I think it is pretty much the same with narcoticsDrug abuse, alcoholAlcohol and diet
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Fetal alcohol syndrome, etc.  Stopping is really the easy part and can certainly be done on your own.  Staying off the drugChemical dependence - resources
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Drug allergies
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Drug-induced hypertension/alcohol is the hard part and the chance of success is MUCH greater if one who has stopped engages in some sort of recoveryRecovery position - series program.  Some people don't need one but the road to finding whether you are that person is a hard one which doesn't need to be travelled.

I stoped drinking a few times before it stuck, I never went to an AA meeting or a detox clinic and have been sober for atleast 6 years.  I does help to have a few buddys who have been sober for a while.  The main thing is not to tempt yourself, and stay away from your drinking bud's... My sister is big into NA and swears it cant be done by yourself. I disagree, but if your set to stay sober you can do it, some people need more support than others. I have met many of my old drinking buddys who are now sober, most have cleaned up by themselves.

  If your resolve is to stay dry you can do it.  I think the most inportant thing is to confront the demons that make you want to be a drunk, you can pay a srink or learn to be brutly honest with your self. I have found the later to be the best for me, but must say it is not the best for every.

  I know a lot of people who have fallen of the wagon after detox, meetings srinks and all that.  If you realy want it you can live sober for the rest of your life.

There is also a majorMajor tears
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Fetal alcohol syndrome and one that is addicted to it.



Chances are easier for the non-addicted alcoholics to stay sober and even without recoveryRecovery position - series programs. The truely alcoholAlcohol and diet
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Alcoholism - resources
Breath alcohol test
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Fetal alcohol syndrome dependant alcoholics are the ones that have trouble staying off the booze and need all the help they can find whether it be shrink, A.A. OR both! There are test questions to determin if you only abuseAlcoholism
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If you had alcoholAlcohol and diet
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Fetal alcohol syndrome withdrawalDelirium tremens and drank round the clock the avoid feeling bad from the withdrawalDelirium tremens than you definately would be classed as dependant. If you just drank too much and partied down, found it easy to quit and stay off the booze, chances are you were never addicted to it and don't have as much to worry about relapse.



A treatment center is mainly to help the dependant alcoholics make it through the withdrawalDelirium tremens without serious complications during detox such as seizuresEclampsia
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Temporal lobe seizure and DT's.

I have been clean and sober for almost 5 years.  After years of chemical abuseAlcoholism
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Drug abuse first aid
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Laxative overdose
Signs of drug abuse and numerous treatments both in and out patientKidney diet - dialysis patients, I finially sobered up on my own.  I did however use the tools that I had learned from previous treatments.  I did go to A.A. for about the firstFirst progesterone mc10
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Terri Lea