{"id":386,"date":"2016-09-20T15:53:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T15:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.healingspringsranch.com\/?page_id=386"},"modified":"2016-08-22T15:54:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T15:54:08","slug":"alcohol-addiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.healingspringsranch.com\/drug-and-alcohol-addiction\/alcohol-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"What Alcohol Addiction Looks Like Across Texas (TX)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhatAccording to a 2014 report by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the primary substance abuse problem in Texas is alcohol addiction. It was found that, in 2012, more than half of students between grades seven and 12 had used alcohol at some point, and 25% of those had done it in the last month. An estimate between 2011 and 2012 showed that nearly half of all Texas residents over the age of 12 had consumed alcohol in the last month. Nearly 30% of patients attending publicly funded treatment in Texas were doing so for alcohol addiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Of the 78,000 people admitted to substance abuse programs in Texas in 2013<\/a>, nearly 22,000 were dealing with an alcohol abuse problem. By contrast, the next closest level of admissions was marijuana at 18,000 patients. The average age of patients attending treatment was 39 with an average of 23 years between first use and admission to a treatment program. Not only does this show the problem with alcohol abuse in Texas, but it also demonstrates how difficult it is for people to realize that they have a problem and then seek treatment for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some Symptoms of Alcohol Addiction<\/span><\/h2>\n

Because alcohol is legal and acceptable to use in many social settings, unlike prescription drugs or illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin, it\u2019s often difficult to discern an alcohol problem. This is also compounded by the fact that being drunk or some level of intoxicated is tolerated in many situations. So those struggling with alcohol addiction can easily be in denial about their problem. The following are some typical warning signs of alcohol addiction that you can apply to either yourself or a loved one:<\/span><\/p>\n