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		<title>Do you need willpower to quit drinking?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I wish I could quit drinking so much, but I just don&#8217;t have enough willpower&#8221;. As a therapist, I hear this quite often, but perhaps we need to explore what willpower really means in order to find a solution to the problem. The capacity to resist the urge to drink arises initially from various motivations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Therapy becoming less stigmatised</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A survey by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) has found that talking therapies are becoming more acceptable in UK culture, people are less embarrassed to admit they have had therapy, and more would consider it as an option than they used to. Thankfully it seems our society is changing into one which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happens in an AA meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good article on the BBC today about what happens in an AA meeting &#8211; well worth reading. Copyright &#169; 2012 Online Alcohol Therapy. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol Consumption as Stress Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobin Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people consume alcohol as a way to manage stress. How often this is effective as a coping strategy probably decreases as the amount you drink increases. But although alcohol doesn&#8217;t really work as a long-term way of handling stressful situations, it does provide relief in the short term. And this is where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self criticism causes depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all make mistakes from time to time, it&#8217;s inevitable. But how you react to them can make a big difference to your self esteem. What do you tend to say to yourself when you make a mistake? If you have a judgemental inner voice that says something like &#8220;I&#8217;m so stupid, I always make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol makes your heart healthier</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if you needed another excuse to have a drink. Now researchers in Spain have conducted a study of 40 000 people and found that those who drank alcohol regularly tended to have a lower risk of a heart attack than those who were teetotal (particularly for men over the age of 40). And the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effects of Alcohol on Sleep</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you will say that you need a drink in order to sleep, that alcohol actually helps you sleep better. While it may be true that drinking will get you off to sleep quicker, unfortunately the quality of your sleep will be much worse overall. Alcohol inhibits the brain from entering REM stage sleep, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group Support for Alcohol Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An important factor in solving your problems with alcohol is talking to other people who understand what you&#8217;re going through, who won&#8217;t judge you for it, and who will genuinely share their experience without just trotting out the old clichés about drinking. I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard these many times from friends or family, like &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dangerous Levels of Drinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to figures released today by the NHS: 1 in 4 adults are drinking at hazardous levels, 1 in 10 men are on the verge of alcoholism, 1 in 6 women drink at levels sufficient to damage their liver or lead to depression, 1 in 10 men and 1 in 25 women are approaching alcohol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Drinking Just a Habit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobin Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it may seem like &#8216;just a habit&#8217;, you are making a choice to have a drink each and every time. That choice involves many components &#8211; your beliefs about alcohol and yourself, your thoughts (your inner dialogue), your feelings and your behaviour. Your wish to not drink so much (because you can recognize the [...]]]></description>
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