Patterns of Natural Remission
A study looking at remission and relapse rates of former alcoholics who had never received any treatment may offer some helpful advice. After a 3-year follow up, those had gotten help after the baseline survey were 19% more likely to remain in remission than those who had not gotten any help (62% vs. 43%).
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By repeating the authors' use of "remission" as a term for avoiding excessive drinking, you implicitly buy into the highly-ideologically charged contention that problematic drinking is a "disease" similar to actual physical diseases cuased by identifiable pathogens.
Posted by: Travis Wendel | June 12, 2006 11:33 AM
While there is this medical definition of remission, there is also the typical dictionary definition which states:
"A lessening of intensity or degree; abatement."
Posted by: Daniel Walter | June 12, 2006 01:20 PM