Depression, a common symptom of meth addiction, can also linger into recovery. This mental illness affects how a person thinks, feels and handles daily activities. A combination of therapy and medications can help improve mood and reduce depressive thoughts. Alcohol and drug addiction is something to take seriously, although often overlooked. Anyone of any race,…
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Physical Signs and Other Symptoms of Alcoholism & Alcohol Abuse
To learn more about alcohol treatment options and search for quality care near you, please visit the NIAAA Alcohol Treatment Navigator. The psychological component of addiction does not refer to the effects alcohol has on one’s mental state, such as disordered thinking. Rather, it refers to how the person’s thoughts and actions become geared toward…
What Does Sober Mean? 4 Ways To Explore Sobriety
Once you do return to work, it’s important to create a budget and take steps to safeguard yourself as work stress can be a relapse trigger. Financial troubles and problems finding and keeping employment are major triggers for relapse, but it is possible to take baby steps and get your finances in order. Just keep…
How Does Alcohol Affect Dopamine Levels in the Brain?
This polymorphism has therefore appropriately been named as serotonin intron 2 (STin2). It is a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) with three distinct alleles. These alleles are of 9 base pair repeats, 10 base pair repeats as well as 12 base pair repeats. As part of a collaborative effort examining the effects of long-term…