Christian Alcohol Treatment Centers

"Fetal alcohol syndrome is the leading known cause of mental retardation in the United States."

"Since alcohol blocks emotional pain, it is frequently resorted to as a cover up during times of temporary or ongoing stress or grief such as that experienced with the loss of a loved one or relationship, unresolved family tensions, and chronic work stress."

"Research shows that cocaine affects your body. People who use cocaine often don't eat or sleep regularly. They can experience increased heart rate, muscle spasms, and convulsions. If they snort cocaine, they can also permanently damage their nasal tissue."

"In 2006, an estimated 13.3 percent of U.S. persons aged 12 or older drove under the influence of an illicit drug or alcohol at least once in the past year. This percentage has dropped since 2005, when it was 14.1 percent. The 2006 estimate corresponds to 31.7 million persons."

"According to U.S. alcoholism statistics, 65 people each day die on American highways due to alcohol abuse."

"Alcoholism researchers claim that chronic alcoholics who cannot maintain their sobriety should receive prescribed medications to treat alcohol withdrawal symptoms. By using prescribed drugs, alcoholics are less likely to experience possible seizures or brain damage."

"If drinking alcohol can possibly interfere with your ability to have children and if drinking alcohol can lead to damaging health consequences to you and also to your unborn child, why not refrain from drinking alcohol while you are attempting to have a child, while the child is growing inside of you, and while you are breast feeding your child? Why not avoid all of these complications and traumatic possibilities by abstaining from alcohol during the periods of time outlined above?"

"Among Americans age 60 or older, 10 percent of those in the community--and 40 percent of those in nursing homes--fulfill criteria for alcohol abuse."

"Ironically, the abuser's ability to get 'high' from the alcohol or drug gradually decreases as his body adapts to the presence of foreign chemicals. This means that they must take more and more drugs or alcohol, not just to get an effect but often just to function at all."

"A national team of investigators led by psychiatric geneticists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a gene that appears to be linked to both alcoholism and depression. This gene might be a susceptibility gene that puts a person at risk for developing both alcoholism and depression."

"According to U.S. research, alcohol is typically found in the offender, victim or both in about half of all homicides and serious assaults, as well as in a high percentage of sex-related crimes."

"Few family members or friends who have been affected by the disease of alcohol addiction realize that by protecting the alcoholic with lies and deceptions to the outside world, they have actually created a situation that makes it easier for the alcohol dependent person to continue and progress in his downward spiral. Rather than helping the alcohol addicted person and themselves, the friends and family members have actually enabled the alcoholic to get worse."

"The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that the 21-year-old minimum drinking age laws have saved 21,887 American lives since the mid-1970s."

"The findings of the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse and Addiction demonstrated that, while millions of Americans habitually drink alcohol, swallow prescription drugs, smoke pot, and snort cocaine, a number of drug users who meet or exceed the standards that indicate that they need professional treatment do not realize or accept the fact that they have a drug abuse problem."

"Research shows that alcohol abuse costs U.S. businesses twice as much as illegal drug use."

"Studies have shown that inpatient detoxification programs are more effective and longer lasting than outpatient detox programs. The important issue here, however, is the following: the more severe the alcohol-related withdrawal symptoms, the more likely that inpatient detox programs should be used."

"According to the alcohol abuse and alcoholism research literature, in the U.S., more than 40% of those who start drinking at age 14 or younger become alcohol dependent."

"Those who drink excessively may begin to show early signs of a problem, then progress to showing symptoms of alcohol abuse. If the person continues to drink in an abusive manner, moreover, he or she may later show symptoms of alcohol dependence."

"Alcoholism research scientists have found that blackouts are experienced among social drinkers much more frequently than previously thought. As a consequence, blackouts need to be perceived as a potential result of acute drunkenness or intoxication no matter what the drinker's age or whether he or she is alcohol dependent. In other words, blackouts are an indication of serious and excessive drinking behavior and require further assessment and perhaps alcohol treatment."

"According to the research statistics, if an individual is compulsively seeking and using a drug despite negative consequences, such as loss of job, increased debt, drug-related physical problems, or relationship problems, then he or she is probably addicted."

"Alcohol is typically found in the offender, victim or both, in about half of all U.S. homicides and serious assaults, as well as in a high percentage of sex-related crimes, robberies, and incidents of domestic violence, and alcohol-related problems are disproportionately found among both juvenile and adult criminal offenders."

"According to alcohol abuse and alcoholism research statistics, alcohol-related accidents are so common that an estimated 40 percent of the individuals in the U.S. will be involved in an alcohol-related traffic accident at some time in their lives."

"Alcohol abuse and alcoholism research demonstrates the fact that if you consume alcoholic beverages, it's important to know whether your drinking patterns are safe, risky or harmful. Answering these questions will take only a few minutes, and will generate personalized results based on your age, gender and drinking patterns."

"According to drunk driving statistics, in 2001, more than half a million people were injured in crashes where police reported that alcohol was present, an average of one person injured approximately every two minutes."

"As far as the validity of blood alcohol tests is concerned,blood alcohol tests are the most accurate method currently in use for testing an individual's blood alcohol content (BAC)."

"According to SAMHSA's 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 4% of adults age 21 or older reported that they started drinking before age 12, 14% started between ages 12-14, almost 74% had started drinking alcohol before the current legal drinking age of 21, 33% started between ages 15-17; and 22% started drinking between ages 18-20."

"U.S. alcohol abuse research scientists have discovered that people who stop using other drugs (such as marijuana, Oxycontin, or heroin) at the same time they quit drinking alcohol, might experience excessive withdrawal problems. These individuals, consequently, should see a doctor before they quit their addictive habits."

"Alcohol use interacts with conditions such as depression and stress to contribute to suicide, the third leading cause of death among people between the ages of 14 and 25. In one study, 37 percent of eighth grade females who drank heavily reported attempting suicide, compared with 11 percent who did not drink."