Content Carolina Recovery Science Reveals Why Some Drinkers Become Alcoholics and Others Don’t Questions About Treatment? If your loved one needs help Steps to Take if You’re Abusing Alcohol Outpatient treatment provides daily support while allowing the person to live at home. Genetic, psychological, social and environmental factors can impact how drinking alcohol affects your...
Why Do Alcoholics Lie? What Leads to Alcoholic Denial
Because alcohol is often used as a coping mechanism, some alcoholics are afraid to remove alcohol from their lives as they think their worlds will become exponentially more complicated. Instead, they lie about their struggle with alcohol to keep it around and a part of their daily lives. They know their behavior isn’t in anyone’s...
Boston Public Health Commission
Content The Boston Community Rehab Programs Police and courts reporter Recovery Community Neighbors Concerned by Opening of Sober Living Home in Marblehead Sober Living in Boston, Massachusetts But advocates for sober houses, citing laws that protect disabled people, say this would amount to discrimination. But certification is voluntary, and MASH estimates there are hundreds more...
Auto-brewery syndrome Wikipedia
In some cases, a procedure known as TIPS (for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) lets blood bypass the liver to decrease ascites fluid buildup. The procedure, however, can cause an increase in encephalopathy, confusion and mental changes related to toxin buildup in the brain. Ascites puts pressure on nearby organs like the lungs, making it hard...