Category: Sober living

This is in direct conflict with the notion that AUD is a chronic and relapsing brain disease. The close connection between mean population-level consumption, the consumption distribution, and the prevalence of heavy drinking suggests that when mean population-level alcohol consumption changes, so does consumption across all drinkers in that population. Skog (1985) described these collective…

Make a new https://gurunanak-darbar-v1.oceandesignpro.us/2022/09/05/i-feel-drunk-but-i-m-sober-auto-brewery-syndrome/ holiday tradition by scheduling a massage for the day after. Maybe you are worried about your own drug use, or maybe you’re worried about the drug use of someone else. Either way, most addiction recovery agencies, treatment centers, and domestic violence resources increase efforts during the holidays. Call a local treatment…

Effective veteran addiction treatment with PTSD requires integrated approaches that treat both conditions simultaneously. Research consistently shows that addressing these co-occurring disorders together produces better outcomes than treating them separately. Veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to soothe overwhelming emotions related to PTSD symptoms, alcoholism including anxiety, depression, paranoia, and feelings of alienation. This…

In other words, when you’re dealing with harsh conditions, don’t depend on a drink to keep you toasty. Repeated alcohol use seriously disturbs sleep and makes it difficult to re-establish a normal sleep pattern. Often, this leads to more drinking or to sedative abuse in the quest for sleep. Using any kind of alcoholic beverage…