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		<title>Alcohol Abuse and the Liver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several key organs and internal functions can be irreparably damaged because of heavy drinking over an extended period of time.]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol Abuse Or Alcoholism, Are You Crossing The Line?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alcohol abuse can be a tricky term to use, considering that 'abuse' can have different meanings to different people.]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholcoach.com/alcohol-abuse-or-alcoholism-are-you-crossing-the-line/</link>
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		<title>Causes and Risk Factors of Alcoholism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alcohol addiction and physical reliance on alcohol occurs slowly. Over time, drinking alcohol changes the balance of a few chemicals in your mind, like gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA), which reduces impulsiveness, as well as glutamate, which excites nervous system. Alcohol even raises the level of dopamine in the mind, which is linked with the agreeable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clergy Vital For Alcohol Abusers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People talk to clergy about alcohol abuse Majority of those who used services from clergy also used professional services at some point Persons with alcohol problems are finding comfort in speaking about their situation to clergy, a new study shows. Among 1,910 people with any alcohol-related problems, 14.7% said they used clergy services. The study [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholcoach.com/clergy-vital-for-alcohol-abusers/</link>
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		<title>Alcohol Use &amp; Impulsivity Linked</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Large decline in impulsivity in early adulthood related to decrease in alcohol consumption]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholcoach.com/alcohol-use-impulsivity-linked/</link>
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		<title>Deadly Perils of the Booze Diet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A woman in her 30s in Gwangju (Korea) recently died while on a so-called booze diet. She was under extreme pressure to lose weight, and after 10 days of only drinking alcohol for dinner while skipping breakfast and lunch, her system packed up. Those on a liquor diet drink alcohol to lose weight, skipping breakfast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Factors Affecting Survival During Alcohol Withdrawal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a Spanish hospital, 7% of patients died during 539 episodes of withdrawal. Most patients who are experiencing alcohol detoxification do not require acute care or specific treatments. For the few with symptoms that are severe enough to require hospitalization, mortality has decreased substantially since the introduction of benzodiazepines more than 40 years ago, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is Alcohol Dangerous during Pregnancy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Centres for Disease Control&#160; urges pregnant women not to drink alcohol any time during pregnancy. There is no known safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant. There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink and There is no safe kind of alcohol to drink while pregnant. Women also should not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholcoach.com/why-is-alcohol-dangerous-during-pregnancy/</link>
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		<title>Female Heavy Drinkers have Smaller Brains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Female drinkers lose brain volume more quickly than men, according to researchers at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. The BBC reported May 15 that researchers took brain scans of 150 women &#8211; about half of them alcoholics &#8211; and found that the heavy drinkers have smaller brains. Female alcoholics were found to lose the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholcoach.com/female-heavy-drinkers-have-smaller-brains/</link>
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		<title>28% of Kids Exposed to Alcoholism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One in four children exposed to family alcohol abuse or alcoholism A study in the January 2000 issue of the American Journal of Public Health reports that approximately one in four U.S. children (19 million children or 28.6 percent of children 0-17 years) is exposed at some time before age 18 to family alcohol dependence [...]]]></description>
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