Category: Detox
How Long Does it Take to get Addicted to Alcohol?
Addiction and especially alcohol addiction, is a complex thing. It is a unique experience for each person struggling with excessive drinking and an alcohol dependency. This means that there is no simple answer to how long it takes to get addicted to alcohol. It depends on many different factors that can come from biology, history
Understanding Cross Addiction
If you’re suffering with a drug or alcohol addiction, you may find that your addictive behaviours cross over into other areas of your life. This is called cross addiction. Commonly confused with dual diagnosis, cross addiction is diagnosed when someone has two or more addictions. In this blog, we explore the term in more detail
What is an Advocacy?
If you feel like no-one is listening to you, or you’re not able to express what you want to say or how you feel, you could benefit from an advocacy service. This is when you’ll be appointed someone who will help you to understand your rights, and support you to take control of your life
Link between Binge Drinking and Obesity
The answer to the question “Will drinking alcohol make you gain weight?”, isn’t as straightforward as you may think. Alcohol can cause weight gain in a variety of ways such as making you feel hungry, causing you to make poor food choices, stopping your body from burning fat, and being high in calories itself. However,
How Family Therapy Works
Family dynamics can be extremely complicated. No two families are the same, following different structures, experiencing diverse life events, and maintaining varied relationships. Whilst some families may reflect the picture-perfect stereotype, others will reflect the opposite, showing how unconventional family life can be. Tough times, as either an individual or as an entire family, can
Is alcohol a depressant?
Prolonged heavy drinking can have a wide range of negative effects. Intoxication can lead to an increased risk of being involved in an accident and risky or inappropriate behaviour, as well as the potential for alcohol poisoning. More than a tenth of all visits to the A&E are alcohol-related and more than 1.2 million violent incidents
The Difference In Addiction Between Women And Men
Addiction is a serious, life-limiting condition for the majority of addicts. It is a condition that requires treatment and management in order to rehabilitate and avoid relapse. Whilst a healthy and happy life can be led post-addiction, it is a disorder that must be understood and adapted to, for most people. Whilst there are expected signs, symptoms and
Overcoming Alcohol Addiction
It is no secret that there is a big drinking culture in the UK. The habit of finishing work and then heading straight to the pub has been ingrained in our society for over a hundred years. It is a culture that leaves many not realising that their frequent heavy drinking is actually an alcohol
Tips To Protect Your Mental Health When In Recovery
Addiction recovery focuses heavily on physical health, wellbeing, and actions. Wrongfully, recovery success is gauged by considering how a recovering addict seems on the outside, how many sober days they have achieved, and how detached they seem from drugs and/or alcohol. Whilst physical health and wellbeing are important, mental health is just as important, found to falter throughout addiction and recovery. Mental health problems are easier to hide and
Is Stress Burnout Linked To Addiction
Stress is something that everyone faces on a regular basis in their life. Despite the negative connotations that come with stress, sometimes it is a good thing or can have a positive effect on a person. Stress is a great motivator that helps give people the push to achieve things and keeps you alert in
The Benefits Of Inpatient Rehab
A wide range of treatment services, plans and providers are accessible throughout the addiction recovery process. Some will be local and flexible, while others will be intensive and medically accredited. Although any form of support and progress will be beneficial, selecting the most effective rehabilitation process is recommended whilst recovering from addiction. Addiction recovery can be a difficult process to work through while faced with personal
Tips To Keeping Up Recovery This New Year
Christmas and New Year can be a very difficult time for anyone with any sort of addiction problem and especially those with alcohol addiction. Drinking to excess is seen as more socially acceptable in the holiday season than it is in the rest of the year, and it often seems like you’re surrounded by people
Tips To Keep Up Outpatient Rehab At New Year
Outpatient rehab is chosen by most for its flexibility and adaptability. Yet at this time of year, such levels of freedom can understandably be difficult to deal with. Although alcohol exposure is expected through everyday life, risks can usually be managed with a plan of action, relapse prevention and active treatment. Both Christmas and New Year are periods where alcohol exposure is heightened and can become
How to have a Sober Christmas – A Guide
A sober Christmas may seem absurd to the average person, and the holiday season is heavily fuelled by alcohol. Yet, sobriety will be the most longed-for gift for someone with an active addiction or recovering from alcoholism. The festive period can aggravate existing symptoms and urges. It’s a time where alcohol consumption is accepted and
What is the 12-step recovery programme?
Throughout addiction recovery, there are various services and programmes to consider. The 12-step recovery programme is one of the most influential and adaptable possible to experience through rehab and aftercare. Developed through Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), the 12-step model will ease lasting recovery. It’s a programme that can be sustained by promoting sobriety as a part of everyday life. Beneficial for
