1. EQ: What is an alcoholic and how can alcohol abuse be treated?
TYPES OF ALCOHOLICS
HEALTH
MR. GARDNER
EQ: What is an alcoholic and how can alcohol abuse be treated?

2. TYPES OF ALCOHOLICS Chronic–(homeless) 4% of all alcoholics
Periodic – times of sobriety
Can’t stop until passed out
Can’t stop until forced to stop

3. TYPES OF ALCOHOLICS Plateau – addict Temporal – habit
Needs a certain amount of alcohol to function
Temporal – habit
Cyclic – pay day drunk

4. TYPES OF ALCOHOLICS Average age of an alcoholic is 31
Average life span of an alcoholic is 51

5. To become an alcoholic it takes a(n)
Adult 15 years
Teenager 15 months
Child 15 weeks
Infant 15 days
Unborn 15 hours

6. ALCOHOLICS Absent 4 times more often that average
Damages immune system
1 of every 20 teenagers has developed a problem with alcohol

7. TREATMENT Physician’s care Psychiatric care
Uses drug therapy & regulates diet
Psychiatric care
More intense
Talk about personal history

8. TREATMENT CONT. Institution Clinic Controls environment
Outpatient – same home environment

9. TREATMENT CONT. Group therapy Talk Personal and group support
AA-1934 “one day at a time”
Buddy system – anytime helper
Al-Anon – help for family & friends
Ala-teen – no adults are in attendance