New hope in alcoholism treatment, say Scripps researchers
SAN DIEGO – Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute declared new hope in the treatment of alcoholism on Monday, following the results of a new study to treat the disease with a drug that is already on the market. Gabapentin already is prescribed …
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Elizabeth Vargas Checks Into Rehab To Handle Alcoholism Battle
Elizabeth Vargas has admitted herself in to a rehabilitation clinic at an undisclosed location after admitting to having a problem with her alcohol consumption. The ABC News anchor was admitted to the clinic at some point over the past few weeks, with …
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Elizabeth Vargas in Rehab: ABC 20/20 Co-Anchor Checked in For Alcohol …
When Elizabeth Vargas was mysteriously absent from her post as ABC's 20/20 co-anchor for weeks, people started to wonder where the seasoned reporter was. Now Vargas, 51, has confirmed that she's been in a rehabilitation facility for alcohol abuse.
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ABC's “20/20” co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas has been MIA on the air for weeks, and Confidenti@l has learned she's been in a well-respected rehab center for alcohol abuse. “She's checked herself into a facility, and she's getting treatment,” one insider …
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Iran Opens First Alcohol Rehab Center
Having overcome the major obstacle of establishing a center with a focus on alcohol addiction is an important step. After many years, the silence on what was commonly known by many was broken by none other than the government itself. According to …
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Question by Maryy: What percent of rehabilitated people actually are cured?
ok so this is for a project….
does anyone know what percent of rehabilitated people get out and dont do the same mistake agian??? (i.e.- they would use drugs daily, went to rehab, then when they got out they quit completly)
i searched yahoo, google, and ask jeeves. i did all of my project and this is just a small part of it wich isnt really gonna be graded so keep your useless coments to yourself

Best answer:

Answer by raysny
Rehabs often claim amazing results, but the reality is less than spectacular.

According to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_addiction
“The effectiveness of alcoholism treatments varies widely. When considering the effectiveness of treatment options, one must consider the success rate based on those who enter a program, not just those who complete it. Since completion of a program is the qualification for success, success among those who complete a program is generally near 100%. It is also important to consider not just the rate of those reaching treatment goals but the rate of those relapsing. Results should also be compared to the roughly 5% rate at which people will quit on their own. A year after completing a rehab program, about a third of alcoholics are sober, an additional 40 percent are substantially improved but still drink heavily on occasion, and a quarter have completely relapsed.”

That estimate is based on information from Dr. Mark Willenbring of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and in my opinion, optomistic.

” About 80 percent of addiction patients will relapse, studies suggest, and long-term success rates for treatment are estimated at 10-30 percent.
“The therapeutic community claims a 30 percent success rate, but they only count people who complete the program,” noted Joseph A. Califano Jr., of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. “Seventy to eighty percent drop out in three to six months.” ”
http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/1633/1/Little-Evidence-that-Costly-Treatment-Programs-Work/Page1.html

90-95% of rehabs in the US are 12step-based. The rest are Scientology or religion-based.

The 12step treatment method has been shown to have about a 5% success rate, the same as no treatment at all:

Although the success rate is the same, AA harms more people than no treatment:
1) Dr. Brandsma found that A.A. increased the rate of binge drinking, and
2) Dr. Ditman found that A.A. increased the rate of rearrests for public drunkenness, and
3) Dr. Walsh found that “free A.A.” made later hospitalization more expensive, and
4) Doctors Orford and Edwards found that having a doctor talk to the patient for just one hour was just as effective as a whole year of A.A.-based treatment.
5) Dr. George E. Vaillant, the A.A. Trustee, found that A.A. treatment was completely ineffective, and raised the death rate in alcoholics. No other way of treating alcoholics produced such a high death rate as did Alcoholics Anonymous.
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-letters85.html

1) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Brandsma
2) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Ditman
3) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Walsh
4) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Orford
5) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Vaillant

New Programs at Drug Rehab Carrollton Tackle Prescription Addiction
Long term abuse of prescription medications can cause significant damage to a person's health and overall well-being. Drug Rehab Carrollton is promoting the awareness of prescription drug abuse with their new, comprehensive treatment programs.
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Newton Medical Center improves treatment for mental health, substance abuse
NEWTON — Newton Medical Center has launched First Step, a new program to improve the health and well-being of those in Sussex County with both mental health and substance abuse disorders by closely combining treatment for the conditions. The new …
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Alcohol Abuse, An Endemic Problem? Solutions?
This is all the more surprising – and disappointing – considering that in March of this year the Minister for Transport, Shawn Crockwell, spoke in parliament on certain policies that he would be developing specifically regarding alcohol abuse …
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Teens who drink alone more likely to develop alcohol problems as young adults
PITTSBURGH—Most teenagers who drink alcohol do so with their friends in social settings, but a new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh reveals that a significant number of adolescents consume alcohol …
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Former 'Survivor: China' winner Todd Herzog has extremely severe alcohol …
By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 11/17/2013. Todd Herzog has an extremely severe alcohol addiction and will discuss his life-threatening struggle during an already-taped appearance on Dr. Phil on Monday.
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Question by IJOKETOO MUCH: Why do so many african Americans have aids?
Why is it that african Americans have such a high ratio aids in their culture?

Best answer:

Answer by makalas_mommy
Aids is high in poorer neighborhoods, because of a lack of education. If noone tells them to use a condom or provides them with some they’ll continue to pass it around. Also there’s no way for them to get regular HIV tests so that they even know they have the virus.

Answer by mnvikes
theyre poor in general and poor people tend to be less educated about safe sex and have more sex partners which means it spreads faster

Tunisian police accused of torture
Faouzia is convinced the police killed her son, and she said it was not the first time her family or the poor people of the neighborhood suffered from abuse at the hands of authorities. She spoke in a shaky, … disfigurement. "Naturally, the pictures …
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Veterans Day: Remember them
“And veterans who are still dying here at home from drug abuse, alcoholism, suicide from depression caused by PTSD, unemployment and homelessness. And I ask myself: How could the people who lied to us look in the mirror? How can the people who lied …
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Defendant blames alcohol, drug use
… him to drug and alcohol abuse. “I'm convinced it altered my way of thinking and morality. … I'm ashamed,” he said, adding he had “much remorse” for his actions. The charges stemmed from a search of Ball's computer after his roommate showed the …
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Recovering Alcoholic Needed Support, not Religion
To the Editor: As a recovering alcoholic for the past 19 years, I read with interest and some alarm, Mr. Campbell's position that successful recovery from alcohol or drug addiction can only begin when one accepts God, clergy and religion. Are you …
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A Forever Recovery's Latest Blog Focuses on Best Michigan Addiction …
… a moral reasoning approach to recovery that empowers each individual client to access the spiritual, cognitive, and fellowship support that they need, has published a new blog that focuses on the best Michigan addiction treatment for drugs and alcohol.
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Latest A Forever Recovery Blog Post Reveals Why Adolescent Drug Abuse is …
Addiction recovery professionals, elected officials, school administrators, community leaders, parents and everyone else who want to grasp why adolescent drug and alcohol abuse is rising — despite the so-called “war on drugs” that has been raging for …
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