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Rehab News: Cancer Research UK launches online alcohol tracker

The charity Cancer Research's new interactive 'Track Your Drinking' Google gadget allows people to monitor their drinking habits while comparing them to recommended intake levels - one small drink a day for women (about two units) and two small drinks a day for men (about three to four units). The gadget also allows users to compare their drinking levels to national averages for different age groups and regions.

The 'Track Your Drinking' Google gadget can be installed either online via the 'iGoogle' homepage, or on a computer using Google Desktop.

Once the gadget is installed, users enter what they drink each day. The gadget instantly converts this to units and calories, and over time creates an easy-to-understand chart.

Ed Yong, health information manager at Cancer Research UK, said:

"Guidelines about drinking limits can be confusing if people don't know how many units are in common drinks, or find it difficult to keep track of what they drink over time.

"But our new gadget paints a simple picture of how much you're drinking and how this changes over the course of weeks or months.

"Hopefully, it will help people to make informed decisions about how much alcohol they drink."

Article published on 06/06/2008 by DryOutNow.com

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Socially stable individuals delay seeking help for alcohol problems

People with a stable psychosocial life situation often delay seeking help for their alcohol problems even though they are serious. This is revealed in a new thesis from the University of Gothenburg.

Working actively to intervene at an early stage in order to prevent alcohol problems and to thereby promote public health is of great importance, says Kristina Berglund who is publicly defending her thesis at the Department of Psychology. It is also vital to be early in detecting those ...

who have developed an alcohol problem but who have not yet sought treatment, i.e. those who have a "hidden" alcohol problem.

The principal factors that appear to delay these individuals from seeking attention is precisely that that they have a stable psychosocial life situation and experience themselves as being mentally healthy.

The aim of the thesis is to study socially stable individuals with problematic alcohol consumption, based on both their drinking habits and their personality and health.

The longer the period of alcohol problems, the more pronounced is the disposition towards anxiety. But this is also the case in terms of a greater number of physical and mental health problems, and also problems with work and relationships.

One issue that is investigated in the thesis is whether people who had not yet sought help for their alcohol problems were different from those who had experience of some form of treatment for their alcohol problem. A total of 367 people were interviewed.

Those who had not yet sought treatment felt better mentally. They were more often found to be cohabitant and gainfully employed than those who had sought attention for their problem. Neither had they had alcohol problems for so long. However, on the other hand, their level of consumption was comparable with those who did have experience of treatment.

In a sub-study consisting of interviews with 100 persons, Kristina Berglund has also examined personality traits in socially stable individuals with alcohol problems.

The majority did not exhibit abnormalities in their personalities. Only a small number were of a more anxious or impulsive disposition. However, several people who had had a problematic level of alcohol consumption for more than nine years were more prone to anxiety.

Another aim of the thesis was to examine whether drinking habits, psychosocial background and health were differentiated between men and women with a diagnosed alcohol dependence who were seeking treatment.

"With the exception of a small number of differences in drinking habits, there were no differences between the sexes", says Kristina Berglund. "When I instead conducted a comparison on the basis of different ages, it transpired that younger individuals exhibited a higher level of mental illness while older individuals suffered more from physical ill-health. In addition, the younger people had acquired alcohol problems considerably earlier in life."

Article published on 09/01/2009

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No change in binge-drinking since 18th century

Despite claims that Britain is slipping into a culture of binge-drinking, an academic has pointed out that the practice has been common since the early 1700s.

Peter Borsay, a researcher at Aberystwyth University, said that claims that problem drinking is indicative of a broken society are no different now to in the 18th century, with the main difference being the media hype surrounding the issue today.

Publishing his argument in a paper entitled 'Binge drinking and moral panics: historical parallels?' the professor insisted that media, public and political concern about problem drinking is not new.

"At first glance, the parallels between the 18th century gin craze and contemporary binge-drinking appear striking.

"But it is not drinking behaviour that merits the comparison, but the moral panics that characterised both periods, fuelled by pressure groups, the media and perceptions of government complacency," he told the BBC.

Professor Borsay noted that the 18th century gin craze was brought under control by increased tax and licensing fees and restrictions on retail outlets.

"No doubt concerted action by the government and police could bring a similar end to binge-drinking today, but whether this would produce an overall drop in alcohol consumption and other social problems and a more disciplined and conformist youth remains questionable," he concluded.

The government in Scotland is attempting to bring binge-drinking under control by preventing cut-price alcohol offers in retail outlets, it was announced last week.

Article published on 18/09/2007

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