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Cutting Down or Giving Up Drinking

Do you need to give up drinking completely if you have a problem with alcohol? There are conflicting opinions on this. The AA approach says that abstinence is the only way that works for sure. But...

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What type of Drinker are you?

The Department of Health has released research where they have identified nine different types of person who drinks alcohol to excess (their definition of excess being double the recommended weekly...

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Stages of Change in an Alcohol Problem

As you’re reading this website, then you might be thinking that you need to change your habits around alcohol. This means you’re in a stage called ‘contemplation’. The Stages...

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How to Cure a Hangover

Everyone has their own little hangover cure don’t they. There must be thousands of them out there, but how many actually work? The truth is different people probably need different things to...

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Drinking diaries show an excess is often normal

This week the BBC monitored the drinking diaries of two typical professional people in their late twenties - both considered themselves to be health conscious and fit. What emerged was a picture of...

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Beat Alcoholism with Positive Thinking

Focussing on negative thoughts as opposed to positive ones leaves you feeling depressed and unmotivated. If you concentrate on how many mistakes you’ve made, or how you haven’t managed to...

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Increased arrests of drunk & disorderly women

Oh dear, the BBC reported today that UK police crime figures have shown a 50% increase in arrests of women for being drunk and disorderly over the past five years. In certain areas of the country...

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Allen Carr - Easy way to Control Alcohol

There is no doubt that the most popular self help book for people with alcohol problems is this one by Allen Carr. He achieved his deserved reputation with his initial book about stopping smoking,...

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Allen Carr - Easy way to Stop Drinking

While this one is written specifically for those of you who have decided you want to totally stop drinking. Again, like his other book, it concentrates on the cognitive aspects of your alcohol...

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Is alcoholism a disease, or is it just a drink problem?

Sometimes the terminology used when talking about alcohol problems can be quite unhelpful. In fact, when using the terms ‘alcoholism’ or ‘alcoholic’ (which everyone does,...

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