Alcohol Recovery Information

According to the Drug Alcohol Abuse Recovery Resource Directory, roughly 14 million Americans abuse alcohol. This amounts to 1 in every 13 adults. Moreover, several million more adults engage in behavior that may eventually lead to alcohol abuse.

Alcohol Abuse

• Alcohol abuse, classified medically in its severest form as alcoholism, is a chronic disease in which your body develops both a dependence on and an increased tolerance to alcohol. Consequently, if you are an alcoholic, you may have no control over your drinking.

Recovery

• There are numerous ways to help an individual recover from alcohol abuse. This might include one or some combination of the following: detoxification, an established treatment plan, psychological counseling, oral medication such as disulfiram, injected medication such as Vivitrol, and outpatient or residential treatment.

Finding Help

• If you want to recover from alcohol abuse, you should locate an alcohol-treatment center. You can use the form found at the Drug Alcohol Abuse Recovery Resource Directory to locate an alcohol treatment center near you.