For Young Adults age 17-25

Alcohol Interventions

This blog category has posts about alcohol interventions and relatable topics. Alcohol interventions are the initial step in getting help for someone who has fallen deep into alcoholism. People like this are often in denial of the fact that their behaviors are harmful not only to themselves, but everyone else around them. Getting them to admit that they have a problem can be the hardest part of the recovery process. Alcohol interventions consist of family and friends coming together in a safe place and expressing their fear and thoughts to their addicted love one, urging them to get help. It is usually the young adult’s parents who organize the intervention, and telling the extended family and friends can often be traumatizing and embarrassing, but it is all for the best. Once the alcoholic has admitted to their problems, the next step of the recovery process is that of alcohol treatment, followed by alcohol rehabilitation. Alcohol treatment consists of a detoxification process, removing the alcohol and any other harmful substances from the body. This process also focuses on alleviating the physical cravings the body will have after the initial lack of alcohol. Once treatment in completed, the affected adolescent will need to rehabilitate their detrimental social and psychological behaviors.

10 Questions to Ask Yourself about Drinking

Friday, April 25th, 2008

There are many warning signs of alcoholism. Here are just a few:

  1. Do you drink alone?
  2. Do you lie about the amount of alcohol you consume?
  3. Has your tolerance increases?
  4. Do you suffer from alcohol-related medical conditions?
  5. Do you ever drink in the morning to get over a hangover?
  6. Do you drink more than you used to?
  7. Have you blacked out while drinking?
  8. Do you drink to calm your nerves or relax?
  9. Have you been involved in alcohol-related and/or legal problems?
  10. Is alcohol affecting your relationship to a loved one or friend?

If you answered yes to even one of these questions there is a strong indication that you have a drinking problem.

What is an "Intervention"?

Monday, April 21st, 2008

A drug and/or alcohol invention is an organized attempt by people, usually family and friends, to get someone to seek professional help for certain problems, including but not limited to: alcoholism, compulsive gambling, drug abuse, compulsive eating, self-mutilation, tobacco smoking and workaholism. Some intervention models have recently come under scrutiny for the "ambushed" nature and the way the person that is at the center sometimes can feel.

Interventions are either direct or indirect. Direct involves a "confrontation" with the person and indirect involves a professional working with the family and friends that are co-dependent and encouraging them to be more effective with the addicted person.

There are several models of intervention but most of them are based on the Johnson Model which incorporates a surprise element. The Heart to Heart Model/Storti Model is very similar to the Johnson Model because it uses the element of surprise but it differs in that those participating are not to be aggressive. Instead they are to be supportive, non-judmental and loving.

Interventions have been shown to be a successful motivator for addicts and those with compulsion problems.

Alcoholic Hepatitis

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Alcoholic hepatitis is liver disease caused by chronic ingestion of alcohol. This disease is found in heavy drinkers that have been drinking for a very long time as well as binge drinkers and those that drink modestly. This disease can, at times, be reversed in people that stop drinking but for most it turns into cirrhosis and liver failure. There is little known about alcoholic hepatitis and even less is known about how to treat it.

Warning signs do not always occur right away, but as the liver gets worse, the symptoms are much more likely to occur. Those symptoms include:

  • Loss of appetite
  • Nausea and vomiting, sometimes with blood
  • Abdominal pain and tenderness
  • Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice)
  • Fever
  • Abdominal swelling due to fluid accumulation (ascites)
  • Mental confusion
  • Fatigue
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