Through the use of evidence based addiction treatment, predictors of drug addiction treatment can be identified...

Medications The classical use of medications for alcoholism is to encourage abstinence Antabuse (also known as disulfiram), for instance, prevents the elimination of chemicals which cause severe discomfort when alcohol is ingested, effectively preventing the alcoholic from drinking in significant amounts while they take the medicine...

Alcoholism is a powerful craving for alcohol which often results in the compulsive consumption of alcohol...