It’s a story repeated in emergency departments (ED) all over the country. A person is taken to the hospital for alcohol detox and they may or may not want any medical intervention. Treatment might be available for their disease, but they refuse.
A young man was brought into the emergency room with a blood alcohol level of .423, and according to his boyfriend he had been drinking vodka for two days and had not eaten. He didn’t want treatment and was abusive to the medical team. He was a quite nice guy, didn’t look like the type of person who could explode at any moment and launch into an expletive-laden tirade. But the staff soon found out that he was completely out of control, cursing the nurses and when the doctor entered the room for the first time, he spit on him. The police were called.
The ED staff did their best to stabilize the situation and a plan was initiated to get his into detox and then transferred to a local alcoholism treatment facility. His wife was appreciative and tried her best to cooperate with the staff and encourage her husband to comply with the treatment, but it was not to be. His disease had progressed to the point where nothing mattered to his but the alcohol. As he put it when asked if he wanted to quit drinking, “No, I love this stuff. It’s the only thing that’s legal.” His alcoholism had taken over total control of his life. Perhaps there was some remnant of his old self still intact, but he was hard to love. (more…)
You wouldn’t scoff down chocolate bar after chocolate bar would you? At least not without feeling distinctly guilty about it, so why do many women think it’s acceptable to drink far more than the recommended 2-3 units (3-4 for men) of alcohol per day?
What do chocolate and alcohol have in common? In a word – calories.
The number of calories in alcohol is incredibly high with a bottle of wine exceeding 500, a medium glass (175ml) coming in at 125 and even the dieters favourite, the G&T, is a whopping 120kcals. And if you think cocktails are good for you with all that fruit, think again.
While this doesn’t sound too bad in terms of your recommended daily calorie intake, when you consider you’re consuming these empty calories in addition to food, which may be a carb filled dinner to line your stomach or a meal out, it suddenly starts to add up. (more…)
If you’re worried that you or someone close to you is an alcoholic, the fact this is on your mind indicates that it is something worth looking into. There are signs you can look out for that you or someone you know is addicted to alcohol.
Once someone accepts that they have an alcohol problem, they are one step closer to dealing with it. Remember that just one of the following behaviours or symptoms or a one-off event does not necessarily indicate that someone is an alcoholic, but could indicate that there is a problem.
One of the major symptoms of alcoholism is drinking alone and lying about it or covering your tracks so that nobody else finds out. Hiding alcohol is also a classic symptom – if you or someone you know is hiding alcohol at home or at work, it is very possible that alcohol abuse could be happening. (more…)
Alcohol abuse is very common in society today. More and more people become addicted to alcohol. You may need to know that the difference between alcoholic and alcohol addicted are very thin. Many people like to drink alcohol doesn’t mean they got alcohol abuse. It depends on the personal and individual.
People need to have knowledge about the effect of excessive use alcohol. It can cause problems or negative consequences. Alcohol abuse remains as one of the most public concern in our society today. Most common substance often causes chemical dependency that many people ignoring the limit of alcohol consumption. (more…)
Creativity has always been one of the desired qualities of any good artist. Besides that, we all need creativity in our daily life to do all sort of complex tasks. Ever since man has always wanted to achieve more, it comes times when we just want to be more creative than before because of the ever increasing challenges that we face. Some people feel more creative in the presence of loved ones while some take inspiration from given places. Today we want to consider the question “Do drugs and alcohol make us creative” or better still “Do they increase our creativity?”
Is this discussion I think the definition of creativity will guide us much. Simple definitions of creativity are:
* the ability to create
* the ability to bring into existence (more…)
Alcohol addiction is a big problem for teenagers nowadays. Many bad attitudes are created by teenagers such as crime, high speed driving on the road, robbery and so on. According to the laboratory, alcohol has chemical content that makes people addicted to drink over and over again.
To maintain this problem, people, especially teenagers will visit alcohol rehabilitation. It is a good way to heal from addiction. Most of parents will try to find the best solution to stop their teenager’s bad habit.
Rehabilitation has its own program to cope with addiction. You have to know that the quality must be appropriate choice. The program will be focused on alcohol addiction healing. The treatments must be formulated perfectly. (more…)
To most people struggling to free themselves from a drug or alcohol addiction, using additional chemicals such as prescription medications seems to defeat the purpose of overcoming the addiction. Nevertheless, prolonged substance abuse can have serious repercussions, so getting immediate help is vital. Perhaps this is why a growing number of people are choosing alternative therapies to overcome addictions. Neurofeedback therapy is one of the most promising of these new options.
With both types of addiction, the individual loses control over choices, and ultimately, life situations. One of the challenges of using the more traditional type of treatment for these addictions is that the body may not being provided with proper support once it has gone through withdrawal. Neurofeedback, in addition to helping the person end their addiction to drugs and alcohol, may also help keep the person sober. (more…)
Addiction to a drug or to alcohol is an all-consuming compulsion, one which demands attention, almost to the exclusion of all else. It can be a full-time job for the addict. Getting drugs or alcohol and consuming them, then being stoned or drunk occupies a large portion of their time.
In the case of drugs such as heroin or cocaine, using is definitely a morning to night occupation. The addict will wake up and look to see how much drug there is for that day’s consumption. If the supply is low, the planning of how to get more of the drug takes up the morning’s activities. Faked prescriptions, phone calls to borrow money, scams, and other methods of getting the price of drugs together is always first on the to-do list. (more…)
Many people in the world have struggled for years to overcome the addictions they have. I, for one, have had this problem for years also, but never thought it would affect me as time went by. I was in denial so bad, that I figured why even try to change my life now, when I have been abusing my body for so long. I thought it was too late to even think about turning my life around, because I figured the damage has been done, so why bother.
When I finally realized what road I was heading for, I looked and saw that I was not the same person I was years ago. I finally admitted that I had a real alcohol addiction. I then decided it is time to take a good look at myself, and my life, and go for the most challenging and hardest thing I could ever do. This was a long time coming, but in the past, I was just not ready for this huge task I was about to start. (more…)
A drug addiction is a compulsive disorder. Addiction can be of varied kinds, namely drugs, alcohol, gambling, spending, smoking, sex, eating or any other behavior. A person hit by this is often unsatisfied and restless. Drug addiction in layman’s terms would be dependence on chemicals or on unwanted plants for the sake of getting high. This disorder requires very high consumption of drugs in order to fulfill drug seeking behavior, and is very vulnerable to relapse.
The following are some of the most common drugs that are physically and mentally addictive.
1) Marijuana
Marijuana is one of the most commonly used drugs. The drug is excessively popular amongst teenagers. Commonly known as pot, weed, grass, herb, Maryjane, and the devil’s cabbage. The effects can last for around 1-3 hours. It can cause a lot of harm to the lungs and a person loses his or her concentration power. It causes severe smoking habits that are difficult to quit, and prolonged consumption can also lead to cancer. There are few addiction treatments available for marijuana abusers, because it is not considered physically addictive. (more…)
