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 (EMAILWIRE.COM, March 02, 2012 ) Washington, DC -- An interesting study out of the United Kingdom that focuses on the ability of young adults to estimate quantities of alcohol in a glass or being poured from a bottle, revealed a concern: young adults grossly underestimate alcohol quantities when pouring a drink.
Each participant in the study was asked to pour what he or she considered to be his or her normal drink in terms of quantity. The second portion of the study asked the participants to estimate just how many units were in that particular drink. The study revealed that nearly sixty-six percent of participants significantly underestimated exactly how many units were in their drink.
“This study conducted in the UK brings up some valid talking points for America,” begins a spokesperson for Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center. “Young adults, regardless of where they live, aren’t much different when it comes to underestimating or overestimating quantities of alcohol. I think that many American young adults would have the same difficulty if asked to participate in a similar study. When educating teens and young adults about the dangers of drinking it may be wise to physically demonstrate alcohol quantities through interactive pouring activities using clear water and colored water. The discrepancies between perceived acceptable alcohol consumption and actual alcohol consumption would, most likely, be shown to vary greatly. By having direct interaction, we’d be able to reinforce the dangers of drinking even small quantities of alcohol.”
Underage drinking is a problem facing the world today.
If one suspects that their adolescent or young adult is experimenting or over-consuming alcoholic beverages, Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center can help gently, yet effectively, approach them in a loving, caring way through our professional intervention services. Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center has an outstanding success rate through its holistic drug rehab program. In addition, its comprehensive professional intervention services can help make the transition easier for an addict and his/her families to enter into rehab treatment.
In addition, Mountainside offers a comprehensive family care program that will give the tools necessary to rebuild the bonds of the family to what they once were. Their unique individualized recovery program is recognized as one of the most comprehensive and individualized in the treatment field.
Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center is a modern drug rehab facility that is skilled in serving a variety of clients with various addictions and in varying stages of addiction. The caring, compassionate team is made up of licensed and certified social workers and counselors who have extensive experience and specialty in the addiction treatment field. In addition, the staff includes a Nurse Practitioner, as well as a Registered Nurse, both of whom also have specializations and experience within the field of addiction treatment and alcohol rehab.
Mountainside also provides services for those individuals who come to them with dual diagnoses and require the services of a Psychiatrist to help conquer the unique challenges that dual diagnosis brings.
For the past 13 years, Mountainside has established itself as an innovator within the addiction treatment field, and the treatment modalities Mountainside utilizes are regarded as among the most cutting-edge approaches in helping individuals to get, and to remain, sober. As a result of their unique, innovative approaches to addiction treatment, Mountainside has become the model for the addiction treatment field.
The program, along with its professional addiction treatment team, have earned national recognition and resulted in Mountainside being invited to Washington by the White House to meet with the White House Drug Czar, John P. Walters, for an in-depth meeting on what makes its program so successful. These accolades did not go unnoticed within the addiction treatment field and resulted in the adoption by many throughout the country of a more holistic approach to drug addiction treatment.
If someone is addicted to drugs or alcohol, or have any questions, please contact Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center for a confidential inquiry at 800-762-5433.
About Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center:
Located near the foothills of the Berkshires northwest Connecticut, Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center provides intermediate treatment, long term treatment, family wellness programs, continuing care and intervention to those who are affected by the addiction to drugs or alcohol.
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