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What are the Signs and Symptoms
of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction?   
1.) What is an Alcohol and Other Drugs Problem?
2.) What is Binge Drinking?
3.) What is Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse?
4.) What is Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence?
5.) What are Negative Consequences From Using and Abusing Alcohol and Other Drugs?
6.) What is Meant by Preoccupation with Alcohol and Other Drugs?
7.) What is Meant by Denial?
8.) What is Meant by Loss of Control?
9.) What is Meant by Tolerance?
10.) What is Meant by Withdrawal?
11.) What is Relapse?


How to Get Help for An Alcohol
and Other Drug Problems
1.) How Does Alcohol and Other Drug Use Progress from Social Use to Dependence?
2.) The Progression of Chemical Dependency: The Three Stages of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
3.) Is Alcoholism a Disease or the End Result of a Lack of Willpower, Weak Character, Moral Depravity, or a Personality Trait?
4.) What to Do Once You Admit that You Have a Problem with Alcohol and Other Drugs?
5.) What is Medically Supervised Detoxification?
6.) What are the Treatment Options Available to Somebody Who Wants to Stop Drinking and Drugging?
7.) What is the Support Group, Alcoholics Anonymous?
8.) What is the Support Group, Narcotics Anonymous?
9.) What is the Support Group, Al-Anon?
10.) What is the Support Group, Alateen?
11.) What is the Support Group, Adult Children of Alcoholics?
12.) What is the Proces of Change That Someone Goes Through in Order to Stop Consuming Alcohol and Other Drugs?
13.) What is Recovery?


Information Every Loved One of A Chemically Dependent Individual Must Know
1.) Why Chemical Dependency is a Family Disease that Affects Each Family Member
2.) How to Determine Whether or Not You Have Been Affected by Another Person’s Alcohol and Other Drug Use
3.) How Alcoholism Impacts Children Raised in An Alcoholic Household—Part One
4.) How Alcoholism Impacts Children Raised in an Alcoholic Household—Part Two
5.) What Does It Mean to be an Adult Children of Alcoholics?
6.) What is the Support Group, Al-Anon?
7.) What is the Support Group, Alateen?
8.) What is the Support Group, Adult Children of Alcoholics?
9.) How to Confront a Friend or Loved One Who Has a Problem With Alcohol and Other Drugs
10.) How to Confront a Parent Who Has a Problem With Alcohol and Other Drugs
11.) How to Make Your Loved One Stop Drinking and Drugging
12.) What to do if Your Loved One Continues to Drink and Drug
13.) Why do I Need Help if My Wife is the One Who is an Alcoholic?
14.) How to Distinguish Between an Act of Love and an Act of Enabling
15.) How to Distinguish Between Enabling and Acting Responsibly
16.) How to Detach from the Problem Rather than Abandon Your Loved One
17.) How to Detach with Love and Compassion
18.) How a Recovering Parent Can Heal the Relationship With Their Children

Information About Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
1.) What is a Dry Drunk?
2.) What is an Alcohol Blackout?
3.) What is Cross Addiction?
4.) What is Denial and Enabling?
5.) What is the Difference Between Spirituality and Religion?
6.) What is Alcohol Poisoning?
7.) How Does the Chronic Consumption of Alcohol Impact One’s Body?
8.) What Does the Chronic Consumption of Alcohol Do to One’s Liver?
9.) What Does Hitting Bottom Mean?
10.) What Does Dual Diagnosis Mean?

How to Raise Alcohol and Other Drugs-Free Children
1.) What Every Parent Should Know About the Risks of Teens Who Drink and Drug
2.) The Warning Signs of Teens Who Drink and Drug
3.) How to Prevent Your Child from Drinking and Drugging: Creating a Strong Emotional Bond With Your Child
4.) How to Develop an Action Plan to Deter Your Child from Drinking and Drugging
5.) How to Help Your Child Develop a Spiritual Practice
6.) How to Discuss Alcohol and Other Drugs With Your Children—Part 1
7.) How to Discuss Alcohol and Other Drugs With Your Children—Part 2
8.) How to Debunk Myths About Alcohol and other Drugs
9.) How to Be Aware of What Behaviors You Are Modeling
10.) How to Discuss Alcohol and Other Drugs With Your Children—Part 3


Dr. Steve Frisch, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in
Chicago, Illinois and Northfield, Illinois.

You can contact Dr. Frisch, Psy.D. at
(847) 498-5611.

Recover from chemical dependency as well as its toxic impact on family members. Raise your children to choose to be alcohol and other drugs free. Learn how to in Dr. Frisch’s, Psy.D. Recovery book series.


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