A research article published in Current Pain and Headache Reports suggests that in addition to providing social support, therapy dogs could reduce pain levels for patients by releasing endorphins in the brain. By nature, when you think of reptiles, you might not think of a therapeutic or cuddly creature. However, therapy animals can provide many…
Yet that’s what slowly happens, to a certain extent, when you drink and don’t stop drinking alcohol. Alcohol seeps into the brain, affecting the different parts of your body’s motherboard as you drink more and more. Body weight and metabolism play a significant role in how alcohol affects an individual. This is because alcohol becomes…
Some people may find chewing the plant unpleasant due to the bitter taste and amount of plant material required. On the other hand, the effects of this method are more mellow and long-lasting. Salvia divinorum is a powerful psychedelic, and as such, there is a risk of an intense or traumatic experience. To minimize these…
The most important treatment for AFLD is stopping alcohol consumption. If you completely avoid alcohol, at least some liver damage may be reversible. In a large Swedish study published in 2022, researchers found that the risk of HCC in people with NAFLD was 12.18 times higher than in people in the general population. Additionally, people…
For many people, halfway houses serve as an essential link between addiction treatment and independent living. The structured and supportive environment is designed to make the transition easier. Addiction recovery is tough, but with the right attitude and support, a halfway house can be the place where you or a loved one find the required…
They may stay clean for a while and you regain hope only to have it crushed by a relapse. The monstrous addiction destroying your loved one is stronger than ever before. It is extremely difficult to stand by as your loved one becomes homeless or stays in jail or faces the numerous harsh consequences that…
Some of us do this by writing about how it felt to make the amends and what we learned from the experience. Guilt and shame are the unnecessary chains that bind us to our past. By practicing these spiritual principles we can break those chains and achieve the freedom from our addiction that we have…
Therefore, nutritional treatments that influence NADPH function or the capacity to metabolize acetaldehyde (such as taurine and pantethine) may have protective effects against alcohol-induced damage [239,240,241]. In addition, omega 3 fatty acid supplementation has also been found to have protective effects against alcoholic liver disease and may also influence drinking behaviour [242,243,244]. Relapse represents a…
The use of any information provided on this site is solely at your own risk. Pomegranate juice is an excellent source of vitamin C and contains punicalagin. It has three times more antioxidant activity than red wine and green tea. Additionally, pomegranate juice has higher antioxidant activities on the body, thus aiding in detoxification. Not…
Polich, Armor, and Braiker found that the most severely dependent alcoholics (11 or more dependence symptoms on admission) were the least likely to achieve nonproblem drinking at 4 years. Furthermore, younger (under 40), single alcoholics were far more likely to relapse if they were abstinent at 18 months than if they were drinking without problems,…