“Give us 10 days and we’ll give you back your life.” Do you remember the Schick Shadel Hospital radio and television ads when Pat O’Day talked about these all-important ten...
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April is Alcohol Awareness Month: Each April since 1987, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) has sponsored Alcohol Awareness Month to increase public awareness and understanding,...
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Welcome to my blog. My name is Kathleen S., and I wrote the book: “Drink Up! How Ten Days Ended a Lifetime of Addiction.” The book is about my experience...
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A recent NIH epidemiology study found the lifetime prevalence of alcohol addiction in the United States to be 29%. Alcoholism is strongly "learned" via pleasure center activation/reinforcement. Alcoholism is a...
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Understanding Alcoholism New analysis shows that alcoholism isn’t the all-or-nothing disorder many people once thought. Instead, studies have proven that there is a wide spectrum in alcoholism. This new information...
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The University of Washington (UW) recently released the results of a study looking into the effectiveness of Schick Shadel’s counter conditioning treatment method, and found that it is extremely effective...
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Retired soccer superstar Abby Wambach released her memoir titled “Forward” on Tuesday, September 13 where she detailed her career, starting from the beginning of her rise to glory all the...
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A Talon Air copilot was fired and arrested on August 25 after a colleague suspected that he showed up to work under the influence of alcohol. The copilot, whose name...
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When someone is addicted to alcohol, they actually depend on it for a number of reasons. Unfortunately, if they decide to stop drinking, they go through the stage of alcohol...
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