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Treatment techniques and tools to address alcohol use disorders (AUDs)* have multiplied over the last 30 years, moving beyond models based on Alcoholics Anonymous and its offshoot, the Minnesota Model. Care providers now can prescribe medications to aid people as they work to reduce their drinking. If a traditional mutualhelp group model of care does not appeal to a patient, he or she has other behavioral therapy options. And Webbased approaches provide access to therapy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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