Ultimately, sobriety is the responsibility of the person who has the alcohol addiction. It’s important to not enable destructive behaviors and to maintain appropriate boundaries if the person with the alcohol addiction is still drinking. This can mean cutting off financial assistance or making it difficult for them to fulfill the addiction. Friends and family …
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Other medicinal herbs and detoxifying compounds can have mixed effects. If you are curious about why certain herbs have been included in your detox drink or supplement, it’s best to do some research. However, there are a few detox products that are considered more reliable than others. Dobie worked for Kroll Laboratory Specialists, a Gretna, …
Early uses of optogenetics involved light delivered through implanted optical fibers, letting researchers control coarse patches of brain cells. More recent uses of optogenetics addiction as a coping mechanism and healthy alternatives allow more sophisticated control of precise patterns of brain activity. The health effects of hydrogen sulfide depend on the amount inhaled and for …
Alcohol can be detected in urine for three to five days via ethyl glucuronide (EtG) metabolite or 10 to 12 hours via the traditional method. Once alcohol is in the bloodstream, it can only be eliminated by dehydrogenase, sweat, urine, and breath. But the problem is that once you’ve gotten to this level, you’re totally …
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Because AUD can be a chronic relapsing disease, persistence is key. It is rare that someone would go to treatment once and then never drink again. More often, people must repeatedly try to quit or cut back, experience recurrences, learn from them, and then keep trying. For many, continued follow up with a treatment provider …
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LDL cholesterol is strongly related to cardiovascular disease and stroke and has been called “bad” cholesterol. Reduction of LDL cholesterol decreases a person’s likelihood of suffering a heart attack or stroke. LDL cholesterol levels tend to be lower in alcoholics than in nondrinkers (Castelli et al. 1977), suggesting that chronic alcohol consumption may have a …
