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| Alcoholic brother | 11/20/2009 |
Q: My name is Katrina and I am 21 years old. I have a brother who is 26 and has been suffering ...
A: That must be hard on you. I would say you are perfectly entitled to say that there will be no ...
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| alcholics | 11/12/2009 |
Q: hey :) my dad is an alcoholic i am eighteen years of age and aye am still kidding myself on that my ...
A: An alcoholic is by definition a destroyer of human relationships. There s not much you can do, if ...
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| Alcoholic boyfriend | 11/10/2009 |
Q: I am 34 years old and feel at one of the lowest points in my life. I have been with my boyfriend for ...
A: I am familiar with the belief that loved one of alcoholic partners are called enablers. This is ...
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| Beer belly | 10/30/2009 |
Q: I am worried about my husband. He used to be a heavy drinker, getting pissed at least once a week. ...
A: Beer has a reputation of putting on a big belly. Besides if you have a drinking problem you are ...
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| Hallucinations or dementia | 9/10/2009 |
Q: My brother, who has been a very heavy drinker for all of his adult life (he's 42), has for the past ...
A: For more information about alcoholic psychosis see: ...
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| Hallucinations or dementia | 9/8/2009 |
Q: My brother, who has been a very heavy drinker for all of his adult life (he's 42), has for the past ...
A: I believe on the information given that your brother may have reached the alcoholic psychosis which ...
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| perscription drugs and alcohol abuse | 9/3/2009 |
Q: My wife is addicted to pain meds, and alcohol, ive been dealing with this for years and i definitly ...
A: Yes, alcoholism is a dreadful disease and takes control over your personality. It is a disease ...
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| Downward Spiral | 8/31/2009 |
Q: My mom has been with an alcoholic man for over 20 years. In the beginning he was a social drinker ...
A: As a Nutritional Psychologist I can advise you that alcoholism is mainly nutritional disease. ...
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| Alcoholic Ex and how to handle emotions??? | 8/30/2009 |
Q: I was with my ex for a total of 5 years. He is an alcoholic when he drinks he is abusive verbally, ...
A: You are very brave and stick to your guns. Alcoholics can be very dangerous to a marriage and a ...
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| Friends and alcoholism | 8/23/2009 |
Q: Last year my father died from an alcohol related illness. My best friend of 20 years also had a ...
A: You are not wowser. Perhaps because you had an alcoholic father, you may be somewhat more ...
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| Closet drinker | 8/2/2009 |
Q: My sister is what you call a closet drinker.She is now in a rehab center.She will be there for the ...
A: A closet drinker is mainly a person who knows he/she is addicted to alcohol, but cannot admit it to ...
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| alcoholism and infidelity | 7/24/2009 |
Q: This is all new to me. My wife of 10 years came out of detox two weeks ago and is attending ...
A: Whether the marriage will end is entirely up to you and your wife. I can explain that alcoholism is ...
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| son's alcoholism | 7/22/2009 |
Q: My son is 28 and an alcoholic. He has a girlfriend and two delightful children, who despite the ...
A: It is very difficult to live with an alcoholic as they do not seem to have any control over their ...
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| Help with an angry alcoholic. | 7/17/2009 |
Q: My sister who is 23 is an alcoholic. I just recently noticed that this is a serious issue for her. ...
A: This must be very difficult for you and it depends on your sister's motivation whether she can be ...
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| Nutrition to encourage recovery | 7/7/2009 |
Q: I am a 34 year old mother of two. In general I am petite yet strong. I have a tendency to be rigid. ...
A: You seem to be on then right track in treating your alcoholism. To understand why some people drink ...
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| leaving an alcoholic | 7/2/2009 |
Q: I have been living with my children's dad for 8 yrs and we've been together for 12 yrs. I have ...
A: Living wit an alcoholic is dreadful, and my thoughts are with you. I suggest that if he ever lay a ...
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| Should I talk to the enablers | 6/29/2009 |
Q: I had a friend who I dated off and on for 3 years. I recently had to call everything off with her ...
A: The way you describe this, I would agree that her parents are enabling her. This means she would not ...
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| teenage drinking/personality change | 6/12/2009 |
Q: My best friend started drinking about 3 weeks ago. She is 18 and we've just graduated from high ...
A: It is of course difficult to say from a distance what is happening. But the fact that she is using ...
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| borderline and alcoholic | 5/23/2009 |
Q: my partner has cluster B traits, drinks heavily and goes off despite requests from myself and the ...
A: Well, they say that an alcoholic has to reach his rock-bottom, before he is ready to seek treatment. ...
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| Signs of End Stage Alcoholism | 5/16/2009 |
Q: I have a loved one 33yrs old who maybe in the end stage of alcoholism. I can't find any info on the ...
A: I suppose that he is in good hands with the doctors. As a nutritional psychologist I am interested ...
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| my son is an alcoholic | 5/15/2009 |
Q: hell my name is Liz i have a 25 year old son who is addicted to alcohol he went from drugs to ...
A: You are in a very difficult situation like so many other family members of alcoholics. Alcoholics ...
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| Over the limit | 5/12/2009 |
Q: Jurriaan, How alcohol affects the body is often stated in terms of how many drinks are consumed in ...
A: The best way is to search the internet at: ...
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| Alcoholism | 4/26/2009 |
Q: My husband is a long time drinker and I am sure an alcoholic. He experiences extreme mood swings. ...
A: You are in a difficult situation because an alcoholic is often in denial about his alcoholism not ...
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| Recovering Alcoholic | 4/20/2009 |
Q: My fiancè has been an alcoholic for 5 years of the 10 we have been together.We have a 2 month old ...
A: I know that AA is a popular program the he success rate for treating alcoholics is atrocious. I ...
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| Is my Husband an Alcoholic? | 4/16/2009 |
Q: My husband and i have been married for 4 years and been going out for 9 year. i am 27 and he is 31, ...
A: It is up to your husband to say whether or not he is an alcoholic. Regardless of that you will be ...
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| my boyfriend loves his drugs more than me | 4/5/2009 |
Q: i am only 17 but have liked my boyfriend since the day i saw him. it took me 4 years to be with him ...
A: I must say that alcoholics can destroy lives and marriages, and that you may be headed for a very ...
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| advice for helping a friend with serious addiction | 3/25/2009 |
Q: A friend that I have had for 13 years has a major drug problem. We have not talked much in the past ...
A: I believe that your friend needs to go to a rehab for proper detoxification and that she then needs ...
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| upper right stomach pain | 3/18/2009 |
Q: now...I do not drink every day more like 3 times a week, and yes sometimes I tend to binge drink or ...
A: Excessive alcohol consumption is not very healthy and can lead to liver damage among others. If you ...
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| My husband is a drunk | 2/28/2009 |
Q: he is killing himself. he just got out of rehab about 2 months ago, I went out of town on a business ...
A: Alcoholism s difficult to treat mainly because many experts appear to have a poor understanding of ...
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| Staying sober, questions re:supplements and herbs | 1/24/2009 |
Q: I have been sober for 15 days now and need to keep this up. I am currently taking evening primrose ...
A: Congratulations for having made a decision to stop drinking. This is not easy, because addiction is ...
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| ADDICTION | 1/4/2009 |
Q: Would you say that half the battle with addiction is the detox and the hardest part is staying off ...
A: Detoxing AND subsequent treatment to stay off drugs are both hard. However if you have an ...
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| alcohol | 12/13/2008 |
Q: I would like to know what i can do to stop the nauseous feeling I have in the evenings that make me ...
A: I am not sure whether this is a medical problem or a problem with addiction to alcohol. I suggest ...
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| ask a question | 11/25/2008 |
Q: WHAT IS D T'S
A: See: ...
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| Aloholic parents | 10/7/2008 |
Q: I am a college student. I am working on an essay about alcoholic parents and how it affects the ...
A: Alcoholism may run in the family because of a diabetic gene. Please read: Why Alcoholics Drink? at ...
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| 10 beer a day | 9/28/2008 |
Q: I am Rahi from uk ,my brother drink a lot and i have heard that he take drugs as well we dont stay ...
A: There is not much you can do if he does not want to help himself. To understand alcoholism please ...
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| Would like a hard copy of your book | 9/24/2008 |
Q: I can access your book "Getting off the hook" at Google Book Search, but I an very interested in ...
A: You can buy a hard copy of my book from our President: Mr Geoff Goninon at: ...
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| CONFUSED | 9/16/2008 |
Q: Please help me before I go crazy. Let me briefly explain my story. Over a year ago my ex boyfriend ...
A: You say you are addicted to this man who abuses you and uses you whenever he is drunk. This does not ...
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| is husband alchoholic | 9/5/2008 |
Q: my husband has 1 or 2 drinks and his whole personality changes. He seems to have lots of energy ...
A: One of the signs of alcoholism is a remarkable change in personality after only a few drinks. This ...
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| Brain bleeding | 9/2/2008 |
Q: I was recently having a rather heated discussion with my fiance'. she insists that drinking any ...
A: I too have never heard that alcohol can cause your brain to bleed. Alcohol is a social drink and ...
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| Drinking | 8/13/2008 |
Q: I feel really odd asking this, But I was dating a guy for only a few months. Actually since April ...
A: It is obvious to me that your BF is an alcoholic and not willing to do something about at all. ...
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| special day | 7/28/2008 |
Q: I have been dating my boyfriend for 6 months now. He is coming up on his 2nd year of being sober. I ...
A: This is a wonderful to hear. Whatever you want to give him it has to come from your heart. ...
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| beer addiction | 7/4/2008 |
Q: my boy friend and I been almost a year now. He likes to drink beer. The longest I have seen him go ...
A: You are not in an unusual situation where an alcoholic takes advantage of loved one to perpetuate ...
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| alcohol and memory loss | 6/25/2008 |
Q: my problem is that i am suffering from short term memory loss, i have a drinking problem ,i drink ...
A: I can only guess that you memory loss is due to alcoholism, that ay have damaged your brain. If you ...
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| SUDDEN DEATH FROM ALCOHOL | 6/17/2008 |
Q: The use of alcohol (not necessarily by an alcoholic or heavy drinker) may, in rare cases, cause ...
A: Quote:"Death by alcohol usually results from respiratory failure, because of alcohol's depressive ...
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| In search of finding the right alcoholism treatment for my boyfriend | 5/17/2008 |
Q: My boyfriend admits he has an alcohol (which leads to drugs) addiction. He will admit he needs to ...
A: I can quite understand that he does not like AA, because this is a faith based alcohol treatment ...
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| Setting boudaries with problem-drinking husband | 5/13/2008 |
Q: I've been married to my husband for almost one year, but we've been together for 8. We've always ...
A: It seems to me that your husband has a real problem with alcohol, and unless he admits to himself he ...
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| Alcohol now affects me differently | 5/9/2008 |
Q: Up until now, I have always gotten the fun uninhibited affect after alcohol consumption. However, ...
A: Alcohol is a chemical substance that affects the brain. It can cause a hypoglycemic (low blood ...
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| question | 5/8/2008 |
Q: i have a weird question, but im 19 and dont drink too often, and so i have a low alcohol tolerance. ...
A: You seem to have a normal weight for you height. It appears that you have a low tolerance to ...
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| burning off alcohol | 4/25/2008 |
Q: Can the body burn off alcohol with exercise? Some say no and some say yes.Those who say no claim ...
A: The real question is are you or are you not addicted to alcohol? If you are not addicted, exercise ...
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| binge drinking | 4/4/2008 |
Q: My Husband has been acting strange for the past year or so and has increased his drinking to at ...
A: his addiction is eventually going to affect his health in one way or an another. He is taking drugs ...
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| change in personality when under the influence of alcohol. | 3/17/2008 |
Q: My now ex partner had a very traumatic and violent childhood. He had an equally traumatic and ...
A: There is no doubt in my mind that your partner is alcoholic, which he could easily have inherited ...
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| relapse and the relationship | 2/17/2008 |
Q: after 15 months of sobriety, i recently had a slip, the day before valentines day i was honest with ...
A: I can understand how you feel. But your girlfriend has to understand that you are an alcoholic and ...
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| relapse | 2/13/2008 |
Q: I am a 55 year old female. First time i went to an aa meeting i was around 20 yrs old. did not ...
A: I can understand what you went through. The forerunner of any addiction is usually depression, that ...
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| First time drinker | 1/12/2008 |
Q: I'm very new to alcohol and I was wondering if you could help me understand the subject better. ...
A: I don't know whether this was addressed to me. But if you have social anxiety you can indeed drown ...
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| alcohol abuse | 1/10/2008 |
Q: My current boyfriend is a bartender. We've been together for a year and half and it seems this job ...
A: You may be in a difficult situation. If your husband is in denial about his drinking there is little ...
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| Depression and exhaustion | 1/3/2008 |
Q: Fascinated by your approach: ground-level experience combined with merging academic views. I grew up ...
A: It may help you to read: Drug Addiction is Nutritional Disorder at: ...
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| PLEASE HELP WITH NATURAL REMEDIES | 12/17/2007 |
Q: My husband is an alcoholic and has been for about 26 years. When we got together I was just as big ...
A: I am glad to hear that your husband does want to help. Real motivation is 80% of the cure. He can ...
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| Psychological/Mental causes of addiction | 12/10/2007 |
Q: dear Sir, For a school project I'm doing research to the mental/psychological causes of addiction, ...
A: You will find most of the answers in: Drug Addiction is a Nutritional Disorder at: ...
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| Does alcohol cause mental regressions? | 12/6/2007 |
Q: I could write a novel describing events in my life regarding my mother's behavior, but I'll try to ...
A: This must be very difficult for you. But alcoholics cannot be helped until they are wanting to help ...
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| My spouse | 12/4/2007 |
Q: about almost a year ago I got with my spouse. She has been clean from drugs and alcohol for a ...
A: com, You may have good reasons to have doubts about your spouse returning to alcohol. This means ...
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| quitting alcohol has caused sweet craving | 11/22/2007 |
Q: I have quit alcohol since the last 1 month, but have noticed that my craving for sweets has ...
A: That is very observant of you. The reason for your sweet cravings is that most alcoholics are ...
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| Pain | 9/18/2007 |
Q: I quit drinking almost a year ago and in the last 6 months or so I have pain mostly in my joints ...
A: I am not in a position to say what the matter is. I think the first port of call is to see a doctor ...
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| Finding "Getting off the Hook" | 9/10/2007 |
Q: Plesman, I have been an alcoholic most of my life and have tried various was to stop this ...
A: My book Getting Off The Hook is freely available at the internet at Google Book Search. But right at ...
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| Over 42 beers a week | 8/14/2007 |
Q: I have a question about my husband. I think he has a drinking problem but of course he doesn't. He ...
A: You are going through what so many wives of alcoholics are going through. Unless your husband is ...
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| Getting back to track | 8/13/2007 |
Q: I used to be a regular drinker since last 4 years. First, it was once or twice a week. But it kept ...
A: Some people can be come addicted to alcohol when they drink it regularly. This is usually due to ...
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| Alcoholism and substance abuse | 7/25/2007 |
Q: My husband is an alcoholic and uses cocaine. We got married last year. He promise many times that he ...
A: What you are experiencing is like hundreds of wives of alcoholics and drug addicts. Drug addiction ...
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| Addicted to Alchol | 7/16/2007 |
Q: Me and my boyfriend have been dating for a little over three years. We are very young only 19 but I ...
A: You are very wise not wanting to start a permanent relationship with an alcoholic. You have to think ...
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| He Doesnt Remeber | 7/15/2007 |
Q: My Friend was totally wasted and drunk....he woke up the next morning not knowing what had happend ...
A: He must have been drinking himself into a coma. This could be dangerous. If he wants to address his ...
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| Alcohol | 7/2/2007 |
Q: I am intriged by your approach using nutritional supplements. I have been experimenting with various ...
A: Yes I do have a different approach to problems of alcoholism for that matter "mental" illness. It ...
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| alchohol addiction | 6/25/2007 |
Q: My boyfriend has asked me to find a solution to his problem as he is not familiar with computers. I ...
A: Your partner's use of drugs to feel better is due to a metabolic disorder that can be treated ...
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| alcoholism | 6/18/2007 |
Q: Good evening.. Thank you for taking the time to look at my email. I am writing you in hopes of an ...
A: It is very difficult to say from a distance what causes the symptoms you describe. It is best to ...
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| my aunts an alcoholic | 5/2/2007 |
Q: for the past few years my aunts had a drink problem yet this year she has become worse. her kids ...
A: This must be a difficult situation for you. Alcoholism is a disease like any other disease. The best ...
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| Question | 4/30/2007 |
Q: I grew up in a family damaged by alcoholism and after reading some material realize that I am still ...
A: Children of alcoholic parents may share a metabolic disorder that can cause some emotional ...
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| Question | 4/30/2007 |
Q: I am over fifty, have grown kids, yet still react to life as a child of an alcoholic. Any ...
A: I do not exactly know what you mean by "react like a child of an alcoholic". It seems to indicate ...
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| My father is an alchoholic and now my fiancee | 4/15/2007 |
Q: I hope to try to keep this short but I have alot of questions. I am 29 years old and my father is ...
A: You certainly have something to worry about if you are going to commit your life to an alcoholic. ...
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| diabetes and alcoholism | 1/30/2007 |
Q: I'd like to know about fruit. Is fruit ok? She does take a glass of unsweetened grape juice with a ...
A: I don't see any harm in that, but if you have any worries, you should always ask your doctor, ...
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| diabetes and alcoholism | 1/29/2007 |
Q: Can alcoholism increase the diabetic condition? Can a diabetic take alcohol? If so how much? My ...
A: I am afraid that when you are both alcoholics, I must advise complete abstinence. I know that is not ...
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| SOBER BUT DEPRESSED | 1/13/2007 |
Q: I HAVE BEEEN SOBER AND CLEAN FOR MORE THAN 8 YEARS.BUT SOMETIMES I FEEL REALLY DEPRESSED SO I HAVE 2 ...
A: I first want to congratulate you for having achieved some sobriety, but the fact that you feel ...
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| IN NEED OF HELP!! | 1/11/2007 |
Q: JURRIAAN, HELLO! I AM WRITING TO YOU TO ASK YOU A QUESTION REGARDING MY FIANCE. WE HAVE BEEN ...
A: Writing in capital letters makes it a bit hard to read. Well, it seems to me that your boyfriend has ...
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| alcohol and depression | 9/12/2006 |
Q: I am 22 and suffer from reasonable manic depression. I know that alcohol makes me happy and I know ...
A: Alcohol ad depression are often found together. In fact I believe depression is the forerunner of ...
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| Daughter an alcoholic? | 8/30/2006 |
Q: My daughter is getting married in a few weeks. I am growing increasingly concerned about her and ...
A: I understand your position, but it is very unfortunate that alcoholics - and of course we don't know ...
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| Alcholism? | 5/16/2006 |
Q: I use to drink 1-2 times a week but lately... I drink around 10-12 shots almost 5-6 times a week ...
A: It looks to me that you are well on your way of becoming an alcoholic. This is because you are ...
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| pains | 2/4/2006 |
Q: just wondering if drinking too much beer can give you gastric problems which lead to pains in the ...
A: If you are addicted to alcohol please read: Alcoholism is a Treatable Disease at: ...
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| Treating Addiction | 12/2/2005 |
Q: What exactly is your specialty in treating addiction? How effective are your methods? Do your ...
A: “What exactly is your specialty in treating addiction?” I treat addiction with a combination of ...
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| bodys limit to alcohol | 11/22/2005 |
Q: how much alcohol can the human body take? Is there a average limit to the amount of standard alcohol ...
A: There is no clear cut answer to this because it depends on a person's tolerance to alcohol. I ...
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| Alcohol addiction | 11/10/2005 |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me, I've this friend who is 20 and for a few months now she has ...
A: This looks to me like alcoholism. The unfortunate part is that nobody can do anything about it, ...
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| Alcoholism | 5/13/2005 |
Q: My husband sneaks alcohol...typically he will drink wine and hide it...then when it's all gone i'll ...
A: The behavior of your husband is typical of an alcoholic. The sad thing about alcoholism is that 1) ...
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| Friend Throwing Up, Please Help | 4/14/2005 |
Q: Hey Jurriaan Plesman, How are you? I am not sure if you are the best person to pose this question ...
A: I think the first call would be to a doctor to diagnose what makes her throw up. Is she anorectic?? ...
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| Alcohol-drug interaction | 4/7/2005 |
Q: Describe one typical alcohol-drug interaction.
A: Most antidepressant drugs and pain killers have an interaction with alcohol. Please google search ...
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| post detox | 2/14/2005 |
Q: She went through detox at a regular hospital due to a fall. The hospital followed the proper detox ...
A: That must be a difficult position you are in. Detoxing is only part of overall treatment for ...
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| alcohol and medicine | 2/2/2005 |
Q: What exactly are the adverse physical effects when consuming alcohol and an SSRI like Paxil or ...
A: This is a question that really should be addressed to your doctor. Alcohol and SSRIs interact with ...
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| Overdrinking | 9/23/2004 |
Q: What happens to the body when someone drinks themselves to death?
A: When you drink too much you get a hypoglycemic dip and the brain is deprived of glucose. This can ...
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| Suicide vs Sugar | 3/21/2004 |
Q: This question is in relation to my sister. I understand if you are not available to answer the ...
A: I can sympathize with your concerns. My suggestion is that she asks her psychologist to have here ...
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| Alcoholism in society | 3/2/2004 |
Q: I realize some can handle alcohol and some just cannot. But do you consider alcohol to be bad for ...
A: Each person will, have a different opinion on this. We cannot stop people from taking drugs, and I ...
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