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| An event ferocious enough, frightening enough, appalling enough, or humiliating enough happens to breech his denial system. But the defenses of the mind are like those of the body; they rush to wall off, to localize and repair damage. No sooner has the alcoholic faced the magnitude and malignancy of his drinking problem than the denial begins to build again and he begins to temporize. As paradoxical as it seems, therefore, the first phase in any treatment approach to the alcoholic, even the alcoholic who has specifically presented himself to obtain help with his drinking problem, must center on his being confronted with the inescapable fact of his alcoholism. Causes & Development; Risk Factors The physical dependence element develops at different rates for different individuals and effects vary widely. It is difficult to predict where any given individual may be on that scale. Genetic predisposition to easy development of alcoholism is evidenced in differing proportions in differing ethnic groups. Treatment & Prevention Alcoholics Anonymous, made up of recovering alcoholics, is as successful as any treatment program and there is no fee. |
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