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As a parent you are often challenged by outside influences that threaten your child's emotional and behavioral development. Imagine a place where old-time values such as honesty, respect, teamwork, and accountability are the standard. Turn-About Ranch is such a place. Teens thrive in the unique environment of this spirited working cow-and-horse ranch. As they get back to basics, they are challenged to examine their values and recognize how their poor choices have impacted their lives.

Turn-About Ranch features a hard-hitting, high-impact residential program works wonders with defiant teens where the experience of the ranch setting has a powerful real-world impact.

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Alcohol-Abusers Wait Eight Years to Be Treated

A new government study found that the vast majority of people who abuse alcohol do not get treatment. Those who do get treatment wait an average of eight years.

Researchers at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that only 24% of those who abuse alcohol seek treatment - a percentage that has declined since 1997. The average person who abuses alcohol begins drinking before age 22, but does not seek treatment until age 30.

The definition of alcohol abuse is drinking-related failure to perform at school, work or home; social or legal problems related to drinking and drinking in at-risk situations. Alcoholism means compulsive drinking, being preoccupied with thoughts of drinking, and having withdrawal symptoms. About 4.7% Americans abuse alcohol; 3.8% are alcoholics.

Bridget Grant and other authors of this study believe that people do not seek treatment because many people, including doctors, do not believe that treatment works. However, Dr. Mark Willenbring, director of the institutes Division of Treatment and Recovery Research, said that treatment for alcohol abuse is more effective that most treatments for other medical conditions. It usually involves counseling, 12-Step programs, behavioral therapy, motivational enhancement therapy, and drugs.

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