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Articles from August 2009

• Nowhere to Hide: High-Functioning Alcoholics Endanger Selves and Others

  Most Americans have abandoned the notion that alcoholism conforms to the disheveled, bumbling stereotype made famous by Otis the town drunk on the popular Andy Griffith Show. But most of us would likely assert that we'd be sure to notice signs of alcohol or drug abuse in someone we lived with or cared about. more...

• Substance Abuse: A Family Disease

  Anyone who has experienced substance abuse in their family knows that there are two faces to every user - the abuser face and the sober face. Depending on which face is showing, the family is forced to function differently. more...