Sober living

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), founded in 1935 in Akron, Ohio, developed as a fellowship group for alcoholics seeking recovery through total abstinence. The basis of AA was the Twelve Steps program, which outlines the group’s principles and methods for recovery. Instead, Turner was induced to sign the pledge and then later became a well-known temperance advocate […]

The many ingredients in beer make an allergy to one of the specific ingredients more likely. You may also have a food sensitivity rather than an allergy. Unfortunately, nothing can prevent reactions to alcohol or ingredients in alcoholic beverages. To avoid a reaction, avoid alcohol or the particular substance that causes your reaction. In some

This subreddit is a place to motivate each other to control or stop drinking. We welcome anyone who wishes to join in by asking for support, sharing our experiences and stories, or just encouraging someone who is trying to quit. Please post only when sober; you’re welcome to read in the meanwhile. One in three

If you start to think of yourself as a failure, you’re more likely to move into the next stage of relapse. If you can recognize the warning signs of each stage, you can take action to avoid a relapse. Many people think preventing a relapse means just saying “no” to a drink. But by the

Some experienced individual symptoms like headaches or a delayed emergence of symptoms resembling a typical “hangover,” while others experienced a general worsening of their PASC symptoms. The alcohol sensitivity that is observed and reported from these patients generates interesting questions and hypotheses. It warrants further study as it may also reveal further insights into pathophysiology and

Treatment can take place one on one or in a group and usually lasts 6 to 12 weeks but can last longer. For example, some people may feel detached from the experience, as though they are observing things rather than experiencing them. A mental health professional who has experience helping people with PTSD, such as

We ignore our “slippery slope,” focused as we are on the old behavior. Now is the time to put our plan into action or we increase the risk of a lapse. If we would consider why we made the change in the first place, we would remember how the old behavior made us feel worse.

They are poison to your recovery and want to see you fail. If they’re people using drugs or old drinking buddies, they’ve got to go. Stay away from that miserable mindset and toxicity. If it seems like some people can’t catch a break when it comes to breaking free of their addiction, according to science,

No one specific gene can be definitively linked to alcoholism and addiction, as there are likely many different genes involved. They are passed down from our parents, and they help to determine personal characteristics – but we still have a long way to go when it comes to how they influence our personality. Getting DNA

Too often, rock bottom is a point at which irreversible damage has occurred—careers, livelihoods, relationships derailed. The problem is that the myth of rock bottom sees people as hopeless, and seeing people as hopeless makes them feel hopeless about themselves. Addiction is not easy to overcome, but the first step on the road to recovery