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How to Break an Addiction: A Guide to Overcoming Addiction

Recovery stories are important because people need choices that work for them, he urges. That includes offering interactive, online seminars; pilot grant funding; research mentoring programs; help with designing and testing new measures; as well as collecting and sharing existing measurement resources. That is because the brain is plastic and changes in response to experience—the …

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Complex Trauma and Alcohol Use Disorder: What’s the Connection?

Given that those with unremitting PTSD fare worse in AUD treatment outcome (Read, Brown & Kahler, 2004), it is possible that PTSD contributes to this disparity by either exacerbating alcohol-related problems or disrupting accurate self-rating of alcohol-related problems. If you or a loved one has developed PTSD after a traumatic event and also struggles with …

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Do I Have an Allergy to Alcohol?

Content The Surprising Signs Your Body Is Allergic or Intolerant to Alcohol Symptoms Symptoms of Alcohol Intolerance Signs You Might Be Allergic to Alcohol Grape Allergies You can also experience drowsiness, dizziness, impaired motor control and coordination, difficulty breathing, strange behaviors, and heart or liver damage. Some of these medications can also make the effects …

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For men, this low-risk range is defined as no more than 4 drinks on a given day and no more than 14 per week. Alcohol consumption by an expectant mother may cause fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and pre-term birth complications. A  causal relationship has been established between harmful drinking and incidence or outcomes of infectious …

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What Amy Winehouse Taught Us About Denial and Alcoholism

Content Getting professional help for an alcohol addiction Patient Care Network Blame Is an Outcome of Denial Signs your loved one is in denial Protect your children, and don’t hesitate to keep them away from someone who drinks and does not respect your boundaries. Growing up in a home where alcohol use is common, can …

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