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Problem Drinking : Rethinking Your Relationship with Alcohol, Paperback / softback Book

Problem Drinking : Rethinking Your Relationship with Alcohol Paperback / softback

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Alcohol causes more misery, illness and death than any other substance.

Alcohol is one of the three biggest lifestyle risk factors for disease and death after smoking and obesity, and a causal factor in more than 60 medical conditions, including various cancers, cirrhosis depression.

In the UK in 2012-13, there were 1,008,850 hospital admissions related to alcohol consumption.

Dying for a Drink is a no-nonsense, lively and accessible guide to alcohol and alcoholism, by bestselling consultant psychiatrist Dr Tim Cantopher.

This new edition updates the recommended units of alcohol, and tracks the rise in alcohol-related conditions - in particular liver disease, now the fifth most common cause of death in the UK.

Topics include:* alcohol the drug * why people drink too much * the effects of past experience, family and personality * impact of alcohol abuse on the body and brain * cutting down on or doing without drink * sleep and relaxation* problem-solving, time-management, and dealing with worry* drug treatments * the disease concept and Alcoholics Anonymous

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