Category: Sober living
SEC Amends Filing Rules For Big Oil Companies The New York Times
The recovery process builds upon each step in your sober journey. Thus, it only makes sense that step nine is a response to step eight, which involves making a list of all the people that you have harmed and become willing to make amends to all of them. Step eight is preparation for the action …
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Guide to Making Amends in Addiction Recovery: Step 9 of AA
Living amends look different for everyone, depending on the specific negative behavior patterns you have identified while working the 12 Steps. Determining the most impactful living amends will require a great deal of honesty. A qualified behavioral therapist can help you identify the areas of your life that need attention. You may also have the …
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Ways Alcohol Affects Your Heart
Drinking alcohol to excess can cause other serious health conditions, such as cardiomyopathy (where the heart muscle is damaged and can’t work as efficiently as it used to) and arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms). The last thing you want is for that casual drink after work or glass of wine at dinner to negatively impact your …
The Effects of Adderall on Your Body
If you feel like you’re experiencing new or worsening aggressive behavior, talk with your doctor about it. They’ll recommend closer monitoring of your mood and behavior, especially at the beginning of Adderall treatment. They may also advise other treatments that may be safer for you. To learn about alternatives to Adderall, you can refer to …
Alcohol and Your Kidney Health: Heres What to Know
Many studies have shown that alcohol consumption is related to cardiovascular disease, urinary protein, and CKD 3,6,16,45,66–69. This review focused on 21 clinical studies of the relationship between alcohol consumption and CKD, including 13 cohort studies and 8 cross-sectional studies. The characteristics of the study design and other details of these studies are presented in …
Effects of Alcohol on the Body: Short & Long-Term Effects
Before you reach for your next drink, Dr. Anand explains how alcohol can affect your brain — not only in the short term, but also in the long run. Generally, binge drinking means drinking heavily over a short period of time with the intention and result of getting immediately and severely intoxicated (drunk). Heavy drinking …
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Life After Relapse How to Bounce Back and Start Over
About a third of people treated for alcohol addiction have no further symptoms one year later, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Many others reduce their drinking significantly and report fewer alcohol-related problems after entering rehab. Relapse is a common feature of substance use disorders, and it is more the rule …
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Alcohol and Insomnia: How Alcohol Affects Sleep
Additionally, or alternatively, the rebound in delta power after acute withdrawal [148], despite poor sleep and decreased slow-wave sleep time, may improve the subjective experience of sleep quality [122, 148]. The poor subjective experience in acute withdrawal may also be related to the decreased REM latency and increased REM sleep time, leading to increased dreaming …
Relapse After Addiction: Causes and Prevention
I like to tell patients that a simple test of complete honesty is that they should feel “uncomfortably honest” when sharing within their recovery circle. This is especially important in self-help groups in which, after a while, individuals sometimes start to go through the motions of participating. Dealing with post-acute relapse prevention plan withdrawal is …
The Key Elements of a Relapse Prevention Plan
By incorporating these key elements into your relapse prevention plan, you can increase your chances of long-term success. Stress management and coping skills are the foundation of relapse prevention plans. Recovery group activities can equip you with techniques and skills to handle stress, which is a known trigger for drug and alcohol abuse. A regular …