Depression and Alcohol Use – Not a Good Combination
Depression and alcohol use is often not a good combination. Both cause changes in the brain, and both can make the other condition worse. Depression and the Alcohol Use Connection Suffering from depression and its accompanying feelings of sadness, loneliness, restlessness and the like is often a reason a person elects to drink in the…
Read MoreWhy Recovery Is THE Answer
Recovery – not just sobriety – is the key to the emotional health that makes it possible for a person to truly enjoy life. The following is a guest post by Sandy Fifiled. She and her husband, Bill Fifield, are passionate artists, authors and speakers. Their life together began as an equal artistic partnership that…
Read MoreBeing an Alcoholic | Living with an Alcoholic – Which is Worse?
Being an Alcoholic | Living with an Alcoholic – Which is Worse? The following is a guest post by Carolyn Hughes, a freelance writer with special interest in alcohol issues. Carolyn is currently writing The Hurt Healer, a novel based on her own experiences of abuse and alcoholism, and lives in Northern Ireland with her…
Read MoreHarm Reduction – Why I Consider It a Viable Option by Kate Bartenhagen, MFT
Harm reduction is often a controversial approach to treating addiction and/or minimizing the impacts of alcohol abuse or drug abuse. In her guest post, Kate Bartenhagen, MFT, shares her views on why she now considers harm reduction a viable option in her work as a family therapist to reduce suffering and improve relationships. Kate Bartenhagen…
Read MoreVicodin Withdrawal Symptoms | Help
Vicodin Withdrawal – what should I look for? does that mean I’m addicted? what can I do? I have had a lot of questions regarding Vicodin addiction and withdrawal of late and thought it would be helpful to share the following resources from NIDA to answer common questions. This is not to be construed as…
Read MoreRecover to Live – An Interview with Author Christopher Kennedy Lawford
Recover to Live – I recently finished reading Christopher Kennedy Lawford’s latest book, Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction, and am thrilled with how he’s presented the science of the chronic, often relapsing brain disease of addiction and the myriad of issues that accompany this disease: the impacts on families and society,…
Read MoreWorkplace At-risk Drinking and Secondhand Drinking Prevention Programs
Workplace At-risk Drinking and Secondhand Drinking Prevention Programs – why the workplace? and what business is a person’s off-site drinking and/or secondhand drinking to the workplace? The workplace offers a unique opportunity for at-risk drinking and secondhand drinking prevention because most people intersect with the workplace at some time in their lives. Businesses, agencies and non-profits…
Read MoreYouth Alcohol Abuse Prevention Programs From a Different Angle | 21st Century Brain Research and SECONDHAND DRINKING
Youth Alcohol Abuse Prevention Programs in schools, when conducted from a different angle – that of 21st Century Brain Research and SECONDHAND DRINKING (SHD) – opens a host of opportunities for the information to be heard differently and to spread the information beyond just the student. How? Three Key Reasons To Use 21st Century Brain…
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