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'''Self-help groups''' are commonly used by those suffering from alcoholism.  The best known is [[Alcoholics Anonymous]], in which members acknowledge their problems with alcohol and provide support for other members.
 
'''Self-help groups''' are commonly used by those suffering from alcoholism.  The best known is [[Alcoholics Anonymous]], in which members acknowledge their problems with alcohol and provide support for other members.
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'''Medications''' are often used to discourage alcohol use.  ''Antabuse'' (disulfiram) interrupts the metabolization of alcohol, increasing the amount of acetaldehyde in the body and leading to substantial hangover symptoms shortly after drinking and discouraging those who have taken the medication from drinking.  ''Naltrexone'' is a medication that binds to opioid receptors in the brain, decreasing alcohol cravings and promoting abstinence.
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'''Medications''' are often used to discourage alcohol use.  ''Antabuse'' (disulfiram) interrupts the metabolization of alcohol, increasing the amount of [[acetaldehyde]] in the body and leading to substantial hangover symptoms shortly after drinking and discouraging those who have taken the medication from drinking.  ''Naltrexone'' is a medication that binds to opioid receptors in the brain, decreasing alcohol cravings and promoting abstinence.
    
== Atheism and alcoholism ==
 
== Atheism and alcoholism ==
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