Category: Sober Living

Due to these differences, what constitutes moderate drinking for a woman is often thought to be less than what constitutes moderate drinking for a man. These distinctions are codified in the US guidelines, the Canadian guidelines, and the Irish guidelines. As noted above, these distinctions are absent from the UK guidelines. Hormonal factors may also…

How social drinkers behave when they’re drinking is not a determining factor, it’s their rate of consumption and frequency. If someone is drinking heavily and frequenting social events as an excuse, then that would put them in another category altogether. Some treatment facilities also offer contingency management, which uses positive reinforcement to promote abstinence from…