008-08-28 10:20:04 A Government report released yesterday reveals more than 800k people are admitted to hospital each year with alcohol-related illnesses and injuries. Leading alcohol treatment group, the Linwood Group, are not surprised by the figure given that one in 13 adults in the UK can be classified as alcoholic. Despite mounting evidence, the Government still ignores the extent of the problem through providi Read more:Alcohol
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Alcohol addiction - Think before you drink this summer 2008-08-28 10:11:43 With the summer season now in full swing, alcohol treatment specialists at the Linwood Manor Group are warning that drinking and hot weather can be a dangerous combination."Long summer days put us all in the holiday mood whether we're at home or abroad and that's no bad thing. Unfortunately, that often leads to alcohol abuse, because drinking is strongly associated with summer socialising in Read more:Alcohol
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Rehab - make the right choice or live to regret it 2008-09-29 09:04:51 Increasing numbers of people in the UK are, quite literally, drinking themselves to death, according to figures released earlier this year by the UK Office of National Statistics.In fact, the number of alcohol-related fatalities among all adult age groups in Britain more than doubled from 4,144 in 1991 to 8,758 in 2006.It doesn't have to be this way. Every year, thousands of problem drinkers escap Read more:Rehab
Drinking problems - employers overlook alcoholism at their peril 2008-10-15 04:05:54 Around 75 per cent of alcoholics manage to hold down a job. But employers
find alcohol problems
in personal lives spill out into professional lives, with potentially disastrous results.Grant Sharp, operations manager for Linwood Group, says: "It could be very dangerous, if a manual worker, for example, isn't on the ball." Drunken-ness at work could be putting the worker and his or her co Read more:Drinking
Addiction help to get families on road to recovery 2008-10-08 10:04:25 Families of addicts need help too. But where individuals in drug/alcohol treatment get 24-hour help and support, over a four to six week programme, families are at home, not knowing what to do. But help is at hand for them too, to rebuild their lives.Simon Hill, enquiries/admissions at Linwood Group, says families affected by drink or drug addiction undergo four stages of recovery.In the first sta
Problems with Drinking - College drinking games can be the start of lifelong addiction 2008-11-12 09:52:06 For many new students at UK colleges and universities, freshers' week is a time to have fun, make friends and, in many cases, to drink to excess. In fact, it's safe to say that binge drinking is viewed as 'the norm' at British universities and a large proportion of the undergraduate population appear to be willing participants in the drinking games that are organised as an introduction t Read more:College
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Stereotypes about alcohol hurt everyone 2008-11-06 08:06:27 Who do you think of when you hear the words 'alcohol addiction'? The local GP, who juggles a busy career with the demands of motherhood? The career banker, who appears to thrive and prosper on the ethos of 'work hard, play hard'? The proprietor of a local building firm, who has built a thriving family business on sheer graft and a reputation for honesty and reliability?The simple fact is that alco Read more:Stereotypes
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