hopeless - SE Members Blog post - syndication express2024-03-29T07:23:55Zhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/hopelessProblem Drinkinghttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/problem-drinking2013-08-06T23:41:58.000Z2013-08-06T23:41:58.000ZTimothy Ellerhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/TimothyEller<div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img alt="Problem Drinking" height="230" src="http://images.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/1271115700_top-10-ways-to-tell-you-have-a-drinking-problem_flash.jpg" title="Problem Drinking" width="410" /><div class="wp-caption-text">Problem Drinking</div></div><h2>WHAT IS PROBLEM DRINKING?</h2><div><strong>Problem drinking</strong> is using alcohol in ways that are harmful to the drinker or to others. People who are <em>problem drinkers</em></div><div>may have the disease of alcoholism or may drink in ways that lead to health or safety problems for themselves or to</div><div>others. The Alcohol Cost Calculator developed by Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems focuses on the most severe</div><div>types of problem drinking — alcohol dependence and alcohol abuse.</div><div><h3>What is Alcohol Dependence or Alcoholism When You Have A Problem Drinking?</h3><div><em>Problem drinking</em>,alcoholism, also known as alcohol dependence or alcohol addiction, is a chronic disease with four primary symptoms:</div><div>• Craving: A strong need or compulsion to drink.</div><div>• Loss of control: The inability to limit one’s drinking on any given occasion.</div><div>• Physical dependence: Withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety occur</div><div>when alcohol use is stopped after a period of heavy drinking.</div><div>• Tolerance: The need to drink greater amounts of alcohol over time in order to get high.</div><div><div><strong>What is Alcohol Abuse?</strong></div><div>During the course of a year, a person who meets diagnostic criteria of alcohol and problem drinking abuse will experience at least one of the following drinking-related problems:</div><div>• Inability to fulfill major work, school or home responsibilities;</div><div>• Problem Drinking in situations that are physically dangerous, such as while driving a car or operating machinery;</div><div>• Having recurring alcohol-related legal problems, such as being arrested for driving under the influence of</div><div>alcohol or for physically hurting someone while drunk; or</div><div>• Continuing to drink despite having ongoing relationship problems that are caused or worsened by the problem drinking.</div><div><div><strong>What are other types of problem drinking issues?</strong></div><div>The Alcohol Cost Calculator provides estimates of the likely number of people who have an alcohol problem drinking disorder — either,alcohol dependence or alcohol abuse. There is a broader spectrum of alcohol-related drinking patterns that can cause grave problem drinking for individuals, families, employers, and communities.</div><div>Experts now understand that people can drink in a wide range of unhealthy and unsafe ways — from occasionally having as little as a single drink and then driving to being addicted to alcohol — and that unsafe problem drinking takes a toll in the workforce and at home. The total impact of the spectrum of <strong>problem drinking</strong> to a company, its employees and their families is likely to be greater than the results shown by the Alcohol Cost Calculator.</div><div><strong>What is Heavy Drinking?</strong></div></div><div>Federal government surveys characterize heavy problem drinking as having five or more drinks on at least five occasions during a month, but it is important to remember that alcohol problems can and do occur at much lower levels of consumption.</div></div></div><div><strong>What is Binge Drinking?</strong></div><div>Drinking five or more drinks on at least one occasion during a month is considered binge drinking. When heavy drinkers consume five or more drinks on a single occasion, they are bingeing, but not everyone who binges is a heavy problem drinking.</div><div>Binge drinking puts individuals at serious risk for an alcohol problem.</div><div><strong>What is Risky Drinking?</strong></div><div><a href="http://socialmediabar.com/problemdrinking">Problem drinking</a> in ways that are likely to lead to trauma or adverse health effects, including alcoholism, is considered risky drinking.</div><div>For more on the range of alcohol problem drinking see the Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems primer Understanding the <em>Problem </em><em>Drinking</em> Continuum. The primer is available from the Ensuring Solutions Website,<a href="http://www.ensuringsolutions.org./" title="">www.ensuringsolutions.org.</a></div></div>