International Brain Awareness Week March 12 – 18
International Brain Awareness Week – find out what’s new in brain research. Every March, Brain Awareness Week (BAW), sponsored by The Dana Foundation, unites the efforts of partner organizations worldwide in a celebration of the brain for people of all ages. It is a global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain…
Read MoreNutrition for Thriving in Addiction Recovery: What to Eat, What Not to Eat, and When
Nutrition is hugely important for addiction recovery. Lauren Bailey explains how to make good nutrition easy. The following is a guest post by Lauren Bailey, a freelance writer whose articles have appeared frequently on accredited_online-colleges, as well as on Sue Scheff’s Blog and PrimeParentsClub.com. She can be reached at blauren99@gmail.com. Easy Nutrition for Thriving in Addiction Recovery: What…
Read MoreAddiction – It’s Time to Tell the Whole Truth About Puberty
Addiction is a developmental disease that often begins in adolescence. It is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease, which is why the brain changes associated with puberty and ages 12-25 are so important to understand. So what is the brain / puberty / addiction connection? How does it relate to substance abuse, addiction, treatment, intervention,…
Read MoreAddiction and Adolescence – Stopping It Where It Often Starts
Addiction and Adolescence – as you read in my last post, “Addiction is a Developmental Disease – People Are Not Born Addicts/Alcoholics,” addiction often begins in adolescence. Not only that, but a person has to abuse a substance (drugs or alcohol) in order to set up the chemical and structural brain changes that lead to…
Read MoreWorried a Loved One’s Drinking May Be Alcoholism? Here’s Information on Treating the Disease
Worried a Loved One’s Drinking may be alcoholism? Is there a difference between alcohol abuse and alcoholism? Can alcoholism successfully be treated? Information on Treating the Disease for Those Worried a Loved One’s Drinking May be Alcoholism Thanks to late 20th and 21st century brain and addiction-related research findings, it is now understood that alcoholism…
Read MoreNIAAA’s Therapist’s Guide to Alcohol & Intimacy for Couples
For therapists working with couples in which intimacy and/or alcohol-related problems are a concern, NIAAA’s Guide for Marriage and Family Therapists, “Alcohol Problems In Intimate Relationships: Identification and Intervention,” may help. It may also prove a helpful read/review for couples struggling with these issues, as well. The following is a quote of the “Purpose of…
Read MoreWhat Was I Thinking?
The following is a guest post by Carolyn Hughes, a freelance writer with special interest in alcohol issues. As she described her story, “For nearly 20 years I nearly drank myself to death. Here are some insights into what was going on in my alcoholic head.” Carolyn is currently writing The Hurt Healer, a novel…
Read MoreBinge Drinking | Heavy Social Drinking – Alcohol Abuse is NOT Alcoholism
Binge drinking | heavy social drinking – is it alcohol abuse? is alcohol abuse alcoholism? When a person drinks, the alcohol bypasses the normal digestive process and enters the bloodstream through the walls of the small intestine, where it dissolves in water and travels through the bloodstream to areas of the body high water concentration…
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