Sober living

I’m going to drink coffee and read good books in a house without my kids and without my chores. And I pinned a picture of that farmhouse to my vision board to look at for an entire month. Some of my clients have done this and they absolutely love it as sober treats. She’s passionate […]

Drinking more than two alcoholic drinks a day can increase the likelihood of proteinuria, indicating potential kidney damage. Binge drinking occurs when more than five drinks are consumed in about two hours. Binge drinking can lead to a sudden drop in kidney function referred to as acute kidney failure. While acute kidney failure typically subsides

Pre-hepatic jaundice can be caused by an infection, such as malaria. Intoxication is responsible for short-term effects such as blurred vision. Once a person recovers from intoxication, their vision should return to normal. For example, many people have occult eye muscle imbalances, but the sober brain can preserve crisp, single vision. An eye bleed (subconjunctival

Most importantly, we argue that the brain is the biological substrate from which both addiction and the capacity for behavior change arise, arguing for an intensified neuroscientific study of recovery. More broadly, we propose that these disagreements reveal the need for multidisciplinary research that integrates neuroscientific, behavioral, clinical, and sociocultural perspectives. We argue therefore for

Alcohol withdrawal symptoms range from mild but annoying to severe and life-threatening. You don’t need to be diagnosed with alcohol use disorder in order to quit drinking. If alcohol is interfering with your health or your personal, financial, or professional life, consider quitting. What to expect from your doctor AWS can evolve in a few

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions explains the 24 basic principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. Known as the «Twelve and Twelve,” the book dedicates a chapter to each Step and each Tradition. Chapters provide an interpretation of these principles for personal recovery and the organization of the group. In the first year after initiating help-seeking, 273 (59.2%) of

Moderate drinking is typically described as consuming no more than 3-4 drinks per day for men and no more than 2-3 drinks per day for women. Conversely, heavy drinking is characterized by consuming 5 or more drinks on any day for men, or 4 or more drinks on any day for women. As females retain

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The point of detox is to make sure that you can get through the withdrawal symptoms without experiencing too many adverse side effects. In many situations, patients will receive small amounts of medication to ensure that any withdrawal symptoms are mitigated as withdrawing from alcohol without medical assistance is dangerous. The severity of the withdrawal

On darker skin tones, you may not notice redness at the time of injury. Instead, you may feel a bump under your skin and it may be tender. As the bruise develops, the skin over your bruise may look dark brown or black. In general, people with darker skin and hair will have darker-colored bruises.