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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Post-Crash Index-Moderated

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To: pstuartb who wrote (31099)8/14/2011 11:52:38 AM
From: maceng23 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) of 119360
 
Bonefish is right. The wiki quotation is ridiculous.

"about 50% to 60% of alcoholics will develop any significant withdrawal symptoms upon cessation of alcohol intake"

Try 100%, that is a far more accurate figure.

It's one of those cases where you have to be careful about the blurb in Wikipedia. Click on some of the links cited.

You will see the death rates can be more like russian roulette with two chambers loaded.

The percentages will vary upon what the definition of an alcoholic is.

In the case of Amy Winehouse, she should have definitely seen a specialist before giving up, especially if she had been boozing it up after a relapse.
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