P.S. I’m not gonna do anything now; I only 14, but I’d like to know for the future. I’ve heard there are many benefits of moderately drinking alcohol, and I don’t want to miss out on those because I could become an alcoholic. But I definitely don’t want to ruin my life by accidentally becoming an alcoholic.

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Answer by Earl the Psychologist
Your more prone to become one since it runs in the family but you should be okay if you keep the drinking for weekends

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Answer by whistler45
I don’t think that there are any negative effects if the woman simply eats too much food and does nothing else. I know lots of women who eat a lot of food in one sitting while pregnant and nothing bad happens…unless the mother has gestational diabetes, but that’s a whole nother story altogether.

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Question by Bride09: How to word alcoholic drinks on wedding website?
We are serving beer, wine, champagne and maybe a signature drink at our reception plus of course tea and punch I hate the word beer on my website so is there any way to put that there will be alcoholic drinks but not a full bar?

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Answer by Rachel
I think it would be best to say beer even though it doesn’t sound fancy…just because otherwise it might cause confusion.

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Answer by rambelin
i doubt it

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Some of you think because people attend AA that they stay sober. Not so. It’s extremely difficult to not imbibe. Do some reading and see if you can find a number to accurately represent my intended answer. I was personally shocked to find out how low it is.

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Answer by JillieBoe
It’s anonymous, so I guess you’ll never know for certain! : P

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HELP?

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Answer by em
Get out side and get active!
When you just sit inside your house you get bored and when your bored you seem to eat more, i know i do!
So when you find yourself wandering into the kitchen think about all the stuff you need to get done, and do it instead of eating!

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Answer by Brain Babe
Yes, without a doubt you are well on your way to becoming an alcoholic, if you are not already there. The big thing you need to determine is if you can just go without drinking at all…if you can, say, go for a weekend with no drinking, and you aren’t climbing the walls, that is a good thing.

If, however, you find yourself missing it, craving it, thinking about it constantly, you may have a problem. The best thing you can do for yourself is to give up alcohol for a bit–to see if you can. Also, talk to your doctor….have some kidney and liver function tests run–they are simple blood tests, and will tell you if you have any damage from such heavy alcohol use.

Hopefully, you will be fine, and can begin a more healthy lifestyle that includes other weekend activities besides drinking!

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Question by Cindy R.: Does James Frey reject Alcoholics Anonymous?
Does James Frey, the “Million Little Pieces” author reject AA?

Was he forced to go to AA?

Did he like AA?

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Answer by raysny
He hated AA and wrote a book about getting sober without AA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Million_Little_Pieces

Unfortunately for all the people that book resonated with, Fry embellished much of the book, giving AA members something to denounce the book over. Many feel that catching Frey in untruths somehow make their lies true.

People in AA tell the same sort of stories, called drunkalogues, in meetings all the time. Frey was put under a microscope because he doesn’t believe people are powerless over their addictions or that you need AA’s particular god to bail out out on a daily basis.

AA members claim they are the only way a person could possibly get sober. Ignoring all the alcoholics that quit on their own for thousands of years before Bill and Dr. Bob got together for a moment, let’s look at some FACTS:
“One recent study found that 80% of all alcoholics who recover for a year or more do so on their own, some after being unsuccessfully treated. When a group of these self-treated alcoholics was interviewed, 57% said they simply decided that alcohol was bad for them. Twenty-nine percent said health problems, frightening experiences, accidents, or blackouts persuaded them to quit. Others used such phrases as “Things were building up” or “I was sick and tired of it.” Support from a husband or wife was important in sustaining the resolution.”
Treatment of Drug Abuse and Addiction — Part III, The Harvard Mental Health Letter, October 1995.

The Effectiveness of the Twelve-Step Treatment

http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html

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.
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

Penn & Teller:
12 steps programs 1:
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=8tPNgHrIkgo& NR=1

12 steps programs 2:
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=5uwx2P5LJgk

12 steps programs 3:
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=7PjpOsE3xoY

Videos from BlameDenial:

http://blamedenial.co.uk/confessionsession.html

Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effectiveness_of_Alcoholics_Anonymous

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Question by jade scarlette : How do I sub red wine for something non alcoholic in a soup?
I really want to try a soup and it has 1/2 cup red wine in it. What else can I use besides wine that isn’t alcoholic? Thanks.

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Answer by Justin
Try cherry juice.

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Can you provide some facts or links so that I know you aren’t just making BSing me?

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Answer by volleyballchick (cowards block)
Is there?? Because in my studies for my masters, I never saw that.

Extremists typically are angry, poor, and feel inferior. But they don’t do drugs and/or alcohol (typically). They leave that to the pundits and politicians.

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