Addiction in Family

Relapse Prevention

A Relapse: Why Falling Off the Wagon Isn’t Fatal ? A great relapse story: The cover of the January issue of O magazine says it all: “How Did I Let [...]

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Prevention of Adolescent Substance Abuse

Prevention: Pervasive, consistent messages to young people about drugs and alcohol can be an effective tool. Effective prevention requires that the same messages about alcohol, drugs, and tobacco be delivered [...]

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Alcohol, Violence, and Aggression

Alcohol, Violence, and Aggression Scientists and nonscientists alike have long recognized a two-way association between alcohol consumption and violent or aggressive behavior (1). Not only may alcohol consumption promote aggressiveness, [...]

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Revisiting the Alcoholic Family

The concept of looking at family members in the etiology and maintenance of psychoactive substance use disorders dates back to the early 1930s, when social workers in state hospitals reported [...]

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Association for Children of Alcoholics

1. Alcoholism affects the entire family. Living with a non-recovering alcoholic in the family can contribute to stress for all members of the family. Each member may be affected differently. [...]

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Self-Help for Drinking Too Much

Are you questioning your drinking patterns, and wondering if your use of alcohol is problematic? It is not easy to recognize a drinking problem in yourself. This article may help [...]

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Alcoholism & Health Problems

Alcoholism & Nutritional Deficiency Alcoholics suffer from a treatable, chronic disease in which their bodies are dependent on alcohol. Excessive alcohol intake inflames the lining of the stomach and interferes [...]

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Stages of Recovery & Impact on Parenting

The following article presents four developmental stages of family recovery described by Brown and Lewis, and describes for each stage, the possible impact of the family environment—in particular, parenting practices [...]

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Chronic Pain, Drugs & Addiction

Chronic Pain and Drugs Pain is universal and important to all beings—it is a warning that something is wrong and needs attention to prevent further damage to the body. Whereas [...]

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Trauma in the Addicted Family by Claudia Black

Janette, a 46-year-old woman who was recently divorced from her third husband, walked into a community mental health center with slurred speech, unable to make decisions, exhibiting extremely poor self-care [...]

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Delirium

What is Delirium? Delirium is a medical condition characterized by a vacillating, general disorientation, which is accompanied by cognitive impairment, mood shift, self-awareness, and inability to attend (the inability to [...]

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Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

What is Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome? Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a severe memory disorder usually associated with chronic excessive alcohol consumption, although the direct cause is a deficiency in the B vitamin thiamin. [...]

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Addiction Treatment

Addiction Treatment Approaches Pharmacotherapies Alcohol Addiction Treatment Naltrexone blocks opioid receptors that are involved in the rewarding effects of drinking and the craving for alcohol. It reduces relapse to heavy [...]

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Addiction Help

Help for Addiction Alcohol and drug abuse problems can be treated. Once someone decides that they need help, help is available. But then, what if the person is unwilling to [...]

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Children of Alcoholics/Children of Substance Abusers

Children of Alcoholics and Substance Abusers Children of alcoholics and other substance abusers are a population without a clear definition. Because the concept of COA(Children of Alcoholics)/COSA (Children of Substance [...]

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Exercise May Reduce Alcohol Consumption

Alcohol Abuse and Exercise Alcohol abuse is highly disruptive of circadian rhythms, which refers to the timing of daily rhythms. A new animal study has used hamsters to test [...]

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Addiction & the Brain’s Reward Pathway

Addiction & the Reward Pathway From the lab to the legislature, the push is on to recognize and treat addiction as a mental illness. Getting hooked on alcohol or drugs [...]

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Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Abuse

On a fairly regular basis doctors fail to identify people with alcohol use disorders. This failure is often due to simply not asking the right questions. The consequences of such [...]

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