Category: Sober living

Doing your own research can give you more insight on their experience. Addiction is a disease that changes the brain, so many people addicted to crystal meth may not be able to stop using it on their own. Talking about substance use isn’t easy, especially when you’re not totally sure whether someone needs help. You […]

Substitute alcohol for the fruit-flavored powdered drink of the astronauts and you have “Palcohol.” The packaging for the powdered alcohol product received approvals from the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco and Trade Bureau in March and before it hits the market, legislators are moving to ban it as concerns about how it will be used grow. […]

Heroin was first introduced in 1898 as an upgrade to morphine. At the time, morphine was the latest and greatest cough-suppressing medicine for people with asthma. If you think a friend or family member is using heroin, don’t wait and hope things will get better. The number of people in the United States who use […]

Heroin was first introduced in 1898 as an upgrade to morphine. At the time, morphine was the latest and greatest cough-suppressing medicine for people with asthma. If you think a friend or family member is using heroin, don’t wait and hope things will get better. The number of people in the United States who use […]

The biochemical basis of alcohol-induced cardiomyopathy also involves disturbances in cardiac energy metabolism. For example, high blood concentrations of alcohol reduce the oxygen supply to the cardiac muscle and interfere with oxygen-requiring (i.e., aerobic) metabolism in the heart. This effect decreases the level of the high-energy molecules that power the contraction process (i.e., adenosine triphosphate […]

Ask patients about alcohol consumption, medicines theyare taking, and drugs they may be taking without a prescription. Advisepatients not to use AMBIEN if they drank alcohol that evening or before bed. Do not use orally disintegrating tablet for insomnia if you wake up in the middle of the night unless you have 4 hours of […]

It is important to pay attention to your loved one’s eyes, as that is usually a very telling indicator that they may be using drugs. First, it’s important to know that there is no “type” of person who becomes addicted. People can face addiction no matter where they’re from, what they look like, or how […]

How I beat alcoholism becomes a personal narrative of resilience, self-discovery, and the embrace of healthier coping mechanisms. Seeking treatment becomes an essential step in the transformation from alcohol misuse to a life with fewer alcohol-related problems. However, the journey doesn’t stop at sobriety; it extends into the realm of recovery. While the journey of […]

Life should be first on your list to enjoy and experience, not the newest bottle you’ve brought home. From Girl Scout Cookie and wine pairings, to novelty shirts that declare “You had me at Merlot,” to coffee cups that proclaim, “This is actually wine,” vino is a fixture of our social landscape. More socially acceptable […]

Similarly, the introduction of the athlete biological passport meant that samples would be recorded over time to flag changes in biological values that might indicate doping not caught through testing single samples. Doping groups responded by introducing micro-dosing of PEDs that would show only minor variations in biological values while still giving athletes performance benefits. […]