Alcohol Addiction

Alcohol consumption can have an impact not only on the incidence of diseases, injuries and other health conditions, but also on their outcomes and how these evolve over time. As individuals continue to drink alcohol over time, progressive changes may occur in the structure and function of their brains. These changes can compromise brain function […]

You should also consider attending a local AA meeting or participating in a self-help program such as Women for Sobriety. Alcohol use disorder can cause serious and lasting damage to your liver. When you drink too much, your liver has a harder time filtering the alcohol and other toxins from your bloodstream. It’s a disease […]

“ Gin and vodka have low levels of histamine, so switching from beer or wine can be a sensible move,” Whittamore writes. You might also sneeze during drinking if you have low alcohol tolerance, so it’s important to know this before having a drink. Alcohol beverages like beer are made from complex mixtures of grains, […]

Alcohol can cause liver disease and kidney problems as well as increase your risk of cancer, heart attack and stroke. Using alcohol heavily, especially over a long period of time, can have a devastating effect on your health. Like rhinophyma, rosacea can affect anyone including those individuals who have darker skin as well as children […]

Enjoying a drink feels different than needing a drink to tolerate a painful or difficult experience. Also, our brain’s ability to adjust to novel situations relies on repeated exposure with positive outcomes. Dulling our learning centers with a sedative like alcohol makes it much harder to rewire our brains and improve our confidence and comfort […]

They may also discuss possible medications for their reactions, such as antihistamines. This involves limiting consumption to two drinks or fewer per day for males or one drink or fewer per day for females. As a person ages, certain health conditions or medications may mean they have different reactions to alcohol than they previously did. […]

Rational beliefs are formed on the basis of solid evidence and are open for appropriate revision when new evidence makes them less likely to be true. It is now well-established that we are prone to various cognitive biases that have powerful influences on how we make decisions. For example, the confirmation bias causes people to […]

We may receive advertising fees if you follow links to promoted online therapy websites. Most people arrested for property damage or trespassing blame it on alcohol. An individual that may have responded calmly to an incident when sober is more likely to resort to violence if provoked when intoxicated. While most cases of intimate partner […]

Dr. Steven Zeitels revealed that over the course of a concert, his vocal cords collided over 780,000 times. Following the news that Aerosmith has postponed some dates on their ‘Peace Out’ tour, learn more about Steven Tyler’s health over the years. “While Joey Kramer remains a beloved founding member of Aerosmith, he has regrettably made the […]

Research shows that nearly 90% of Americans have used alcohol at some point or another. Less than 50% of Americans have even tried marijuana, and a much smaller percentage are using it on a regular basis. So the sheer numbers of people showing up in the ER after smoking pot are going to be a […]