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oday s iemale alcoholics are also much more likely thanmen to have cross addictions, relying on booze and another drug, frequently valium. "They’re both central nervous system depressants. They potentiate; that is, if you mix alcohol and valium together, the combination is stronger than each separately. And it can be deadly,” Treanor explained.
But as hard as female alcoholics are to treat, there's a group that’s tougher still—teenagers.
Adults like to hark back to those teenaged years that were "the best times” of their lives. “But adolescence is a period of tremendous pressure. There are lots of changes going on, lots of discomfort." Treanor said. “And there’s peer group pressure to drink. Monday morning at school, the kids all brag about how drunk they got over the weekend."
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