Prevention | Intervention
Nutrition 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 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 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…
Read MoreSo How Does a Person Choose to Drink and Risk Getting a DUI?
Choose to drink and drive – how does a person do it?! This is a re-post of a 10-minute show that I did with Pen TV in which I shared the science and brain research that explains why a person may “choose” to drink and risk getting a DUI and why knowing this may stop a…
Read MoreChildhood Trauma — The Invisible Type
Childhood trauma – the invisible type – is something we need to better understand given childhood trauma is one of the five key risk factors for developing an addiction. Please find the following guest post from Art Smukler, MD: Hello Everyone, It’s a pleasure to be back on Lisa Frederiksen‘s wonderful blogsite. Since Childhood Trauma…
Read MoreUsing Science of the Brain to Talk With Teens About Substance Abuse
To talk with teens about substance abuse has gotten a lot easier thanks to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has a site called NIDA for Teens: Facts on Drugs — The Science Behind Addiction. Not surprising, one of my favorites is Brain & Addiction. I suggest teens, parents and those who work with…
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