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- Title
Are attempts at moderate drinking by patients with alcohol dependency a form of Russian roulette?
- Authors
el-Guebaly, Nady
- Abstract
The article discusses whether attempts at moderate drinking by patients with alcohol dependency is a form of Russian Roulette. In 1981, researcher N. Heather and I. Robinson marshalled the related evidence in their book "Controlled Drinking." The notion of normal drinking by previously identified individuals with alcoholism essentially contradicted the dominant concept of alcoholism as an irreversible disease characterized by loss of control, that is, by the inability to stop once drinking commenced, as described by Alcoholics Anonymou, a trait later adopted by researcher E.M. Jellinek as a characteristic of the gamma alcoholic. Heather proposed that the definition of controlled drinking should include some limit on the amount and frequency of consumption and the condition that the drinking does not result in signs of dependence or social, legal, and health problems. The second development is increased consensus that abstinence remains the preferred, safer outcome for individuals with alcohol dependency.
- Subjects
CONTROLLED drinking; CONTROLLED Drinking (Book); ALCOHOL drinking; TEMPERANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of alcohol; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2005, Vol 50, Issue 5, p266
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/070674370505000506