Whether you’re a man or a woman, you need help to overcome serious alcohol problems. However, men and women don’t always have the same recovery requirements. This means that a gender-specific rehab program may best serve you. Here are three specific reasons why women should strongly consider a women’s alcohol rehab. If you need women’s…
Alcohol addiction is common in the United States. About one in eight American adults meets the criteria for alcohol use disorder. The effects of long-term alcohol abuse can be significant and impact every aspect of a person’s life. Often, alcohol addiction leads to devastating physical, social, and mental consequences. Most people need help to…
Anxiety is a common fact of everyday life. For most people, anxious feelings last for a while and then disappear without having a serious impact. However, a significant number of people develop serious conditions called anxiety disorders. Can drinking make your anxiety levels worse? In some cases, yes. Anxiety disorders and major alcohol problems sometimes…
Most people have memories of feeling pressured to go along with the crowd. You may remember a time when you adopted a hairstyle or clothing trend that you later regretted or followed your friends into a situation you wouldn’t have chosen. Peer pressure, or the feeling of wanting to go along with the crowd, is…
When you think about summer, your mind may wander to thoughts of long, warm days, enjoying the sunshine with friends, BBQs and picnics, and trips to the beach. Culture and advertising want you to believe that drinking alcohol is an essential part of enjoying fun summer activities. If you are in recovery, you might need…
If you have been in recovery for some time or are currently in a substance abuse treatment program, you may find that sobriety has its rewards and challenges. Living life without substances allows you to enjoy all that life has to offer. However, it also requires that you use the tools you’ve learned to manage…
Alcoholism is a disease. It is a change in the brain that affects a person’s ability to make choices or perform essential, everyday tasks. It usually requires support and treatment to free a person from its grasp because it is a disease. Many issues can lead to alcohol abuse and addiction, including when they started…
Statistically, men are more likely to binge drink, go on benders, and become addicted to alcohol. However, women absorb larger amounts of alcohol and take longer to digest it and remove it from their system. As a result, there are higher potential risks between women and drinking. For this reason, a women’s alcohol addiction treatment…
Before you turned away from drugs and alcohol, dating may have revolved around substance use. Perhaps you’d get together with your boyfriend or girlfriend for drinks after work. Maybe a romantic partner got you into using substances on a regular basis. Whatever is the case for you, once you enter recovery, you may be at…
Why are drinking deaths among women at an all-time high? According to a recent report from the NIAAA, alcohol-related deaths have more than DOUBLED. From 1999 to 2017 – less than a generation – drinking deaths jumped from 36,000 to over 76,000. 10% of ALL deaths in the United States are due to excessive drinking.…