AA is for Men and Women
Conclusions
The recovery benefits derived from AA differ in nature and magnitude between men and women and may reflect differing needs based on recovery challenges related to gender-based social roles and drinking contexts.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence. John F. Kelly, Bettina B. Hoeppner, Volume 130, Issues 1–3, 1 June 2013, Pages 186–193
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Free Resources for Drug Abuse Counselors
Free Online Training for Drug Abuse Counselors
Created and hosted by: Health Care Evaluation, Program Evaluation and Resource Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine
This self-paced online course is designed to provide practicing substance abuse counselors with the knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully implement Cognitive Behavioral Therapy strategies and techniques in their clinical practice. The course is divided into eight thirty-minute modules.
Modules include:
Problem Solving (introduce and review the basic steps of problem solving; practice problem...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - April 21, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcoholism Disease of addiction Doctors Training Drug Abuse Counselors Source Type: blogs
Drinking Damages the Brain
How Heavy Drinking Damages the Brain
Chronic alcoholism typically takes a heavy toll on the brain. Exposed to years of heavy drinking, neurons may stop functioning properly and brain tissue can atrophy. In fact, chronic alcoholism is one of the leading causes of dementia, second only to Alzheimer’s disease.
In total, an estimated 50 to 75 percent of long-term alcoholics show cognitive impairment and structural damage to the brain as a result of their drinking. However, the way in which alcohol leads to brain degeneration is not fully understood.
A mini-review published in the journal Experimental Biology and Medicine e...
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The Alcoholics Anonymous Effect on Drinking
Conclusions: Although randomized controlled trials are the surest means of establishing causal relations between interventions and outcomes, such trials are rare in AA research for practical reasons. The current study successfully exploited the multiple data waves in Project MATCH to examine evidence of causality between AA participation and drinking outcomes. The study obtained unique statistical results supporting the effectiveness of AA primarily in the context of primary outpatient treatment for alcoholism.
(Stephen Magura, Charles M. Cleland, J. Scott Tonigan. J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 74, 378–385, 2013)
Intake...
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12th Step Work Helps Youth
Youth Involved in AA-Related Helping Less Likely to Test Positive for Alcohol and Drugs
Youth who become active in Alcoholics Anonymous-related helping (AAH) while they are in treatment are less likely to test positive for alcohol and drugs during treatment, a new study finds.
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University studied almost 200 juvenile offenders. The study also evaluated a questionnaire, called the SOS tool, which helps clinicians identify youths low in service participation and suggests AAH activities to promote their recovery, MedicalXpress reports.
Such activities include;
acts of good citizenship,
fo...
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Doctors Advice on Alcohol
Doctors’ own alcohol consumption colors advice to patients
Doctors who drink more themselves are more liberal in their advice to patients on alcohol consumption. They set higher thresholds for what is harmful, and while men who are heavy drinkers get to continue drinking, women are often advised to stop altogether, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg’s Sahlgrenska Academy have for the first time looked into how family doctors’ own drinking habits affect their advice to patients. The study, which took the form of...
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