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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>
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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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		<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>Online Psychological Therapy Proven Effective</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent research study published in the Lancet has demonstrated the effectiveness of online psychological counselling for mental health problems. The study followed a group receiving therapy over typed internet chat (or instant messaging), and found it more than doubled their chance of successful recovery from depression when compared to a control group just taking [...]]]></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>Stages of Change in an Alcohol Problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you&#8217;re reading this website, then you might be thinking that you need to change your habits around alcohol. This means you&#8217;re in a stage called &#8216;contemplation&#8217;. The Stages of Change model is a well established and useful way of considering different people&#8217;s levels of motivation to change their behaviour. This is how it applies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beat Alcoholism with Positive Thinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 11:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Focussing on negative thoughts as opposed to positive ones leaves you feeling depressed and unmotivated. If you concentrate on how many mistakes you&#8217;ve made, or how you haven&#8217;t managed to stop drinking like you wanted to, maybe how you&#8217;ve &#8216;failed&#8217; yourself and those around you, then of course you won&#8217;t feel good about yourself. Notice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support forum for Alcohol Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve now opened our free support forum for anyone with alcohol problems. There are no expectations that you must be sober, it is just a community space where you can share your experiences and hopefully get some support from other people in a similar situation to yourself, whether you want to give up drinking completely, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self Acceptance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tobin Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people do not accept their own feelings &#8211; especially the negative ones. When you feel angry, you might tell yourself, &#8220;oh no, I shouldn&#8217;t feel angry about it&#8221;, or maybe &#8220;why do I feel so lonely, what&#8217;s wrong with me&#8221; ? But the key to mental health (or suffering a bit less at least), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is your drinking disrupting your work</title>
		<link>http://www.brighteyecounselling.co.uk/alcohol-drugs/drinking-disrupting-your-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Work is often the biggest source of stress in our lives, and people sometimes end up using alcohol to relax and deal with that stress. The result is often that your work performance suffers because of your hangovers. This makes it hard to concentrate, so you might well be feeling guilty. Perhaps you&#8217;re also worried [...]]]></description>
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