Category: Sober living

Gallup poll indicates that Americans’ support for legalizing marijuana has been around 66% in 2018, after rising 30% points between 2005 and 2018 [2]. In a 2019 Gallup poll, 13% of US adults reported smoking cannabis, drug-induced tremor a percentage which was almost double the percentage reported 3 years earlier [3]. About 43% of adults […]

The effects of high-quality sleep will continue to build each day. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms generally begin within 12–24 hours after your last drink. They will initially be milder, with a headache, tremors and mild anxiety being the first symptoms. While mild at first, they will begin to intensify as withdrawal progresses. In extreme situations, you […]

Depending on how long you have used alcohol and how much you typically drink, the severity of these symptoms can range from mild to severe. If you have a history of severe alcohol dependence, he recommends consulting a health care professional before quitting, as abrupt cessation can be life threatening. For those with an alcohol […]

Rather, they are a part of the recovery process and should not keep them from seeking outside help and support in recovery. A life of addiction causes so much pain, hurt, and grief, so sometimes its assumed that in recovery, everything will be different. While life in recovery is much more rewarding, alcohol use disorder […]

As the problem becomes more severe, people with the condition may withdraw from loved ones or lash out at those who try to help. Alcohol can impair an individual’s motor and cognitive abilities. It can also create longer-term impairments that persist even after a person is no longer intoxicated. Alcohol has a suppressing effect on […]

One of the most important things to do when building your support network is learn how to rebuild and repair these relationships. The people closest to you are often the ones who are hurt the most by your addiction. And, these are often the people who will be most important in your support group. It’s […]

These sugar alcohols are not fully digestible, so they pass into the colon, where they may be fermented by the bacteria there, which may lead to bloating. Low-calorie alcoholic drinks or beverages may contain sugar alcohols. There are several direct and indirect ways that heavy drinking can make you gain weight or, more specifically, gain […]

For example, SAMHSA’s Recovery Community Services Program made advancing recovery in diverse communities a central goal and helped support organizations serving a broad range of ethnic, racial, and sexual minority communities. Further, 12-step fellowships such as AA and NA have a long history of supporting meeting spaces that are specific to women; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, […]

Historically, the proliferation of inpatient and residential treatment programs in the 1960s and 1970s marked a critical shift in addressing substance abuse. These programs, as highlighted by White (1998), were designed to remove clients from destructive living environments that perpetuated substance use and to establish new, supportive social networks within treatment settings. Maintaining a structured […]

This indicates the need for greater health education of drug users and the implementation of relapse and overdose death prevention programs. Sober living houses can assist in educating drug users and reducing the chance of relapse. One study into Oxford House recovery homes found that they reduce relapse by providing closer monitoring and referring additional […]