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Alcohol Misuse Among the ElderlyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An Opportunity for Prevention Abstract: Current US census estimates predict that by the year 2020, 18% of the population will be 65 years or older. As most adults in this age group have health care needs, it is vital that clinicians are competent in identifying and intervening in the most common health issues among older adults. The article in this issue by Blazer and Wu again reminds us that alcohol use, including binge drinking, is common among older adults and that despite popular culture, alcohol misuse does not disappear as one ages. As noted in the article, the findings are very consistent with other epidemiological ...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - November 18, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Assessment Demographics Drugs Medication Older Adults Relapse prevention Research Symptoms of addiction Women at-risk drinking binge drinking Source Type: blogs

Alcohol Rehabilitation And The Steps To Long Term RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcohol rehabilitation is an exceptionally intricate process. To be successful, it has to be administered with empathy and expertise. The practical implication, of course, is that the best alcohol rehabilitation facilities are those which employ the most qualified alcohol rehabilitation caregivers. As you explore your alcohol rehab options, it’s essential that you seek a clinic whose employees know precisely what they’re doing. Successful alcohol rehabilitation will literally change your life. All that remains, now, is for you to get help from the right people. For your own sake, for the sake of the people who care abo...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - November 18, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: christa Tags: Alcohol Rehab Information Source Type: blogs

Chalk Talk by Father MartinEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Rev. Joseph C. Martin dies at 84; expert on alcoholism and drug addiction Martin’s lectures and films have been leading tools in recovery programs for more than 40 years. His book ‘Chalk Talks on Alcohol’ was published in 1982 and is still in print. The Rev. Joseph C. Martin, an expert on alcoholism and drug addiction whose lectures and films have been leading tools in recovery programs for more than 40 years, has died. He was 84. Martin, himself a recovering alcoholic, died Monday of heart failure at his home in Havre de Grace, Md., according to an announcement from Father Martin’s Ashley, an a...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - November 16, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Recovery Relapse Spirituality Youth chalk talk Father Martin Source Type: blogs

15 Year old Alcoholic in AAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
My Name is Diane and I’m a 15 year old Alcoholic in AA When I first came to Alcoholics Anonymous I couldn’t have been an alcoholic. It was impossible at the age of 14! I had my first drink at the age of six. Being the only girl out of three and being the youngest child, I could get my way. I now believe I was an alcoholic from the first drink, because from then on I set up my life in the alcoholic pattern. I lived in fear of the day, in hatred, in resentments, in a dream world. I would dream I had six closets full of clothes and all the girls were jealous of me. In real life, I was fat, overbearing, and jealous...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - November 16, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Victorious Alcoholism Recovery Relapse Women Youth child drink Drugs first drink misery parents resentments sex Source Type: blogs

A.B.C. of Recovery from AlcoholismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The ABC’s of Recovery From a portion of Chapter 5 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas: a) that we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives; b) that probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism; c) that God could and would if He were sought. See also 12-Step Speaker Tape Links The Dry Drunk Spiritual Health Blockages Related Reading: (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - November 16, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Recovery Relapse Spirituality agnostic big book higher power. Source Type: blogs

New Zealandâ€™s spiritual aspects in 12-Step treatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study describes the spiritual experiences, beliefs, and practices of New Zealanders entering intensive treatment for alcohol/ other drug dependence, and seeks to determine factors that influence spirituality in a clinical population. Ninety clients entering three residential treatment programs for alcohol and/or cannabis dependence were interviewed about their spiritual beliefs, behaviors, and experiences, using a broad selection of accepted measures. A number of associations between aspects of spirituality and gender, ethnicity, age, employment, severity of dependence, and depression were found. In particular, the mo...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - November 14, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Willhunger Tags: 12-Step Groups Alcohol Research Spirituality Source Type: blogs

Patients from motor vehicle accidents – blood testing in Victoria – new processesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Victoria’s Traffic Drug and Alcohol Section has issued an updated document to inform hospitals of the latest changes to blood testing requirements for patients presenting from motor vehicle accidents. I have hosted the document on this website here . Essentially we are now “encouraged” (or “required” to if there is a fatality involved) to blood test ALL patients from a motor vehicle accident who present to ED (or brought to the ED by police who suspect they were driving whilst drug affected), if they are aged 15 years or over irrespective of whether they were driving or not, and irrespective...
Source: Oz E Medicine - emergency medicine in Australia - November 12, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Gary Tags: Administrative alcohol drugs motor vehicle accidents police Trauma Source Type: blogs

Addiction Symptoms VideoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sarah Jessica ParkerA great video from Face the Issue about the effects of drugs narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker.This is an anonymous quote from a young addict trying to reclaim their life.“ok, so pot, is fine let’s not get into that….but whenever i hang out with my friends they’re always drinking, which i don’t do, because i’m on pills.lots of pills, pills to sleep, pills to wake up, pills to dull the pain, pills to be numb… it’s ok, i have a prescription….but for a while i got off them. because i ran outbut the other day i found some codiene and i took it, with other...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - November 12, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholism Craving Drinking Drugs Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Narcotics Anonymous Recovery Sniffing Sobriety Women Youth codiene pills Sarah Jessica Parker Source Type: blogs

Music Preference and Substance UseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study doesn’t only focus on music styles with deviant reputations, and it looks at alcohol and tobacco use in a large sample of adolescents controlling for factors such as household composition, relationship with parents, school achievement, use of substances by their parents. In short, a large study (n= > 7000) controlling for confounding factors with a wide range of music genres. How was this study done? the Dutch National School Survey on Substance Use (DNSSSU), a self-report questionnaire among a representative school-based sample of 7,324 adolescents aged 12 to 16 years, assessed music preference, tobacco, ...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Addiction alcohol substance use tobacco Source Type: blogs

AA and SpiritualityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The concept of spirituality in relation to addiction recovery and general psychiatry. This chapter is directed at defining the nature of spirituality and its relationship to empirical research and clinical practice. A preliminary understanding of the spiritual experience can be achieved on the basis of diverse theoretical and empirically grounded sources, which will be delineated: namely, physiology, psychology, and cross-cultural sources. Furthermore, the impact of spirituality on mental health and addiction in different cultural and clinical settings is explicated regarding both beneficial and compromising outcomes. Illu...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - November 7, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Contrast to other models Recovery Relapse prevention Research Spirituality Stages of Change Addiction clinical cultural physiology psychiatry psychology Theory twelve-step Source Type: blogs

Symptoms of Alcoholism VideoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The symptoms of alcoholism are graphically illustrated in this video narrated by Nicole Kidman.From; Facetheissue.com Related Reading: Share/Save (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - November 5, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholism Craving Denial Domestic Violence Drinking Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Males Recovery Self-help Video's Women Youth compulsive Nicole Kidman Source Type: blogs

Alcohol Brief Intervention in Primary PracticeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Are Brief Alcohol Interventions Likely to be Effective in Routine Primary Care Practice? A number of meta-analyses have demonstrated the modest efficacy of brief interventions (BI) for nondependent unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings. Whether this level of efficacy can be expected when BIs are delivered outside of research studies in not known. This systematic review identified 22 randomized trials including over 5800 patients. Investigators classified the trials on a spectrum from tightly controlled (efficacy design) to real world (effectiveness design) studies. The scale considered whether patients presented t...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - November 3, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Brief-TSF Loss of control Mutual-help Recovery Relapse prevention Research Stages of Change binge clinical doctor drinking intervention medical remission treatment Source Type: blogs

Research-Backed Online Mental Health InterventionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
So the other week I attended and presented at the First International e-Mental Health Summit 2009 in Amsterdam and already discussed some great online interventions for depression. I’m still planning on talking about additional online interventions for other mental disorders, but am waiting for the conference folks to publish the presentations on their website because the abstract book doesn’t always contain the valuable bits of information I need to properly summarize a topic area. In the meantime, I thought I’d mention Beacon. Beacon is a website that has gone to the trouble of indexing and rating over...
Source: World of Psychology - November 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Research Technology Treatment Abstract Book Alcohol Amsterdam Anorexia Anorexia Bulimia Bipolar Bipolar Depression Bipolar Disorder Eating Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder H Source Type: blogs

Alcohol Abuse: Disease or Choice?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcohol abuse is a devastating disease. But that devastation doesn’t have to be the end of the story. On the contrary, those alcohol abuse victims who seek help from private alcohol abuse treatment facilities really do achieve meaningful alcohol recovery. The catch, of course, is that alcohol abuse treatment has to begin with a difficult personal choice. It’s never easy to admit that you have a problem you can’t solve on your own. But only that sort of honesty can lead to meaningful alcohol abuse recovery. No one can help you if you refuse to reach out. For your own sake, for the sake of the people who care about yo...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - October 31, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: christa Tags: Alcohol Rehab Information Source Type: blogs

Do You Drink Too Much Alcohol?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It seems like a simple question. Do you drink too much alcohol? But one person’s social drinking may be someone else’s too much. So how can you tell if you’re drinking too much and what exactly is drinking too much? First, we need to decide on what is a drink – what drinks are equivalent to each other. Generally, in North America, a standard drink is one that has about 0.6 fluid ounces of pure alcohol. But how much that is in your drink depends on what it is you are drinking. Generally, standard drinks are: • 12 oz beer • 5 oz wine • 3-4 oz of fortified wine (such as port) •�...
Source: Healthbolt - October 30, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Addiction Health alcohol calculator alcohol calories blood alcohol concentration cocktail content drink sizes mixed drinks social drinking standard drinks too much alcohol Source Type: blogs

Getting Personal With Alcoholism And How Alcohol Rehab Can HelpEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcoholism is a personal problem. By the same token, alcohol rehab must be a personal process. No one else has ever experienced alcohol abuse like you have, and your alcohol rehab program must be uniquely your own. The best alcohol rehabs are those which cater to the unique individual needs of their unique individual clients. In the end, nothing less than that could ever possibly be good enough. The good news is that there are plenty of alcohol rehabilitation centers in Los Angeles. The bad news it that they aren’t all equally capable of serving their residents. Before you make an alcohol rehab decision, then, it’s ess...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - October 27, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: christa Tags: Alcohol Rehab Information Source Type: blogs

Supermarket Scandal: Super-cheap Alcohol Sales in the North WestEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Title: Supermarket Scandal: Super-cheap Alcohol Sales in the North West Skinny: Mystery shopper survey conducted by North West wellbeing and health campaigners, Our Life looking at the contribution of super-cheap supermarket alcohol deals to the big increase in alcohol-related harm in the North West. Publisher: Our Life Size of Publication: 24p Published: October 2009 Posted in Alcohol, Grey Literature, Public Health, Substance Misuse Tagged: Alcohol, Grey Literature, Pricing, Public Health (Source: Fade Library)
Source: Fade Library - October 25, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Alcohol Grey Literature Public Health Substance Misuse Pricing Source Type: blogs

Drug Detox That Lives Up To High StandardsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Drug detox shouldn’t be painful. On the contrary, an advanced drug detox program administered by compassionate drug detox professionals should be first and foremost a hopeful experience. The catch, of course, is that not all drug detox facilities employ competent caregivers. As you explore your drug detoxification options, it’s essential that you not be seduced by one of these inferior institutions. There are plenty of drug detox facilities in Los Angeles. Only a handful, though, are fully capable of meeting the needs of their clients. The right drug detox clinic will quite literally change your life. The wrong one wil...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - October 20, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: christa Tags: Detox Resources for Alcohol and Drugs/Opiates Source Type: blogs

Is alcoholism a disease?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yes, alcoholism is a disease. The craving that an alcoholic feels for alcohol can be as strong as the need for food or water. An alcoholic will continue to drink despite serious family, health, or legal problems. Like many other diseases, alcoholism is chronic, meaning that it lasts a person’s lifetime; it usually follows a predictable course; and it has symptoms. The risk for developing alcoholism is influenced both by a person’s genes and by his or her lifestyle. The only treatment for alcoholism is complete abstinence which a lot of alcoholics find hard to do. Sobriety can start at the entrance to an Alcoholics...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - October 17, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Drinking abstinence disease sober Source Type: blogs

OSA, Sleep Deprivation, and AlcoholEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study compared patients with untreated OSA and matched controls on a driving simulator. The study found that "Patients with OSA are more vulnerable than healthy persons to the effects of alcohol consumption and sleep restriction on various driving performance variables. " (Source: sleepdoctor)
Source: sleepdoctor - October 11, 2009 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: alcohol osa obstructive sleep apnea Source Type: blogs

Weekly Alcohol Allowance for Teens Best?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Teens and alcohol have long been a source of concern for many parents – and adults in general. Different cultures believe different things and even legal ages for alcohol consumption change according to where you are. I live in Quebec where the legal age is 18, while our neighboring province Ontario’s legal age is 19. At the same time, an hour south of us, across the Canada/United States border, the age is 21. (One thing I can’t figure out is why you can allow an 18-year-old to own a gun, join the army, get married, vote, buy a house, etc, but he or she can’t have a drink?). Anyway, since there are ...
Source: Healthbolt - October 9, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Addiction Prevention alcohol consumption Binge Drinking legal drinking age teen drinking teens and alcohol Source Type: blogs

OxyContin Detox Is Vital To Your RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OxyContin detox saves lives. The fact of the matter is that OxyContin addiction is a deadly disease, and OxyContin treatment is essential to OxyContin recovery. Anyone who tells you that you can get sober outside of an OxyContin detox facility simply doesn’t understand the nature of the challenge. And anyone who tells you that OxyContin rehab can work without OxyContin detox simply doesn’t understand the nature of the healing process. OxyContin abuse always entails a severe physiological dependency. The doctors and therapists in OxyContin detox facilities are specially trained to help clients overcome that dependency, ...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - October 7, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: christa Tags: Detox Resources for Alcohol and Drugs/Opiates Source Type: blogs

OxyContin Detox Is Vital To Your RecoveryOxyContin Detox Is Vital To Your RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OxyContin detox saves lives. The fact of the matter is that OxyContin addiction is a deadly disease, and OxyContin treatment is essential to OxyContin recovery. Anyone who tells you that you can get sober outside of an OxyContin detox facility simply doesn’t understand the nature of the challenge. And anyone who tells you that OxyContin rehab can work without OxyContin detox simply doesn’t understand the nature of the healing process. OxyContin abuse always entails a severe physiological dependency. The doctors and therapists in OxyContin detox facilities are specially trained to help clients overcome that dependency, ...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - October 7, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: christa Tags: Detox Resources for Alcohol and Drugs/Opiates Source Type: blogs

Drowsy Driving: OSA, Sleep Loss & AlcoholEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sleep loss and alcohol both have negative effects on driving performance. Are people with obstructive sleep apnea more vulnerable to these effects?A new study from Australia involved 38 people with untreated OSA. They were compared with 20 healthy controls.Participants were tested three times in a driving simulator. They drove after a normal night of sleep and after only four hours of sleep.They also drove after consuming enough vodka to raise their blood alcohol concentration level to 0.05 grams per deciliter; this means they had 50 milligrams of alcohol in every 100 milliliters of blood. For most drivers in Australia a B...
Source: Sleep Education - October 7, 2009 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: drowsy driving sleep loss alcohol obstructive sleep apnea Source Type: blogs

Alcohol Use for PainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the occurrence of alcohol use to manage pain in community-dwelling adults with tooth pain, jaw joint/face pain, and arthritis. Race/ethnicity, sex, and age were examined to determine their associations with alcohol use for pain. Community-dwelling adults from South Florida with tooth pain (n = 1,767), jaw joint/face pain (n = 1,199), or arthritis pain (n = 1,355) completed a structured telephone interview. Logistic regression models indicted that, similar to population rates, non-Hispanic whites and males were the most likely to use alcohol to manage pain. In addition, alcohol use for pain...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - October 6, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Assessment Drugs Medication Narcotics Anon Research Target populations arthritis face pain jaw joint orofacial tooth Source Type: blogs

Alcohol, Sleep, and PregnancyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Below is a small excerpt from the article "Sleep disorders associated with alcohol use and abuse," available at Medlink Neurology:Alcohol use should be avoided during pregnancy. The potential adverse physical and neurocognitive effects, including fetal alcohol syndrome, of maternal alcohol consumption on the developing fetus have been extensively reviewed (Wattendorf and Muenke M 2005). Recent research has clarified the effects of prenatal alcohol consumption on the child’s postnatal sleep. Maternal prenatal consumption of alcohol results in infant postnatal sleep fragmentation as well as the suppression of spontaneous m...
Source: sleepdoctor - October 4, 2009 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: alcohol Source Type: blogs

Binge Drinking and Brain DamageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Binge Drinking . Binge drinkers have a higher risk of alcohol-related injury than chronic, heavy drinkers, the Health Behavior News Service reported Feb. 22. Binge-drinking women who otherwise drink in moderation had seven times the risk of injury as nondrinkers, while binge-drinking men increased their injury risk sixfold. Share/Save Related posts:Alcohol Related Brain DamageAlcohol related brain damageSo called low risk drinking isnâ€™tRisk of becoming Alcoholic?Heavy Drinkers and Sex Diseases (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - October 2, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism Brain Drinking binge drinking Source Type: blogs

Abstinence Solves Thinking ProblemsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
. A study of alcoholics who have abstained from drinking for between six months and 13 years concludes that sobriety can counteract most of the brain and thinking damage caused by heavy drinking. More at Abstinence Solves Thinking Problems. Share/Save Related posts:Alcohol Related Brain DamageAlcohol Abstinence Saves LivesAlcohol related brain damageAbstinence from Heroin WorksTreatment options for alcoholism (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - October 2, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Brain Drinking Recovery Sobriety stinking thinking Source Type: blogs

Alcoholism Has Long-Term Effects on SleepEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A study published today in the journal Sleep shows that alcoholics may continue to have sleep problems long after they quit drinking.The study involved 42 alcoholics with a mean age of 49 years. They had been sober for varying periods of time. Some had abstained from drinking for a few weeks; others had not had a drink in almost two years. Their sleep was compared with 42 controls.Results show that the percentage of deep, slow wave sleep was lower in alcoholics than in controls. Alcoholics also had more light, stage 1 non-rapid eye movement sleep. The authors report that these results are reflective of poorer sleep quality...
Source: Sleep Education - October 1, 2009 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: alcohol sleep quality Source Type: blogs

Sex relationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A word about sex relations. Alcohol is so sexually stimulating to some people that they have over-indulged. Couples are occasionally dismayed to find that when drinking is stopped the drinker tends to be impotent. Unless the reason is understood, there may be an emotional upset. Some of us had this experience, only to enjoy, in a few months, a finer intimacy than ever. There should be no hesitancy in consulting a doctor or psychologist if the condition persists. We do not know of many cases where this difficulty lasted long." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 134~ Subscribe to RSS feed for ...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - October 1, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Just for today Sexuality Source Type: blogs

Tulsa EMS In The ClassroomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Most of us have been there before. A puking, nearly unconscious teenager on our pram. All the predictable problems; airway issues, responsiveness issues, behavioral issues. When kids learn the hard lessons about alcohol and drugs we’re often the ones who get called in to clean up the mess. And, as tiring as the routine gets, we do what we can. We protect the airway, administer our oxygen, start the IV, monitor the capnography, pay attention to the heart rhythms, the whole kit-n-kaboodle. (You may use another term … that’s just me.) The subtleties of treatment change with level of certification and prot...
Source: The EMT Spot - September 29, 2009 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: Research and News airway blood alcohol level drug EMT overdose management Source Type: blogs

When Should You Seek Heroin Detox Services?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Heroin detox shouldn’t be painful. On the contrary, an exclusive heroin detox program administered at a professional heroin detox facility can help you take the first steps towards recovery without suffering along the way. The catch, of course, is that you have to be willing to embark upon the journey. Heroin recovery always begins with a personal choice. After all, even the best heroin treatment facility in Los Angeles is incapable of helping a client who refuses to be helped. The day you begin heroin detox will be the day you start rediscovering life the way you used to know it, before heroin addiction turned you into ...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - September 29, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: christa Tags: Detox Resources for Alcohol and Drugs/Opiates Source Type: blogs

British Journal of Healthcare Assistants 2009 (Vol. 3 No. 9)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Title: Eating, drinking and smoking: how lifestyle affects the heart Skinny: Discusses how lifestyle choices – including diet, alcohol and smoking – affect the heart. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of mortality. The article argues that CVD and many other public health problems are largely preventable by lifestyle change; with healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners being ideally placed to offer patients support to change unhealthy lifestyles. Includes case study. (Print subscription available in Fade Library) Posted in Alcohol, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diet, Heart Diseases, J...
Source: Fade Library - September 24, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: bsnnbrou Tags: Alcohol Cardiovascular Diseases Diet Heart Diseases Journals Lifestyle Mortality Obesity Public Health Smoking Diabetes Exercise Source Type: blogs

5 Weight Loss Rules You Aren’t FollowingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you are like most people out there trying to lose weight, chances are you aren’t doing at least a few of these five weight loss strategies on a regular basis. Check your behaviors against this list and let me know how you measure up! 1. Dieting at Night – The key to weight loss is eating, believe it or not. You need to fuel your body with healthy food during the day, starting with breakfast and have a lighter dinner; then let the dieting begin right when you are winding down. I usually tell my clients to focus on “protein and produce” at dinner. Swap your salad at lunch for a tuna wrap (choose either light mayo ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - September 23, 2009 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: Uncategorized alcohol dieting mindful eating weight gain weight loss Source Type: blogs

If You Depend On Alcohol To Make It Through The Day You Need Alcohol RehabilitationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcohol rehabilitation always begins with a personal choice. Alcohol addiction is a personal problem, after all, one that can’t be overcome without intense personal effort. If you’re going to get sober, it’s going to be because you commit yourself to your alcohol rehabilitation program, and resolve to win the long-term fight against your disease. In the end, even the best private alcohol rehabilitation center in California can’t help a client who refuses to help herself. You already know what you stand to lose in the fight against alcohol dependency. Now, for your own sake, it’s time to learn exactly what you sta...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - September 18, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: christa Tags: Alcohol Rehab Information Source Type: blogs

Journal of Public Health 2009 (Vol 31 No 3)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article looks at a study which presents a method for estimating the health and economic burden of alcohol consumption to the NHS. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Posted in Journals Tagged: Alcohol Abuse, Costs, Public Health (Source: Fade Library)
Source: Fade Library - September 15, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: mevlux Tags: Journals Alcohol Abuse Costs Public Health Source Type: blogs

What is recovery?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Substance abuse practitioners ask what is recovery?’ More than just abstinence, according to proposed definition Abstinence from alcohol and drugs is just the starting point in defining... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com)
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 15, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholism Source Type: blogs

Looking For Oxycontin Detox To Help Stop Your Addiction?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OxyContin detox shouldn’t be painful. On the contrary, a private OxyContin detox program administered at a professional OxyContin detox facility can help you get sober without suffering along the way. The catch, of course, is that you have to be the one to initiate the healing process. If you’re serious about achieving OxyContin recovery, it’s essential that you be willing to take the first step. OxyContin addiction ruins lives. OxyContin treatment can save them. The day you begin OxyContin rehab will be the day you start rediscovering life as you used to know it, before your disease turned you into the person you ar...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - September 14, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: christa Tags: Detox Resources for Alcohol and Drugs/Opiates Source Type: blogs

Recovering People Working in the Recovery FieldEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Healing for Clients and Counselors Recovering People Working in the Recovery Field Whether clients or counselors, students or teachers, we are all imperfect human beings. We are here because we have a yearning to grow. And the strongest motivator for growth is pain. When we are significantly harmed or deprived mentally, emotionally or physically and have no safe people or role models to help us understand and rebound or heal, our mind creates defense mechanisms and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - September 14, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholism Drugs Recovery Spiritual Source Type: blogs

Recovering People Working in the Recovery FieldEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Healing for Clients and Counselors Recovering People Working in the Recovery Field Whether clients or counselors, students or teachers, we are all imperfect human beings. We are here because we have a yearning to grow. And the strongest motivator for growth is pain. When we are significantly harmed or deprived mentally, emotionally or physically and have no safe people or role models to help us understand and rebound or heal, our mind creates defense mechanisms and coping... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - September 14, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholism Drugs Recovery Spiritual Source Type: blogs

Why Women (and Men!) Fake OrgasmEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Chances are that if you’ve been in a relationship, and you’re a woman, you’ve probably faked an orgasm. But did you know that men fake them too? The research that brings us this important sexual discovery was conducted at the University of Kansas on 180 male and 101 female college students. The students completed an anonymous survey about their sexual habits. Not surprisingly, some of the college students were still virgins — 15 percent of men and 32 percent of women surveyed had not yet had intercourse. Of the students who had had sex, nearly 30 percent of men reported faking an orgasm, compared t...
Source: World of Psychology - September 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior General Men's Issues Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Relationships Research Sexuality Women's Issues Alcohol Anonymous Survey Fake Orgasm Feelings Female College Students Harry Met Sally Having Sex Source Type: blogs

Alcoholic Liver DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Addictive drinking, but not minor slips, is associated with increased mortality. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com)
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 14, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adjunctive therapy Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Assessment Disease of addiction Drugs Recovery Relapse prevention Target populations Training cirrhosis liver substance abuse Source Type: blogs

The Engine of Shame - IIEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This essay, the second of a two-part series, was originally posted in October 2005. In my previous post on guilt and shame, I discussed their nature and differences, their impact on personal and social life, and their instrumentality in much of our individual unhappiness and communal dysfunction. If indeed shame is the common thread of the human condition–fraught as it is with pain, suffering, and evil–it must be mastered and overcome if we are to bring a measure of joy to life and peace to our spirits and our social interactions. Shame is the most private of personal emotions, thriving in the dark, secl...
Source: The Doctor Is In - September 13, 2009 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Dr Bob Tags: Alcohol & Addiction Faith & Religion Source Type: blogs

The Role of AA SponsorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A pilot study of the role of AA sponsors An AA sponsor is a close 1-on-1 collaboration between an older sober member and a relative newcomer to sobriety. Its a two way helping relationship – the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com)
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 13, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12-Step Groups Adjunctive therapy Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Assessment Brief-TSF Contrast to other models Disease of addiction Mutual-help Recovery Relapse prevention Research Self-help Alcoholics Anonymous Affiliation Source Type: blogs

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CONCLUSIONS: The roles identified broadly corresponded with the AA literature delineating the duties of a sponsor. This non-random sample of sponsors was highly engaged in AA activity but only had a past history of moderate alcohol dependence. Research; The role of AA sponsors: a pilot study. Whelan PJ, Marshall EJ, Ball DM, Humphreys K. Alcohol Alcohol. 2009 Jul-Aug;44(4):416-22. Epub 2009 Mar 18. See also; 12 Step Sponsor Twelve-Step Programs as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology Brief-TSF can assist patients cease alcohol consumption. ALCOHOLISM MYTHS Screening for Alcohol Problems The Twelve-...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 13, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12-Step Groups Adjunctive therapy Alcohol Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism Assessment Brief-TSF Contrast to other models Disease of addiction Mutual-help Recovery Relapse prevention Research Self-help Alcoholics Anonymous Affiliation Source Type: blogs

AA as adjunctive therapy worksEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An Evaluation of the Therapeutic Programme Conducted by the Southern Regional Alcohol-Abuse Treatment Centre: Study on the Programme’s Results One Year after Discharge from Inpatient... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com)
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 13, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Willhunger Tags: 12-Step Groups Adjunctive therapy Alcohol Alcoholism Source Type: blogs

The Engine of Shame - IEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This essay, the first of a two-part series, was originally posted in October 2005. A wise friend–a man who helped me emerge from a period of considerable difficulty in my life–once taught me a simple lesson. In less than a minute, he handed me a gift which I have spent years only beginning to understand, integrating it into my life with agonizing slowness. It is a lesson which intellect cannot grasp or resolve, which faith only begins to illuminate–a simple principle which I believe lies close to the root of the human condition. My friend taught me a simple distinction: the difference between guilt...
Source: The Doctor Is In - September 12, 2009 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Dr Bob Tags: Alcohol & Addiction Faith & Religion Source Type: blogs

Female Sexual DysfunctionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There are four recognised disorders of Female Sexual Dysfunction as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Medical Disorders. These are: Sexual desire disorders “ A lack of sex drive or low libido. This is the most common type of sexual disorder among women Sexual arousal disorder “ An inability to become aroused or maintain arousal [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - September 12, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Depression Drugs Sexuality Women Youth Source Type: blogs

Female Sexual DysfunctionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There are four recognised disorders of Female Sexual Dysfunction as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Medical Disorders. These are: Sexual desire disorders “ A lack of sex drive or low libido. This is the most common type of sexual disorder among women Sexual arousal disorder “ An inability to become aroused or maintain arousal [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - September 12, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Depression Drugs Sexuality Women Youth Source Type: blogs

AA’s AnonymityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There are several good reasons Alcoholics Anonymous wants its members to avoid the spotlight. A dozen years ago, after my first novel came out, I was on a live radio talk show in New York City when the show’s host asked, "So, are you in AA?" It was a logical question. My first novel [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - September 12, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Drinking Recovery Recovery books Sobriety Spiritual 12 step blame films press radio television Source Type: blogs