Army Substance Abuse Program (ASAP) CDR USAMEDDAC
550 Pope Avenue
Building 268
Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027
(913) 684-6586
Intake: (913) 684-6771
Call
888-647-0579
to speak with an alcohol or drug abuse counselor.
Who Answers?
Treatment & Detox Guide
Abstinent Alcoholics And Postural Sway
Excessive sway during quiet standing is a common and significant consequence of chronic alcoholism, even after prolonged sobriety, and can lead to fall-related injury and even death. A new study of residual postural instability in alcohol-abstinent men and women shows that alcoholics improve with prolonged sobriety, but the improvement may not fully erase the problem….
Alcohol in new Zealand
Alcohol has been excessively commercialised, over-hyped and over-sold. It is treated in the market place as if it were just an ordinary grocery item when, in fact, it is a highly intoxicating recreational drug, argues Doug Sellman. There is little doubt that New Zealand has a serious alcohol problem. Every day we are presented with….
Binge drinking injures 500,000 annually
The habit of college students to over-indulge is no youthful prank, say health experts Universities and colleges are “missing the mark” in their fight against binge drinking on campus, which a new study says leads to 500,000 injuries in one year in the U.S. alone. The research suggests that blanket efforts, such as cutting down….
Local Treatment or Far Away?
Your options for treatment differ greatly and although this may make it seem like it should be easy to figure out what to do, in some cases it only complicates matters. In fact, having so many options for addiction treatment to choose from—local, far away, private, traditional, open group or closed—can make the entire process….
Alcohol addiction
Alcohol addiction can be described as a compulsive need of toxic liquids. This can be anything containing alcohol wine, beer, whiskey, or vodka. Person is called alcohol addict when, he or she is unable to abstain from drinking. This is very primary stage of alcohol addiction. If person has symptoms like nausea, sweatiness or shaking….