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1. Read Our Drink for encouragement, ideas, and concrete steps you can take. Use the Family Communication Gauge to guide your alcohol communication. It’s in the book.

2. 		In the past we thought of alcohol as a more benign drug. It’s not included in the war on drugs…[But] the most popular drug is also an incredibly dangerous drug.
   			Sandra Brown, researcher University of California, San Diego, in Dying to Drink

   Family---Talk with your family members
3. Counselor---Use a drug and alcohol specialist; get professional help
4. School---Confide in a trusted counselor, teacher or coach
5. Support group---Choose a group that fits your belief system (religious, self-help, friends who face similar problems)
6. Join AA or Al-Anon or a 12-step Program---90% of alcohol addiction programs use a 12-step approach
7. Books---Some of Our Drink’s favorites are:
   • Alagna, Magdalena. Everything You Need to Know About the Dangers of Binge Drinking. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2001. (Geared to teens with reading difficulties.)
   • Goldstein, A. Addiction: From Biology to Drug Policy. New York: W. H. Freeman, 1994.
   • Jay, Jeff, Debra Jay.  Love First. Center City, Minnesota, Hazelden, 2000.
   • Kuhn, Cynthia, Scott Swartzwelder, Wilkie Wilson. Buzzed: The Straight Facts about the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy. New York City: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998
   • Olson, Nancy. With a Lot of Help from Our Friends: The Politics of Alcoholism. Writers Club Press, 2003.
   • Peterson, Vincent J., B. Nisenholz, G. Robinson. A Nation Under the Influence: America’s Addiction to Alcohol. New York: Alyn & Bacon, 2003.
   • Schaefer, Dick. Choices & Consequences. Center City, Minnesota, Hazelden, 1987.
   • Wechsler, Henry, and Bernice Wuethrich. Dying to Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses. New York City: Rodale, 2002.
   • Other books and articles are listed in the Our Drink reference section
     (over 65 references, 36 links)
8. The Web. See our list of links.
9. Enroll in an Inpatient or Outpatient Facility (inpatient with 80% success rate after one year, outpatient with 20% success rate after one year)
10. A medical doctor can also help you locate resources.