- •Contents
- •Illinois man claims largest known diamond 4
- •Infidelity epidemic sweeping cheating britain 35
- •25 Easy ways to knock years off your body 52
- •Is Your Dream Job Really Out There? 74
- •Illinois man claims largest known diamond
- •Why we're slaves to the latest fashion fads
- •World’s most beautiful girls live in Stockholm, Sweden
- •Homeless billionaire gives away his 3-billion-dollar fortune
- •Why do foreign tourists hate Russians on holidays?
- •Chinese prepare to live in hell for 2008 Summer Olympics
- •Arctic region likely to become the center of World War III
- •Five terrible atrocities against women around the world
- •Slavery continues to prosper worldwide
- •Stop the poverty to stop the terrorism
- •Questions and Tasks:
- •Air rage caused by oxygen deprivation
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- •Japan still unable to cut national suicide rate with over 33,000 deaths a year
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- •Children do imitate violence they see on tv
- •Mum to mum special: We must beat the bullies
- •What to do if your child's a bully
- •Teens’ problems: Curfew
- •Looking for love on dating websites has its own hidden dangers
- •Best of mates
- •Infidelity epidemic sweeping cheating britain
- •Brothers and sisters are doing it for themselves
- •Will this man make you happy?
- •Women who dislike football are stupid
- •Pet therapy wins more popularity whereas Russia uses only leeches
- •25 Easy ways to knock years off your body
- •Top 5 scientists killed by their experiments
- •Humans may eventually conquer ocean world after David Blaine’s underwater stunt
- •Dolphins used to look like humans and lived in Atlantis
- •So .. Is there a god?
- •Legends about vampires and werewolves still live today
- •The Nostradamus prophecies popular in every century
- •Rambo's hardest mission .. Saving his 3 girls from perils of showbiz
- •Is Your Dream Job Really Out There?
- •Fed up with your job? ..Get a new one!
- •No ifs... No butts: mp's vote for total smoking ban
- •World on drugs
- •Truth and lies about alcoholism
Truth and lies about alcoholism
The World Health Organization has recently released results of a new research, which ranks Russia as one of world’s five most “alcoholic” countries. It seems that Russians should ring the alarm, although no one seems to be struggling against the universal addiction to alcohol in the country.
According to unofficial figures, Russians annually consume 17 liters of alcohol per capita. People poison themselves with low-quality alcohol and succumb to alcoholism, which becomes the concern of their families and doctors.
Physiatrist and Candidate of Medical Sciences, Alexander Magalif, explains the difference between a passion for strong drinks and real alcoholism.
To find out when a person should consult a doctor, one should clearly understand what alcoholism is and how it starts. Alcoholism is a chronic disease that involves painful and uncontrollable inclination for drinking alcohol in large quantities, frequently improving alcohol resistance, the adequate way of living, abnormal intoxication and alcohol withdrawal syndrome (hangover). According to Alexander Magalif, a person starts to have these problems when his or her daily dose of alcohol amounts to 200 grams.
Besides, the disease starts long before a patient acknowledges that. People tend to justify their weakness by various excuses, for instance, alcohol helps them to overcome their complexes and shyness, etc. However, this may not be an excuse, but a signal for other people to help this person, the expert considers.
Another common reason for developing addiction to alcohol is a liking to frequent parties - the so-called weekend alcoholism. In this case people say that they can not resist their friends who invite them to a bar for a shot or two. “If you do not want your weekend to turn into a drinking bout, you should tell your friends that you have drunken hard and you need a break,” Alexander Magalif recommends. As a rule, such a refusal is highly esteemed.
“Alcoholism is not simply a harmful habit; even your strong will can hardly help you,” Magalif says. It is a serious disease and it should be treated accordingly. A patient needs a normal, long-term and multiple treatment – the way chronic diseases are treated.
The most popular method of treatment is coding. But there are a lot of coding methods and it is hard to choose on your own the only one method that will suit you. The only general recommendation for all patients is to be self-confident and to believe in their recovery.
If you tried, but failed and got into another drinking bout, do not reproach yourself for this and do not try to cease boozing then and there. You had better get out of it properly, restore yourself and decide what to do next.
Vodka. It is no use talking about the harm which this or any other strong drink causes to people. Russian people poison themselves with low-quality vodka in most of cases. That is why even home-distilled vodka will be much more harmless than vodka at 100 rubles (about $5) or below.
Canned cocktails. Though it says 'Soft alcohol drink' on the label, they are very harmful and dangerous. They contain only alcohol, sugar and essences, and which is more important – women and children take a liking to it. Thus, serious alcoholism develops.
Beer. One can speak of its benefits for a long time. However, beer can be harmful if consumed in great amounts. One liter a day is considered to be a safe dose for a man.
Wine. Most dieticians recommend including it in your diet. According to Alexander Magalif, the dose should not exceed 30 grams a day, only in this case you can speak of wine as a beneficial drink.
Questions and Tasks:
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Why are Russians labeled as drunkards while in other countries people drink much more?
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What is the most dangerous alcohol drink in your opinion?
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Why people take to alcohol drinking?
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What is the root of alcoholism in your country?
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What policy should there be toward the mentioned problem?