The consumption of cigarettes, coffee and sweets in detoxified alcoholics and its association with relapse and a family history of alcoholism.
Thirty male alcohol dependent inpatients without concurrent depressive disorder, 13 of them with a positive family history of alcohol dependence in a first degree relative (PFH), were questioned about their desire and consumption habits with respect to cigarettes, coffee, and sweets while on a three-week inpatient treatment after detoxification from alcohol. Six weeks after discharge from hospital, the patients were reassessed for relapse. Eleven patients (36.6%) had relapsed at follow-up. Relapsers were younger than abstainers. The days until relapse correlated negatively with intensity of desire to drink alcohol, desire to smoke cigarettes, and with a higher consumption of cigarettes. PFH patients did not relapse earlier but they had a stronger desire to drink coffee and eat sweets and had a higher coffee consumption.
Junghanns
Klaus
K
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23538 Luebeck, Germany. junghanns.k@psychiatry.uni-luebeck.de
Backhaus
Jutta
J
Tietz
Ulrike
U
Lange
Wolfgang
W
Rink
Lothar
L
Wetterling
Tilman
T
Driessen
Martin
M
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology; D003069:Coffee; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004327:Drinking Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D013695:Temperance / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors
D003069:Coffee; D019422:Dietary Sucrose