Article: The first step towards improving your reading comprehension has to be reading in a space where you’ll be able to concentrate. Remove any distractions from your environment and turn off electronics to prevent new distractions from appearing.  Turn off the TV and any music playing in the room you’re in. If you have a smartphone with you, turn it off or turn it on silent and place it somewhere where notifications that appear on the phone won’t distract you from your reading. If you can’t eliminate all the distractions from your environment, relocate! Move to the library, a study room, or even the bathroom, if that’s where you need to go to have peace and quiet. If you still feel distracted, try listening to classical or ambient music without lyrics. Whether that helper is a teacher, a friend, or a parent, read with someone above your level who you're comfortable talking to and asking questions. They can help you if you have any issues and enable you to talk through the text with someone else.  If your helper is an educator, consider having them draw up some key comprehension questions that you can preview before you start reading and that you can aim to be able to answer after you finish.  Summarize your reading material to your helper after you finish it and have them ask you questions about the content to test how well you’ve understood it. If you’re unable to answer a question, look back in the book for the answer. If you’re reading a difficult piece of writing, use online resources like Shmoop and Sparknotes to find summaries and comprehension questions. Reading aloud is a great way to slow down while reading and give you more time to process what you're reading, thereby improving comprehension. An added benefit of slow reading is that you get to see the words on the page (visual learning) and hear them spoken aloud (audio learning).  If you decide that hearing spoken words helps you improve your comprehension, don't be afraid to get narrated books. Of course, you'll want to read the books in addition to hearing them spoken, but this could greatly improve comprehension. For children struggling with reading comprehension, it’s best to avoid having them read things aloud in front of other people. Instead, just have them read aloud to themselves to avoid stressful or potentially embarrassing situations.  Use your finger, a pencil, or a notecard to follow along with the words you read aloud. This way, you stay focused so you can get a better understanding of the reading. Sometimes when we’re reading, we can read finish a paragraph or page and realize that we don’t remember any of what we just read. This is perfectly normal! When this happens, don’t hesitate to go back and re-read what you’ve just read to refresh your memory and improve your comprehension.  If you didn’t understand something the first time around, read a bit more slowly the second time and make sure you understand what you read before moving on. Remember, if you don’t understand or remember what came earlier in a book, you may have a harder time understanding what comes later.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Eliminate distractions from your environment. Read with a helper if you’re reading something above your level. Read aloud. Re-read text as necessary to improve your comprehension.
Article: Alcohol abuse often occurs alongside another issue. You may have concurrent depression, anxiety, or other mental health concerns requiring additional professional treatment such as counselling or psychotherapy.  These additional resources will help you deal with the underlying psychological and emotional problems that may have lead to the very real physiological problem you now have. Treating the underlying issue will help prevent relapse. You may require a period of inpatient treatment if your alcoholism or withdrawal is putting your immediate health and safety at risk. Twelve step programs are also available in residential treatment facility and hospital settings. Stick to whatever medical routine your doctor orders. You may be put on Antabuse to making drinking alcohol seem repulsive to you, for example. Spiritual help often plays a role in recovery as many people find that getting in touch with their spiritual side strengthens their resolve. Teens with higher religious service attendance are more likely to abstain from substance abuse. You will likely find that many of your social activities and hobbies involve your addiction, such as drinking at a pool hall. You will need to find other social outings and places to go to that don’t involve your addiction in order to reduce temptation and the association between your addiction and having fun.  Go to different places that don’t serve alcohol, such as coffee shops, or invite your friends to play paintball instead of shooting pool at the pub.  Ask friends to help you by not drinking around you. Go to a park to socialize instead of a bar. Say "No" clearly and directly if someone offers you a drink. You can say, "No, thank you" or you can go into more detail, such as "I'm not drinking because my doctor said to. I'd appreciate it if you could help me out by not asking me to have a drink." You may need to distance yourself from friends and social activities that hinder your recovery.  Addiction is a very socially debilitating ailment. You will most likely find yourself feeling very uncomfortable in social situations during early sobriety. This is quite normal. An enormous part of the healing process is regaining the ability to create, maintain, and enhance healthy relationships  This may be daunting at first, but will become less so with each healthy relationship you form and foster. Continuing with healthy support networks is one of the key factors found in making your journey through the twelve step program a success.  Teens with strong social support networks are more likely to abstain from substance abuse. Support for family members is available through various programs such as Al-Anon and Alateen. Having your family members in a support group will help them to help you, by educating them on your illness and offering them ways of coping while you are in recovery. If you have a family member who abuses alcohol, get them into a support and treatment program as well to increase the chances of both of you recovering. Reduce any temptation that lingers in the house or at work. Don't keep alcohol at home, even if you don't drink any more. Don't even keep cooking wine around. Remove barware, corkscrews, pub glasses -- anything that would remind you of drinking.
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Get additional help. Examine your hobbies and social activities. Examine your friendships. Get your family into a support group. Clean out your home.