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Abilify, a drug usually used to treat psychosis, is being touted as a possible solution to alcohol addiction. Alcohol is dangerous, it’s true. But check out the side effects of Abilify before you make any decisions about whether you’re going to choose to be drugged rather than finding some addiction help that will really get you alcohol - and drug - free.

Just what we need, more people taking prescription drugs. Take one epidemic, alcoholism, and switch it for another. To make matters worse, you have to put up with possible suicide risk,  convulsions, seizures, cognitive and motor impairment, nausea, vomiting, constipation, headaches, dizziness, anxiety, insomnia, restlessness, hypertension. Why is that appealing? Wouldn’t getting addiction help be better than that?

And it doesn’t get down to the bottom of why the person is drinking - which is how you handle addiction.

Don’t go for another drug - there’s a good chance you’ll just eventually end up in rehab anyway, for the drug instead of the alcohol, so why not just do it right in the first place. Get the addiction help services you need.