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	<title>Breakingthecycles.com - Changing the Conversations &#187; Alcohol Abuse</title>
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	<description>...using 21st century brain and addiction-related research to change how we talk about, treat and prevent substance misuse, underage drinking, addiction and secondhand drinking/drugging.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Links This Week</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/07/23/links-this-week-63/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[75 years of 12 steps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPR Talk of the Nation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gender-Related Influences of Parental Alcoholism on the Prevalence of Psychiatric Illnesses: Anlysis of the National Epidemiolgic Survey on Alcohol and Related Issues

Abstract:
Background: Offspring of individuals with alcoholism are at increased risk for psychiatric illness, but the effects of gender on this risk are not well known. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol &#8211; Know Your Limits</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/07/15/alcohol-know-your-limits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/07/15/alcohol-know-your-limits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[drinking limits]]></category>

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Just a reminder&#8230;. binge drinking for women is defined as 4 or more standard drinks per ocassion, and for men, it&#8217;s 5 or more standard drinks per ocassion. A standard drink is 5 ounces of table wine, 12 ounces of regular beer, 3.3 ounces of champagne and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof liquor. Know your limits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loved One In Treatment? Now What!</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/06/17/loved-one-in-treatment-now-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[help for families]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Look for Lisa&#8217;s latest book, Loved One In Treatment? Now What!, an Essential Handbook for Family Members and Friends Navigating the Path of a Loved One&#8217;s Addiction, Treatment and Recovery, coming late August 2010 &#8212; just in time for National Recovery Month in September!

 




Cover Design by Irene E. Yu



 How can addiction be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Kids Don&#8217;t Wear Watches and Drunks Never Learn</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/06/08/why-kids-dont-wear-watches-and-drunks-never-learn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/06/08/why-kids-dont-wear-watches-and-drunks-never-learn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underage Drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from The Discovering Alcoholic, who writes a top rated recovery blog, www.discoveringalcoholic.com, covering alcoholism, substance abuse, treatment and recovery issues.
This is an interesting lecture by Professor Philip Zimbardo about modern man&#8217;s perspective of time and how it relates to relationships, learning, and behavior.  Pay close attention to the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising the Bottom &#8211; &#8220;Helping&#8221; a Loved One Seek Recovery</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/05/30/raising-the-bottom-helping-a-loved-one-seek-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/05/30/raising-the-bottom-helping-a-loved-one-seek-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 14:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underage Drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[help for families]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Frederiksen
There is an age-old saying when it comes to offering reasons for why a person does not seek recovery or treatment or why a person relapses (goes back to drinking). Namely,  &#8220;He (or she) hasn&#8217;t hit bottom, yet.&#8221;
It&#8217;s long been held that the person has to &#8220;hit bottom&#8221; before treatment can work. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denial. A Key Reason For the Progression of the Disease of Addiction</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/05/04/denial-a-key-reason-for-the-progression-of-the-disease-of-addictionhol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/05/04/denial-a-key-reason-for-the-progression-of-the-disease-of-addictionhol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 18:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Frederiksen
One of the keys to the progression of a loved one’s drinking or drug use moving from bad to worse, abuse to addiction, is DENIAL. Denial is a very human defense mechanism we all use at one time or another to protect ourselves from facing something we just don’t want to face. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Unsent Letter to Dad: the Impact of Secondhand Drinking on Children</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/04/27/an-unsent-letter-to-dad-the-impact-of-secondhand-drinking-on-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/04/27/an-unsent-letter-to-dad-the-impact-of-secondhand-drinking-on-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impacts of alcoholism the family on children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secondhand drinking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Frederiksen
I&#8217;d like to share the words of a high school girl who wrote a letter to her alcoholic father, never mailed. It&#8217;s the rawness of her hurt, so many years into her life, that drew me to share this letter in the hope we can better understand the devastating impact on the children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol Use Before and After the 21 Birthday</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/03/30/alcohol-use-before-and-after-the-21-birthday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/03/30/alcohol-use-before-and-after-the-21-birthday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underage Drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[21st birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol abuse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Frederiksen

Among young adults approaching their 21st birthdays (i.e., persons surveyed in the 30 days prior to their 21st birthdays), 86.1 percent had used alcohol in their lifetime, including 62.8 percent who had initiated use before their 18th birthdays
Rates of past month and binge alcohol use were higher among young adults who had recently turned 21 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking to Children Early, Often About Drinking</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/03/28/talking-to-children-early-often-about-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/03/28/talking-to-children-early-often-about-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underage Drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prevention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Frederiksen
If you work with children or have children, this site is for YOU! It was/is created and maintained by SAMHSA, NIAAA and the ADCouncil.
To help you better understand what you&#8217;ll find, here is a cut and past of just two portions of the site &#8212; the &#8220;HOME&#8221; page and the &#8220;Talk Early, Talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links This Week</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/03/27/links-this-week-47/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/03/27/links-this-week-47/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol-related issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[help for children of alcoholics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Report Highlights Alcohol Abstainers, Quitters as Well as Current Drinkers
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention&#8217;s National Center for Health Statistics estimated in its Health Behaviors of Adults: United States, 2005-2007 report (PDF) that 61.2 percent of American adults currently drink alcohol, but that 24.6 percent are lifetime abstainers and 14.3 percent of Americans [...]]]></description>
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