Traditional Medication for Alcohol Dependence When the alcoholic admits that the problem exists and agrees to stop alcohol consumption, treatment for alcohol dependence can start. He or she must recognize that alcohol dependence is curable and should be motivated to change. Treatment has three stages:
The actual amount of alcohol you need to drink in a session for it to be labeled as binge drinking varies depending on who you ask, but the everyday definition is approximately eight units of alcohol (around three pints of strong beer), and 2-3 units of alcohol for women (around two large glasses of wine) ingested in a brief time frame. These numbers are far from accurate, and in the real world, binge drinking is better defined by the level of drunkenness than the amount of alcohol. Read Full Post »