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The Lost Weekend

1945

The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.

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Can Psychedelic Experiences Cure Alcohol Addiction?

A new study hints at a novel and promising treatment for alcohol use disorder.

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Mark Travers
2019
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New Review Finds Alcoholics Anonymous Is Effective, But Not for Everyone

Alcoholics Anonymous may be just as good or better than scientifically proven treatments to help people quit drinking, according to a new review. But AA still doesn't work for everyone.

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Deborah Becker
2020
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Overcoming Alcohol Addiction

Are you ready to quit drinking or cut down to healthier levels? These tips can help you get started on the road to recovery.

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Melinda Smith, Lawrence Robinson, and Jeanne Segal
2020
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The Difference Between Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence

Until the publication of the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), substance issues were generally divided into abuse and dependence. The DSM-5 combines these categories into a single substance use disorder, measured on a continuum from mild to severe.

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Buddy T
2020
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This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?

Steven Kelty had been addicted to crack cocaine for 32 years when he tried a different kind of treatment last year, one so basic in concept that he was skeptical.

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Abby Goodnough
2020
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Unable to Meet in Person, Some A.A. Members ‘Thank Zoom for Their Very Survival.’

Their meetings used to take place discreetly in the basements of churches, a spare room at the Y.M.C.A., the back of a cafe. But when the pandemic hit last spring, members of Alcoholics Anonymous and other groups of recovering substance abusers found those doors quickly shut.

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Matt Richtel
2020
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The History of Addiction and Addiction Treatment

If you engage in any form of social media these days, you’re more than likely to run across a long-simmering debate over the nature of addiction and addiction treatment.

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Cornerstone of Recovery Team
2018
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Addiction

All addictions have the capacity to induce a sense of hopelessness and feelings of failure, as well as shame and guilt, but research documents that recovery is the rule rather than the exception.

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Psychology Today Content Team
2020
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‘Taking in All the Pain of What They Witness’

Addiction, whether to drugs or other behaviors . . . is always a compensation for the sense of being devalued as a human being.

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Gabor Maté, Danny Glover
2015
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Why This Doctor Believes Addictions Start in Childhood

Understanding the root causes of addiction can help us to better treat it.

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Carolyn Gregoire
2016
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