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People face ailments of all sorts. They range from the obvious physical problems to diseases of the mind along with various other troubling conditions. One of the most pernicious - largely because it is self-induced and frequently difficult to acknowledge - is alcoholism.

There are a number of tests and tools used to identify possible alcoholism symptoms. Many of these tools are self-administered or professionally administered questionnaires. These are designed to help the alcohol abuser identify his or her own symptoms of addiction.

There are five major tests used by addiction counselors and alcohol abuse programs. These include the CAGE questionnaire, the Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire, the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and the Paddington Alcohol Test. To learn more about each one, keep reading.

The CAGE Questionnaire

The CAGE Questionnaire is named after each of the four questions that are used to screen an alcohol user for possible abuse and addiction. These four simple questions ask if the person has ever felt the need to cut down on their drinking, whether people have ever criticized their drinking patterns, if they feel guilt about their drinking habits and whether they felt the need to have a drink first thing in the morning.

The person is then initially diagnosed with alcoholism if answering “yes” to two or more of the above questions. It’s designed specifically for alcoholism and not intended to be used to identify other drug dependencies.

The ADDQ (Alcohol Dependence Data Questionnaire)

The ADDQ not only attempts to identify alcohol dependence, but also determine the severity of that dependence. It’s a little more comprehensive than other tests and typically takes a few minutes to administer.

The questionnaire is comprised of 15 questions and rates respondents on a scale of 0 to 45. A score of 1 to 9 indicates low dependence, 10 to 19 denotes medium dependence, and any score higher than 20 suggests high dependence. It is used predominantly in Europe.

The Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST)

The MAST is a popular testing system that’s most often used by the legal system. It’s typically administered to test whether an individual has an alcohol problem before they are sentenced, charged or convicted of an alcohol-related offense.

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

The AUDIT was created by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is intended to be used throughout the world. It has been tested and validated in six countries in both independent and WHO-sponsored studies.

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test consists of ten basic questions and covers three sets of issues. These include the respondent’s level of alcohol consumption, their dependence on alcohol to function and how alcohol has negatively affected daily life.

The Paddington Alcohol Test

The PAT was created for emergency health workers to use when dealing with someone who had a possibly alcohol-related injury or was in the ER due to hazardous drinking. It’s intended to identify alcohol abuse issues so that the patient may be directed to the proper care and resources.

Each of these tests is designed to score a patient based on their alcoholism symptoms. Some are simple and take a few seconds (the CAGE) while others are more complicated (the Michigan). Each has been validated and serves a helpful purpose unique to its design.

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If an individual is going through a severe alcohol problem, an inpatient alcohol rehab center is a good choice. It is definitely an expensive option, but it offers the client a favorable environment and constant care normally in a hospital setting. The inpatient alcohol rehab units in hospitals have to adhere to strict medical standards in order to attain their license.

Treatment

A client can be treated in an inpatient alcohol rehab for a minimum period of 28 days to a maximum of one year. The clients are treated here according to the medical model, and the first step is normally a supervised detox treatment. This is then followed by specialized treatments, differing from one case to another.

For some rehab clients the inpatient alcohol rehab is like a getaway from the family and away from several pressures from friends and workplace as well. Most clients look forward to the singular focus here on the recovery issue and have found it beneficial for long-term recovery.

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I think my girlfriend is addicted to pornography. I’ve told my lover that it makes me Chronic Masturbation and he’s said he’ll stop looking at it but he hasn’t. I’ve caught my lover many times with it downloaded on his PC or it left in the DVD player and I don’t know what to do. It makes me mad when I catch my lover just for the reason that he made the promise to me not to do it. It makes me not want to trust my lover because he keeps breaking his promise.

Now as I sit here typing this I feel I don’t really have anyone to turn to for help. I still feel 100% regretful and wish I could take back every moment from 72 hours ago. I have since called the person and apologized a million times over, but still no response. It all really depends on how much you know your significant other, how much you love my lover/her, but I would probably end up doing the same thing, however, leaving might be a bit too extreme and will possibly send them back to drugs.

My girlfriend and I have been in an unofficial sort of marriage for years but only recently decided to Chronic Masturbation - we can’t help but leave around one another. We’ve loved each other for a long time, and now we really have each other for real. We should be up in the clouds. Unfortunately we’ve both been dealing with major issues as of late, plus we are both alcoholics.

I hope that he accepts thus I can alleviate some of my worrying. But still which direction should I turn? My parents don’t really seem to have any alleviating advice. Thus I think I’m going to try and phone ADAAC or a physiatrist. Can anyone out there relate as to such or at least perhaps off some guidelines and to which direction you may think I should head.

If you’re single, I would say as often as you can or want to. It’s still okay in a marriage, but if I do it too much I start to notice I’m not interested in sex as much, which can have an effect on the marriage.

I realized last year and have been Chronic Masturbation ever since. He’s struggling, and really down on herself as he’s been dealing with this and other life issues for lots of years. There are times he actually says he gives up and tries to do unhealthy things just on the off chance they’re unhealthy enough. He tells me he’s no good for me and all I can see is that he’s no good for herself, he’s very proud and brilliant so I can’t really say much to help my lover that he’ll listen to until he’s really down emotionally.

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The physical disasters that follow the continued use of intoxicating beverages are sad enough, and terrible enough; but the surely attendant mental, moral and spiritual disasters are sadder and more terrible still. If you disturb the healthy condition of the brain, which is the physical organ through which the mind acts, you disturb the mind. It will not have the same clearness of perception as before; nor have the same rational control over the impulses and passions.

Heavenly order in the body.
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In order to understand a subject clearly, certain general laws, or principles, must be seen and admitted. And here we assume, as a general truth, that health in the human body is normal heavenly order on the physical plane of life, and that any disturbance of that order exposes the man to destructive influences, which are evil and infernal in their character. Above the natural and physical plane, and resting upon it, while man lives in this world, is the mental and spiritual plane, or degree of life. This degree is in heavenly order when the reason is clear, and the appetites and passions under its wise control. But, if, through any cause, this fine equipoise is disturbed, or lost, then a way is opened for the influx of more subtle evil influences than such as invade the body, because they have power to act upon the reason and the passions, obscuring the one and inflaming the others.

We know how surely the loss of bodily health results in mental disturbance. If the seat of disease be remote from the brain, the disturbance is usually slight; but it increases as the trouble comes nearer and nearer to that organ, and shows itself in multiform ways according to character, temperament or inherited disposition; but almost always in a predominance of what is evil instead of good. There will be fretfulness, or ill-nature, or selfish exactions, or mental obscurity, or unreasoning demands, or, it may be, vicious and cruel propensities, where, when the brain was undisturbed by disease, reason held rule with patience and loving kindness. If the disease which has attacked the brain goes on increasing, the mental disease which follows as a consequence of organic disturbance or deterioration, will have increased also, until insanity may be established in some one or more of its many sad and varied forms.

Insanity.
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It is, therefore, a very serious thing for a man to take into his body any substance which, on reaching that wonderfully delicate organ the brain, sets up therein a diseased action; for, diseased mental action is sure to follow. A fever is a fever, whether it be light or intensely burning; and so any disturbance of the mind’s rational equipoise is insanity, whether it be in the simplest form of temporary obscurity, or in the midnight of a totally darkened intellect.

We are not writing in the interest of any special theory, nor in the spirit of partisanship; but with an earnest desire to make the truth appear. You must not accept anything simply because we say it, but because he sees it to be true. Now, as to this matter of insanity, let him think calmly. The word is one that gives us a shock; and, as we hear it, we almost involuntarily thank God for the good gift of a well-balanced mind. What, if from any cause this beautiful equipoise should be disturbed and the mind lose its power to think clearly, or to hold the lower passions in due control? Shall we exceed the truth if we say that the man in whom this takes place is insane just in the degree that he has lost his rational self-control; and that he is restored when he regains that control?

In this view, the question as to the hurtfulness of alcoholic drinks assumes a new and graver aspect. Do they disturb the brain when they come in contact with its substance; and deteriorate it if the contact be long continued? Fact, observation, experience and scientific investigation all emphatically say yes; and we know that if the brain be disordered the mind, will be disordered, likewise; and a disordered mind is an insane mind. Clearly, then, in the degree that a man impairs or hurts his brain temporarily or continuously in that degree his mind is unbalanced; in that degree he is not a truly rational and sane man.

We are holding your thought just here that you may have time to think, and to look at the question in the light of reason and common sense. So far as he does this, will he be able to feel the force of such evidence as we shall educe in what follows, and to comprehend its true meaning.

Other substances besides alcohol act injuriously on the brain; but there is none that compares with this in the extent, variety and diabolical aspect of the mental aberrations which follow its use. We are not speaking thoughtlessly or wildly; but simply uttering a truth well-known to every man of observation, and which every man, and especially those who take this substance in any form, should, lay deeply to heart. Why it is that such awful and destructive forms of insanity should follow, as they do, the use of alcohol it is not for us to say. That they do follow it, we know, and we hold, up the fact in solemn warning.

Another consideration, which should have weight with every one, is this, that no man can tell what may be the character of the legacy he has received from his ancestors. He may have an inheritance of latent evil forces, transmitted through many generations, which only await some favoring opportunity to spring into life and action. So long as he maintains a rational self-control, and the healthy order of his life be not disturbed, they may continue quiescent; but if his brain loses its equipoise, or is hurt or impaired, then a diseased psychical condition may be induced and the latent evil forces be quickened into life.

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The physical disasters that follow the continued use of intoxicating beverages are sad enough, and terrible enough; but the surely attendant mental, moral and spiritual disasters are sadder and more terrible still. If you disturb the healthy condition of the brain, which is the physical organ through which the mind acts, you disturb the mind. It will not have the same clearness of perception as before; nor have the same rational control over the impulses and passions.

Heavenly order in the body.
————————–

In order to understand a subject clearly, certain general laws, or principles, must be seen and admitted. And here we assume, as a general truth, that health in the human body is normal heavenly order on the physical plane of life, and that any disturbance of that order exposes the man to destructive influences, which are evil and infernal in their character. Above the natural and physical plane, and resting upon it, while man lives in this world, is the mental and spiritual plane, or degree of life. This degree is in heavenly order when the reason is clear, and the appetites and passions under its wise control. But, if, through any cause, this fine equipoise is disturbed, or lost, then a way is opened for the influx of more subtle evil influences than such as invade the body, because they have power to act upon the reason and the passions, obscuring the one and inflaming the others.

We know how surely the loss of bodily health results in mental disturbance. If the seat of disease be remote from the brain, the disturbance is usually slight; but it increases as the trouble comes nearer and nearer to that organ, and shows itself in multiform ways according to character, temperament or inherited disposition; but almost always in a predominance of what is evil instead of good. There will be fretfulness, or ill-nature, or selfish exactions, or mental obscurity, or unreasoning demands, or, it may be, vicious and cruel propensities, where, when the brain was undisturbed by disease, reason held rule with patience and loving kindness. If the disease which has attacked the brain goes on increasing, the mental disease which follows as a consequence of organic disturbance or deterioration, will have increased also, until insanity may be established in some one or more of its many sad and varied forms.

Insanity.
——–

It is, therefore, a very serious thing for a man to take into his body any substance which, on reaching that wonderfully delicate organ the brain, sets up therein a diseased action; for, diseased mental action is sure to follow. A fever is a fever, whether it be light or intensely burning; and so any disturbance of the mind’s rational equipoise is insanity, whether it be in the simplest form of temporary obscurity, or in the midnight of a totally darkened intellect.

We are not writing in the interest of any special theory, nor in the spirit of partisanship; but with an earnest desire to make the truth appear. You must not accept anything simply because we say it, but because he sees it to be true. Now, as to this matter of insanity, let him think calmly. The word is one that gives us a shock; and, as we hear it, we almost involuntarily thank God for the good gift of a well-balanced mind. What, if from any cause this beautiful equipoise should be disturbed and the mind lose its power to think clearly, or to hold the lower passions in due control? Shall we exceed the truth if we say that the man in whom this takes place is insane just in the degree that he has lost his rational self-control; and that he is restored when he regains that control?

In this view, the question as to the hurtfulness of alcoholic drinks assumes a new and graver aspect. Do they disturb the brain when they come in contact with its substance; and deteriorate it if the contact be long continued? Fact, observation, experience and scientific investigation all emphatically say yes; and we know that if the brain be disordered the mind, will be disordered, likewise; and a disordered mind is an insane mind. Clearly, then, in the degree that a man impairs or hurts his brain temporarily or continuously in that degree his mind is unbalanced; in that degree he is not a truly rational and sane man.

We are holding your thought just here that you may have time to think, and to look at the question in the light of reason and common sense. So far as he does this, will he be able to feel the force of such evidence as we shall educe in what follows, and to comprehend its true meaning.

Other substances besides alcohol act injuriously on the brain; but there is none that compares with this in the extent, variety and diabolical aspect of the mental aberrations which follow its use. We are not speaking thoughtlessly or wildly; but simply uttering a truth well-known to every man of observation, and which every man, and especially those who take this substance in any form, should, lay deeply to heart. Why it is that such awful and destructive forms of insanity should follow, as they do, the use of alcohol it is not for us to say. That they do follow it, we know, and we hold, up the fact in solemn warning.

Another consideration, which should have weight with every one, is this, that no man can tell what may be the character of the legacy he has received from his ancestors. He may have an inheritance of latent evil forces, transmitted through many generations, which only await some favoring opportunity to spring into life and action. So long as he maintains a rational self-control, and the healthy order of his life be not disturbed, they may continue quiescent; but if his brain loses its equipoise, or is hurt or impaired, then a diseased psychical condition may be induced and the latent evil forces be quickened into life.

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A lot of us go out to the bar with a friend or two on occasion to loosen up and socialize, but unfortunately, for others walking into a bar is the equivalent to meeting up with a drug dealer for the next “fix”.

Alcohol Dependence is a disease and a very serious one at that! If left unchecked, it can cost the alcoholic his job, friends, family and even his life.

So what are the symptoms of someone who has crossed over from social drinking to alcohol abuse? It’s not as if you can ask an alcoholic if he has a problem and get a confirming response. Just as with any other disease, chances are the alcoholic in question doesn’t realize or won’t admit that he has a problem.

In general, there are four different signs that all alcoholics are bound to show.

1) A strong craving to drink. The person will have a strong desire to drink which may not go away until satisfied. This means the person may go out of their way to get a drink.

2) Losing the ability to control the amount of alcohol consumed. Most of us know when enough is enough. An alcoholic normally loses this ability, or chooses to ignore it. This can lead to frequent periods of drunkenness, which over time can lead to serious health concerns, such as cirrhosis of the liver, weakening of the immune system, brain damage, fetal damage (in pregnant women), and even an increased risk of some cancers.

3) A dependency on alcohol to function normally. Frequent abuse of alcohol can eventually lead to dependence. This means the body will not only crave alcohol, but will need it just to function normally. Without it, the body will develop symptoms similar to those of drug addicts undergoing withdrawal symptoms. An alcoholic who is deprived of alcohol can become nauseous, shaky, sweaty, anxious and irritable.

4) A high tolerance to alcohol. As anyone who has drunk regularly can tell you, over time a person will develop a higher tolerance for alcohol, the more they consume. For alcoholics this tolerance is usually far greater than for a normal person. This, along with not knowing their limits, puts an alcoholic at great risk of health problems.

In most cases, an alcoholic must hit “rock bottom” before being able to admit that they have a problem. If you suspect you, or someone you know many be an alcoholic, seek help immediately. There are a number of great organizations out there who can help with information, as well as treatment options.

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Alcoholic beverages have become almost as “American” as baseball and apple pie. Whether it’s Budweiser, Guinness or Sam Adams, drinking alcohol has become a social pastime for millions of Americans. However, on the downside, it has also become the #1 cause of automobile accidents, as people continually fail to follow the legal limits. Chasing that perfect buzz can be tricky, given all of the factors that influence how the body absorbs alcohol content, and there seems to be this fascination with drunken antics that pushes attention-seekers to the brinks of alcohol poisoning.

The alcoholic liver hardly resembles a healthy liver. Excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages often causes liver cirrhosis, fatty liver (steatosis) and chronic hepatitis — all of which are part of alcoholic liver disease. The accumulation of fat within hepatocytes can lead to inflammation and scarring. Alcoholic hepatitis is caused by over-consumption and causes the degeneration of hepatocytes, inflammation with neutrophils and even aggregations of abnormal proteins. These inner failures can manifest themselves as severe liver dysfunction — in addition to jaundice, neurological dysfunction like hepatic encephalopathy, fluid accumulation in the abdomen (ascites), bleeding of the esophagus, blood clotting and comas. Cirrhosis can lead to liver disease death, blood coagulation, jaundice, ascites, edema, bleeding esophagus and a whole host of abnormalities. Alcohol–damaged liver cells allow excess amounts of harmful byproducts to enter the brain, which is why hepatic encephalopathy is linked to binge drinking. Alcohol abusers who typically consume alcohol without eating suffer an increased risk of liver damage.

There are many dangers of drinking under the legal drinking age. One scientific theory is that your liver does not fully form until you’re 21. New studies suggest that kids, who develop a tolerance for drinking early-on, will continue to do so throughout their lives. Since an alcoholic drink can impair one’s decision-making and threat assessment, there are many social dangers that young people should be aware of. For example, drunk driving is the leading cause of car accidents and unprotected sex leads to STDs and are more prevalent among those who participate in binge drinking. Furthermore, alcoholic beverages are a factor in two-thirds of all sexual assaults on students.

Drinking alcohol can cause other problems that may not be as life threatening as some already discussed but never the less can be quite discomforting. Alcohol is a known cause for snoring and should be avoided in the evenings if you suffer from snoring. Acid reflux is another ailment that is not helped by alcohol. If you are a sufferer and have to use an acid reflux remedy you should avoid alcohol as advised by health blog online.

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When our body systems are really filled up with alcohol and all of the associated effects then at times there is only one option and that is to book ourselves in for a alcohol detox in order to treat our bodies a well deserved clean and break. Dealing with alcohol addiction is something that must be managed with head on if we are ever going to have a realistic opportunity of crippling our substance addiction. There are luckily quite a few alcohol detox centers that have popped up all over the place and these are providing a valuable service for those of who need it.

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Old habits die hard, they say. True. But even new ones die hard too. It does not matter how long – or short – you have been drinking. Once you have an alcohol dependence you could need an alcohol rehab center to help break the habit.

There are many kinds of people you will find in rehab. Some signed themselves in and others have to be forced in. Most folks eventually find cure of sorts, but they must watch their backs for life so that they don’t slip back into the habit.

You could become an alcoholic simply because your dad or mum was one. It ain’t fair, but it is so. So if you want to break the trend, cut it off in your system before you genetically pass it to the next generation also. Quit drinking, enroll in rehab.

When caught on a rap for disturbing the peace you are bound to be asked to pay a healthy fine. Following this, the judge could ask you to do some community service, and if there is a drunkenness charge to boot, you could end up in jail, or an alcohol treatment center, if you’re fortunate.

alcoholism treatmentis not a free service. In the facility, you pay for consultancy, you pay for room and board, for feeding and for medication. About the only thing you don’t pay for in there is the air that you breathe. To think that this was something you could have done by yourself! Only, of course, then there is no guarantee.

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One reason to become an alcoholic again after rehab is to pick on the bottle. Too many people think that they have learnt their lesson and can never fall for it again, so they dabble too close. How wrong! Obviously the lessons they learnt weren’t punched in hard enough. Wonder what else they didn’t learn at the alcohol treatment center.

Your willpower is what helps you the most to attain. Without it, you’re just like a loaf of bread lost at sea - saggy. But in an alcohol treatment center, they could guide you gradually back to that state of consciousness where you can take responsibility for your own life.

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alcohol rehab organization are places of relative peace to the crazy environment around. This not to say that there aren’t rough moments. When an ‘in’ patient is undergoing their ‘withdrawal period’, it could get really rough. But once this phase is over, everything is relatively serene. Want a holiday?

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