• Question: If someone has a mild drinking addiction, how hard is it to get them to stop it?

    Asked by Els to Andy on 15 Mar 2017.
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      Andrew Jones answered on 15 Mar 2017:


      I am not a clinician so I will not intervene with peoples addictions.

      But it would all depend on the individual, one of the best predictors of success is the motivation to change. If people are not motivated to stop drinking they wont do it.

      There is medication called antabuse – if you drink when you are on this medication it makes you really sick so it is supposed to help you quit. But sometimes people will just not take the medication so they can keep drinking

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