The Curious Link Between Intestinal Bacteria and Alcoholism Bacteria in the gut are having a field day right now. The microbes in the gut are seen more now than ever as essential to overall health. They may even play a role in alcohol addiction and risk of relapse. Studies are being done which look at…
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Why Are Synthetic Drugs Dangerous? Keeping up with the world of synthetic drugs is an endless game for law enforcement. They are out there, infiltrating the streets and taking over people’s lives. People who tinker with the drugs, change, and alter how the drugs work are making them more lethal than ever. Despite a gray…
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Does Drinking Alcohol Have Negative Effects on IBS? No getting around it-alcohol plays a huge role in our culture. Events, celebrations, holidays, and other spaces take up a lot of room with alcohol. Even though it can have detrimental effects for people’s health, they persist on drinking a lot. For a person with irritable bowel…
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How Can I Tell if the Person I’m Dating Drinks Too Much? Maybe you know someone or are dating a person who is drinking too much. Something tells you they have a problem and there is nothing you can put your finger on because the person is exhibiting recognizable symptoms of alcohol use disorder. Experts…
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Ask Yourself These Questions Before Deciding to Move in Recovery Moving from where you are now to somewhere else may seem like the right choice. When you drink and use drugs, you are not thinking straight. This is when you make bad decisions and choices. Recovery brings hope for change. However, there is a limit…
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Can Exercise Help Beat Addiction? Treatment for addiction involves some kind of ‘talk therapy’ or counseling, with a focus on helping the person with addiction sort out why they keep engaging in behaviors, in spite of problems. While people can work on certain habits like exercise, the reality is it is one piece of a…
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What Are Communication Tips for Talking to Someone with Addiction? When you act with kindness and compassion, you begin to see the difference from communicating out of a place of stigmatization or criticism of others. Addiction is stigmatizing enough. People with addictions expect others to insult or belittle them. By accepting them, you start to…
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These Cheap Ways to Make Friends and Have Fun in Recovery May Surprise You One of the reasons drinking is so popular is that many drinkers find it helpful in social situations to release tension and be more connected to others. Untreated heavy drinkers struggle with how to imagine life without alcohol. Making friends without…
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What Are 5 Things to Avoid in Early Recovery? Now that you are in early recovery, you are on the other side of addiction. It may feel uncomfortable, scary, frustrating or myriad other feelings. Newly sober people might feel truly alive also, not having felt as good as they do now. If you are feeling…
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Cocaine May Play a Role in Depression: Here’s How Many people who suffer from depression and have used cocaine a long time may experience depressive episodes at a higher rate than others. Scientists believe it is linked to damage the drug does to brain cells which make people feel high when they do cocaine. Damaging…
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