HEALTH BENEFITS OF QUITTING ALCOHOL
The initial and most important physical and mental health benefit of no longer drinking is that you have gotten rid of a potentially deadly habit. With the elimination of this bad habit, things such as restored relationships and improved finances will naturally fall into place. What about other benefits, though? Surely giving up drinking comes […]
DIFFERENT ALCOHOLIC DRINKS MAY TRIGGER DIFFERENT EMOTIONS
Different people have different reactions to drinking alcohol. There’s the fun drunk, who’s the one likely to climb on a table and put on an impromptu concert. There’s the philosophical drunk, who suddenly finds the answers to all of life’s problems after a few shots. There’s the morose drunk, who after one drink too many […]
10 SIGNS THAT YOU NEED ALCOHOL REHAB
You may brush it off when the thought enters your head, or explain it away. You’re not an alcoholic. You’re a heavy drinker. You’re a binge drinker, but certainly not every day. You can drink a lot without getting drunk and that means… something, right? Most societal constructs are designed to make drinking alcohol look […]
CAMPRAL & THE TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM
Campral is used to efficiently treat alcoholism, though scientists still don’t completely understand how it works in the brain. This drug stops alcohol cravings and decreases interest in drinking (even in chronic alcoholics). Campral is believed to also address withdrawal symptoms in long term drinkers. In short, this medication can help alcohol dependents achieve as […]
WITHDRAWAL FROM ALCOHOL ADDICTION
Alcohol addiction in and of itself is known to be a large feat to tackle. But there is another aspect that isn’t spoken of as frequently called withdrawal. When alcohol is abused, your body becomes used to the excessive intake of the substance despite it being harmful so taking it away causes adverse physical and […]
ACAMPROSATE AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION
Acamprosate helps lower alcohol cravings and effectively treat alcoholism. It is actually used to regulate and stabilize brain activity for a period of 3 to 12 months after you quit drinking. Acamprosate has been successfully used over the course of the past few decades in the U.S. and Europe as an alcohol addiction treatment. While […]
A CLOSER LOOK AT STATISTICS CONCERNING ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO ADDICTION RATES IN AMERICA
While we are all aware of how dangerous drug addiction and alcoholism truly are, you might not begin to understand how truly severe these problems can be until you take a look at the facts of the matter. For example, did you know that, in 2011 alone, 20.6 million people over 12 years of age […]
WHY ALCOHOL IS THE MOST DANGEROUS DRUG IN THE WORLD
What do you consider to be the most dangerous drug in the entire world? For some of you, this decision might be pretty easy. On one hand, you might choose illegal opiates like heroin and fentanyl, as they are two of the triggers of the American Opioid Crisis. On the other hand, some of you […]
ALCOHOL – THE DEADLIEST DRUG?
If someone were to ask you to name dangerous drugs, what would you say? Heroin, cocaine, meth, fentanyl, OxyContin? How about alcohol? Many people don’t consider it to be worthy of concern, because it’s legal and everyone does it. There’s no stigma against drinking (unless, perhaps, you’re embarrassing yourself in public). You can buy alcohol […]
ALCOHOL AND AGGRESSION
Viewers in the United States haven’t been able to turn on the news this week without hearing about the confirmation hearings surrounding the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. His nomination turned into a firestorm after accusations by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford that he had sexually assaulted her in the past, and […]