Alcohol abuse may have gotten out of hand. Before you knew what was happening on a neurological or physiological level, your body was making adaptations to the substance. Like a thief, alcohol has begun to rob you of your own power, your choices, leading you by the nose deeper and deeper into disease. Like Alice […]
It isn’t hard to comprehend at all. Life is stressful, complicated, and often discouraging—no wonder alcohol consumption is on the increase. In fact, according to a report in JAMA Psychiatry, alcohol use, high-risk drinking, and alcohol use disorder prevalence has increased for the U.S. population. Americans increasingly turn to booze to soothe their nerves. Those […]
When battling the dual diagnosis of alcoholism and depression it is helpful to employ all possible tools available. Each of the disorders on their own are difficult and complex, but together they form a very challenging diagnosis that requires some thinking outside the box. While traditional treatment measures can ease symptoms somewhat, eastern medicine, in […]
