title: Withdrawal from alcohol using monitored alcohol consumption: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A single case study of alcohol withdrawal through monitored alcohol consumption in a hostel resident.
  
  
  METHODS
  A standard dose of cider was given when the client requested, and had a lower breath alcohol concentration than when he took his previous dose of cider.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Abstinence was uneventfully achieved on two separate occasions each taking only 2 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Withdrawal from alcohol through monitored alcohol consumption is a potentially effective and rapid procedure, but the limits of its appropriate use have not been established.
authors.affiliation: Nottingham Alcohol and Drug Team, The Wells Road Centre, The Wells Road, Nottingham NG3 3AA and Sneinton Hermitage, 35-37 Sneinton Hermitage, Sneinton, Nottingham NG2 4BT, UK.
authors.forename: Neil R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013695:Temperance
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol