The Proper Diet for Alcohol Withdrawal
If you are suffering from alcohol withdrawal, chances are you will not be that hungry (completely understandable, considering your situation). Keep in mind that you have been downing gallons of alcohol over the course of months or even years. As a result, your body’s ability to metabolize and process food will be a bit helter-skelter […]
Water Is Your Best Friend during Detox
Most likely, you don’t need us to tell you that detoxification takes a tremendous toll on you, mentally and physically. Besides the difficulties of training your mind to live without a drug, you also have to prepare your body for the process of purging this toxin from all tissues, a procedure that, in all honesty, […]
Six Ways Problem Drinking Affects the Female Body
According to a recent report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the gender gap between male and female drinking rates is slowly but surely closing. Why is this the case, you may ask? The fact of the matter is that men are consuming smaller quantities of alcohol, while women are drinking much more […]
The Risks of Synthetic Drugs in America
Whenever we hear about drug addiction and fatalities on the news, some of the most common stories involve opioids (especially in the heat of the current crisis), alcohol, or marijuana (particularly in states where this drug is still illegal). However, a number of articles seem to be drawing attention to another major problem among Americans: […]
The Problem with Opioid Dosage Levels and Overdoses
Opioids are problematic little drugs, aren’t they? Since these painkillers first arrived on the medical scene a few centuries ago, it seems that humans have been struggling to overcome a seemingly instinctive attachment. After all, each of us dreams of a moment where we could snuff out our pain, whether it’s caused by menstrual cramps, […]
How Drugs Affect the Receptors in the Brain
As a whole, your brain functions like a gigantic circuit board, with millions of little neurons interconnecting to form the wiring of your nervous system, both literally and figuratively. Like a supercomputer, your gray matter processes thoughts, memories, desires, and additional sensations that outline who we are and what we want to do. Everything we […]
The Brain, the Drugs, and the Immune System
For many years, people thought the immune system and the brain functioned on two different levels, to an extent, but, in recent years, scientists have documented a unique connection between these two networks that could suggest otherwise. Through animal studies, medical professionals have uncovered bidirectional signals shared by the brain and the immune system that […]
Briefly Using Drugs Can Dismantle Brain Mechanisms
Overall, the fact of the matter is that no one knows they suffer from addiction until that fateful first sip of alcohol or first snort of cocaine. In fact, according to one report published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), that people only need to consume the smallest does of an addictive drug […]
The Circuitry of Compulsive Heroin Use
Despite all the research that has been conducted over the years, drug addiction has still proven to be a highly complex problem, almost mechanical in nature. Throughout this entire process, people begin to abuse potent drugs and, as a result, form potentially long-lasting attachments to some of these dangerous substances. One infamous player in particular […]
Movies That Nailed the Pain of Addiction
Nowadays, drug films no longer fall into independent categories and are now commended by international audiences, who often praise these movies for capturing the dramatic or humorous aspects of addiction. From comedies like The Hangover (2009) to grisly dramas like Midnight Express (1978), these films take different approaches but also teach one valuable lesson: drugs […]