Whatever the reason, you drink a little too much and wake up with a pounding headache, a churning stomach, and the vow to never booze it that hard again.
There is no consistent rhyme or reason as to who will wake up feeling like death warmed over. But some studies indicate that a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .1 seems to be the magic number. For men, five to seven cocktails […]

Understanding and combating addiction is an extremely complex and difficult process. Too often people think of addiction as being purely about one thing: about a person’s history, about chemical processes, or about their environment. In nearly every situation though, it is a combination of all these things that can turn that addiction into a vicious, inescapable cycle. Feelings of worthlessness in addiction are a key part of many addictions. In […]

Addiction to drugs and alcohol affects millions of people across the world every year; it doesn’t just end up affecting the people who are battling the addictions, but also their loved ones and families at the same time – especially while the addicted are still in the midst of denying their addictions to themselves and the ones around them.

In most cases, a drunken night will end with only a hangover. However, the casual approach to drinking alcohol in our society can make it easy to downplay the effects of drinking too much. One of the potential dangers of drinking too much is passing out. If a person passes out from drinking too much alcohol, it is a symptom of alcohol poisoning and can be very dangerous.

Blacking Out
It is a period of alcohol-induced amnesia in which the person actively engaging in some different activities such as:

talking
walking
singing but doesn’t remember even doing so

Blacking out involves memory loss due to alcohol or drug abuse, taking up an abusive amount of what is beyond the limitation of a person. It is usually associated with binge drinking, which means the consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short […]

Addiction is a serious illness that can destroy lives. What many people don’t realize though, is just how much it can affect those around the person with the addiction too. As the addict engages in more and more risk-taking behavior and goes to lengths to cover up the extent of their addiction, this can drive loved ones away and leave them in a constant state of stress and worry.
The hardest […]

Blame is a word that ends up getting thrown around a lot within the context of addiction, especially addiction to drugs and alcohol; it’s a concept that gets thrown around even more, and the truth is that the supposed “blame game” and an addiction to drugs or alcohol can go well together.
But why? What is it that means alcoholics shift the blame around to everyone else that does not include […]

Nobody ever said that addiction recovery was going to be an easy process – but there are ways to make the recovery process easier. Starting with the first steps to addiction recovery is half the battle, although there are many recovering addicts who worry about either going back to their past or about what might happen to their future.
One of the most important things a recovering addict can learn how […]

What is cross-addiction? Is it a real condition? The short answer is, yes. Cross addiction has an official medical term – Addiction Interaction Disorder, and it describes when an individual has more than one interlinked addiction.
The most common cross addictions are with drugs and alcohol. For instance, an alcoholic might be out for a drink, and someone offers them a bump of cocaine. The alcoholic who is typically feeling slow […]

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