How to Spot Hidden Alcoholics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How to Spot Hidden Alcoholics write by Doug Thorburn. This book was released on 2004. How to Spot Hidden Alcoholics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For those who may have alcoholics in their personal or professional lives, this book describes the indicators of alcoholism, many of which seem too subtle and innocuous to suggest addiction. Listing more than 80 alcoholic forms of behavior and clues, such as the supreme-being complex and mental confusion, this guide links physical signs and behavioral changes to the various stages, explaining the brain chemistry that impels the afflicted person to drink addictively and act destructively. A compelling case for awareness and identification of alcohol-related symptoms and an attempt to avoid tragic and unsatisfactory events and outcomes, this behavioral examination is supplemented with endnotes, a bibliography, and recommendations for courses of action. The research conducted for this book incorporated extensive interviews with medical professionals and hundreds of recovering alcoholics.
Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic
Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic write by Sarah A. Benton. This book was released on 2009-02-27. Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Who is the typical alcoholic among the 12.5 million living in the United States now? Many, if not most of us when asked that question, would envision a skid row bum or someone at least out of work or with little education locked into a low-skill, low-paying job. But that is not accurate, according to the results of a national study released in June, 2007 by the National Institutes of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The NIAAA determined that alcoholics in the United States really fall into five subtypes, including nearly 20 percent who are highly functional alcoholics, well-educated with good incomes. They include corporate presidents, powerful politicians, police, lawyers, doctors, scientists, and other highly-skilled, highly-educated people who are middle- to high-income and by most accounts successful. In this unprecedented book, mental health counselor Sarah Benton takes us into the worlds and minds of so-called high-functioning alcoholics, to understand how people so intelligent and achievement-oriented get drawn into states in which they secretly cannot control their liquor consumption but still manage to excel in their careers. The book includes a look at celebrity alcoholics like singer Eric Clapton and actor/comedian Robin Williams, as well as alcoholics in high positions including Chris Albrecht, former Chairman and CEO of HBO. Other high-profile people included in this book are Miss USA 2007 Tara Conner and football legend Joe Namath. With her own story of alcoholism and her recovery woven into the text, Benton takes us into the lives and challenges of these well-educated and successful people, seeking to understand how, when, and why they became addicted, as well as the reasons their alcoholism is, for most, so hard to admit, cope with, and recover from.
The Hidden Alcoholic in General Practice
The Hidden Alcoholic in General Practice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Hidden Alcoholic in General Practice write by Rodney Hugh Wilkins. This book was released on 1974. The Hidden Alcoholic in General Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Grandchildren of Alcoholics
Grandchildren of Alcoholics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Grandchildren of Alcoholics write by Ann W. Smith. This book was released on 1988. Grandchildren of Alcoholics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Alcoholism Myths and Realities
Alcoholism Myths and Realities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alcoholism Myths and Realities write by Doug Thorburn. This book was released on 2005. Alcoholism Myths and Realities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. More than 100 widespread myths about drug and alcohol abuse are enumerated and then dispelled in this book about the reality of addiction. Questions such as Does proper parenting and involvement prevent alcoholism? and Do alcoholics lack willpower? are addressed, and a myriad of addiction-related falsities that the general public and even medical professionals have considered true are identified and refuted. Specific attention is paid to defining and understanding alcohol addiction, including guidelines on identifying symptoms of alcoholism in social settings and detailed information on the biological difference between the disease in its early and late stages.
