Volunteers of America Alaska -

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Volunteers of America Alaska
Volunteers of America Alaska
is located at 509 West 3rd Avenue Anchorage, AK. 99501 and can be contacted by calling 907-279-9634. Volunteers of America Alaska offers treatment services for Prescription Drug Abuse, Illicit Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

Treatment Services Offered: Alcohol Addiction Treatment, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Residential Long-Term Treatment for Alcohol Abuse, Services for Young Adults, Dual Diagnosis, DUI - DWI Offenders, Hearing Impaired Clients
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Insurance - Private Pay, Self Pay, Sliding-Scale Fee

Symptoms of alcoholism include the following: craving, physical dependence, the loss of control and tolerance.
Excessive use of the pain killer acetaminophen has been associated with liver damage in people who abuse alcohol.
The medulla is the part of your brain that controls basic survival functions such as breathing and heartbeat. When you've consumed so much alcohol that the medulla is affected, your brain's ability to control respiration and heart rate is severely diminished. Your heart rate can drop and breathing cease, causing death, at blood alcohol levels as low as .30%.
Binge drinking is a common pattern of excessive alcohol use in the United States. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking that brings a persons blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 grams percent or above. This typically happens when men consume 5 or more drinks, and when women consume 4 or more drinks, in about 2 hours.

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