The Self Empowering approach helps to deal and cope with cravings and emotions related to addiction and increase confidence. The addiction could be with any number of things such as drugs, alcohol, food, gambling, sex, etc. There are 3 facts about cravings: 1. A craving is time limited and will go away. 2. When you [...]
Has anyone felt better not using alcohol, totally abstaining? How long did it take to detox? Good answers, I know that detox is different for everyone, I think I am hypersensitive to alcohol, depressed, moody , upand down,the last time I drank was a week ago and I think the two drinks I had have [...]
A friend of mine has stopped drinking but, he feels hung over still. It has been one week. He has lost five pounds and has more energy. I afraid he is just in the honeymoon phase of quitting. (meaning it’s easy at first and then it will hit him hard)I heard somewhere that alcohol detox [...]
This is my first question. I realize I am a rare case, so there is no need to point that out. I am almost 25 and recently quit drinking. I was a cronic drinker for the last 7+ years. I have not drank in 36 days (but who’s counting). It was very hard the first [...]
When it comes to drinking alcohol, how do you know you might have a problem ? Dr. Peter Miller discusses this issue. This video is brought to you by the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Visit www.muschealth.com to learn more about MUSC’s Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs. Interesting Info Why [...]