An alcoholic who missed an alcohol treatment appointment ordered by a court in Plymouth has been jailed for not attending an appointment because he was in the pub. Read the rest of this entry »

A new campaign to encourage people to cut their alcohol intake by using a smartphone app has been launched in a bid to tackle acohol abuse in Scotland. Read the rest of this entry »

Alcohol deaths in Scotland have double in thirty years, according to new figures released by the General Register Office for Scotland.

In 2010, the number of deaths due to alcohol-related illness was 1,318, compared with 641 in 1979. Read the rest of this entry »

Health officials at an all-Ireland conference to tackle alcohol abuse have revealed the extent of the problem.

More than 1,300 lives are claimed by booze each year across Northern Ireland and the Republic as a direct result of alcohol consumption. Read the rest of this entry »

Am I An Alcoholic?

If you have asked yourself this question, it is enough to suggest you have a problem with your drinking. Is this the first time you have asked yourself the question or has it been nagging you for some time? If the question won’t go away, what does that tell you? Read the rest of this entry »

Want To Stop Drinking Alcohol? Tell someone, Tell Us.

If you want to stop drinking alcohol but find you can’t – however hard you try – then you shouldn’t feel bad. It’s an addiction – does anyone want or desire to be addicted? So, how it happened is really not important. What you do next is all that matters.

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Why Choose Alcohol Specific Rehab?

We are the UK’s only acohol-specific treatment and rehab clinic. Here’s some reasons why to choose us: Read the rest of this entry »

Symptoms of Alcohol Withdrawal

You withdraw from alcohol only after you have become dependent on alcohol. In other words, once your body and mind have become used to the presence of alcohol in your system, you are liable to suffer physical and emotional distress when the alcohol is removed.

Typical symptoms of alcohol withdrawal include exaggerated trembling, sweating, shivering, blurred vision, short-term confusion, hyperventilation and panic. Read the rest of this entry »

Alcohol Poisoning Treatment

Alcohol poisoning is more than often a result of binge drinking and if it happens it may be worth seeking alcohol treatment. Alcohol Poisoning occurs when a person drinks too much alcohol in a short space of time. Alcohol treatment can help identify whether a person is regularly putting themselves at risk of alcohol poisoning. Essentially the central nervous system is impacted when too much alcohol is consumed, which makes breathing and heart rate slow down, and perhaps most importantly while also compromising your gag reflex.

It is extremely important that alcohol poisoning is dealt with as soon as possible, if they are not the consequences can be deadly. Beware! Telling the person in question to drink coffee, sleep it off or be sick will NOT help them.

What are the symptoms of alcohol poisoning?

• Confusion
• Lack of co-ordination
• Vomiting
• Irregular or slow breathing
• Blue-tinged or pale skin
• Low body temperature
• Being conscious but unresponsive
• Unconsciousness passing out
• Seizures can also become apparent

Treatment for alcohol poisoning

Hydrating the patient and making sure oxygen intake is adequate is very important to recovery.
As stated before, binge drinking is one of the main causes of alcohol poisoning. Binge drinking can cause a number of injuries, overdoses and mental health problems. If you think you, or someone close to you binge drinks, it may be time to seek alcohol treatment or rehab help. When a person binge drinks it indicates that they may have a serious alcohol problem.

Signs and Symptoms of Binge drinking

It is very easy to be and remain in denial about our own or loved ones addiction. If you recognise these signs and symptoms of binge drinking or alcohol abuse it may be time to seek alcohol treatment.

• Increase in alcohol tolerance
• Drinking to relieve stress or emotional pain
• Memory blackouts
• Lost interest in usual activities
• Money troubles
• Physical deterioration
• Avoiding family and friends
• Many failed attempts to control or stop alcohol dependence
• Urgency to have that “first drink”
• Has dark moods and is irritable
• Guilt and remorse about drinking dependence
• Lack of concentration

What to beware about private alcohol treatment!

Beware
If the service is a housing support service as opposed to a alcohol care home service. A housing support service is what it says, a service to support people who have housing needs and issues like homelessness. Homeless people require advice and support to facilitate their accommodation need.

Beware
If you have no housing issues why would you consider a housing support service. Where the staff are not qualified to deliver the many various therapeutic training methods and programme to help those on their pathway to long term recovery from alcohol addiction problems.

Beware
Please enquire as to the types of programmes offered and essentially please check out the qualifications of the staff involved.

Beware
Make sure you receive a full medical examination on arrival from a medical doctor. If this is not part of the service you or your loved one runs the risk of an alcohol withdrawal grand mall seizure which can result in brain damage, physical complications and even death.