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What Makes Alcohol Addictive? What is the Addictive Ingredient in Alcohol?

Alcohol-free cocktails and beer, along with cannabis-infused beverages, are gaining users. Some have criticized Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs because they are rooted in religious ideology rather than scientific principles. Situated across the UK and Spain, our Recovery Centres offer you dignity, comfort, excellent accommodation, our expertise and full support as we walk beside… Continue reading What Makes Alcohol Addictive? What is the Addictive Ingredient in Alcohol?

Chapter 4 Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse NCBI Bookshelf

Inall of these therapeutic approaches, the client and therapist typicallybegin therapy by conducting a thorough functional analysis of substanceabuse behavior (Carroll, 1998;Monti et al., 1994; Rotgers, 1996). This analysisattempts to identify the antecedents and consequences of substance abusebehavior, which serve as triggering and maintaining factors. Antecedents ofuse can come from emotional, social, cognitive, situational/environmental,and physiological… Continue reading Chapter 4 Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse NCBI Bookshelf

Your Guide to the Stages of Alcohol Recovery

Even so, it’s important to take steps to avoid becoming too dehydrated or malnourished during detox, whether that involves finding a medical detox program or eating a balanced diet at home. Eating junk food can lead to a host of health problems, such as weight gain, high cholesterol, and blood pressure. Junk foods’ tendency to… Continue reading Your Guide to the Stages of Alcohol Recovery