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Twelve-step program. Twelve-step programs are international mutual aid programs supporting recovery from substance addictions, behavioral addictions and compulsions. Developed in the 1930s, the first twelve-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), founded by Bill Wilson and Bob Smith, aided its membership to overcome alcoholism. [1]
Alcohol detoxification (also known as detox) is the abrupt cessation of alcohol intake in individuals that have alcohol use disorder. This process is often coupled with substitution of drugs that have effects similar to the effects of alcohol in order to lessen the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal .
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism (nicknamed The Big Book because of the thickness of the paper used in the first edition) is a 1939 basic text, describing how to seek recovery from alcoholism. The Big Book was written by William G. "Bill W." Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics ...
White also warns that it can be dangerous to quit drinking alcohol on your own if you’ve been drinking heavily for a period of time. “Each year, alcohol withdrawal contributes to about 1,000 ...
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a set of symptoms that can occur following a reduction in alcohol use after a period of excessive use. [1] Symptoms typically include anxiety, shakiness, sweating, vomiting, fast heart rate, and a mild fever. [1] More severe symptoms may include seizures, and delirium tremens (DTs); which can be fatal in ...
The text L'alcool tue means "Alcohol kills" in French. Delirium tremens (DTs; lit. 'mental disturbance with shaking') is a rapid onset of confusion usually caused by withdrawal from alcohol. [2] When it occurs, it is often three days into the withdrawal symptoms and lasts for two to three days. [2] Physical effects may include shaking ...
Quit lit is a literary genre on alcohol cessation, the name can be interpreted as "literature of quiting" or "quit being lit (drunk)". [1] Examples include the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book, as well as self-help books. Recent books, in particular in partially autobiographic ones focus on women, examples include Wishful Drinking and This Naked ...
The 44-year-old actor announced on Tuesday that he had completed treatment for alcohol addiction. Ben Affleck's History With Alcohol Addiction: A Timeline of the Actor's Struggles and Road to Recovery