




Facts
As alcohol accumulates faster than the body can process it, a person becomes drunk. On average, a person metabolizes, or processes, one drink per hour. Women, who generally have less muscle mass than men, are more susceptible to the effects of alcohol because muscle slows down the absorption process. Women also produce less of the enzyme dehydrogenase, which helps in breaking down alcohol. Height, weight and body fat also affect blood alcohol content. Eating high protein foods, such as nuts, meat, pizza and cheese, can help to slow down the absorption of alcohol. The mistake that people often make is thinking that certain liquors or drinks affect someone differently or that mixing alcohols increases drunkenness. As seen above, different types of drinks can be equally potent. What matters is the alcohol content. Drinking four 12-ounce beers has the same affect as taking four 1.5-ounce shots of 80-proof vodka in the same time period. Some types of beer and wine do contain more alcohol than others, but this is a general guide. Many people believe that drinking water or coffee, exercising, napping or taking a cold shower will make someone more sober, but only time can help someone sober up. What matters is the body having time to metabolize the alcohol -- not how much someone thinks he or she is sober. Many factors determine whether teenagers are likely to engage in harmful behaviors such as drug-taking. Family Life. Researchers have investigated the influence of parents and home life on children's alcohol and drug use. A survey of 12,118 teenagers found that teenagers who felt close to their parents and siblings, teachers, and classmates were less likely to engage in risky behaviors. In another study, a large group of New Jersey adolescents was interviewed by phone at two different times, three years apart. Between 1979 and 1981, 1,380 subjects aged 12, 15, and 18 were interviewed. Three years later, 95 percent of them (1,308 subjects) were interviewed again. The interviews included topics of family harmony and closeness, parenting styles, and the attitudes and behaviors of parents. The greatest influence on whether younger children drank alcohol seemed to be the alcohol use and attitudes of the same gender parent. Older adolescents, though, were most strongly affected by the father's alcohol use. Children with hostile and emotionally cold parents were more likely to use drugs and alcohol than were those who described a warmer relationship with their parents. Alcohol treatment centers, like drug rehabilitation centers, should be residential and provide several distinct treatment services. Not all addiction treatment centers are the same so it is important to investigate the different philosophies presented by each, as well as the capability of each one to provide quality treatment. Finding a treatment program for alcoholism that focuses on individualized treatment and follow-up care is proven to be the most valuable to sustainable long-term recovery. There is a rapidly growing number of cases in which people have described extremely painful withdrawals from Suboxone, both acute and post-acute. The website www.heroin-detox.com has a large number of former and current Suboxone patients who describe a terrible withdrawal from Suboxone, with the acute phase lasting 4-5 weeks and the post acute phase lasting up to a year. Acute withdrawals are described as massive depression coupled with no physical energy. These former and current patients strongly reccommend that no one enter a long term Opiate Replacement Therapy program using this drug. Long term is described as 6 months or more. |
Relapse
Relapse is a term used to describe when an individual who has quit using drugs starts using once again. A relapse can mean just a one time use, a long term continues period of using or anything in between after a period of sobriety has taken place. An individual begins to experience a psychological relapse long before their first use after
quitting. Some things that can lead to relapse both physically or psychologically include: 1. Being in the presence of drugs or alcohol, drug or alcohol users, or places where you used or bought chemicals. 2. Feelings we perceive as negative, particularly anger; also sadness, loneliness, guilt, fear, and anxiety. 3. Positive feelings that make you want to celebrate by using. 4. Listening to others past drug use stories and just dwelling on getting high. 5. Believing that you no longer have to worry (complacent). That is, that you are no longer stimulated to crave drugs/alcohol by any of the above situations or by anything else – and therefore maybe it’s safe for you to use occasionally.
Drug Rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation is a place or program that an individual enters to treat a drug or alcohol addiction. Through therapy and education, the individual is restored to their former non-drug using self. They are then able to re-enter society clean and sober. There are many reasons why a person would need to attend a drug rehabilitation program. Some of the many reasons are: the inability to control their drinking or drug use, alienating their friends and family, problems with the law, and problems at work. Also, there are several different types of drug rehabilitation programs available: inpatient, outpatient, residential, short-term, and long-term.
Dependence
Dependence is the compulsive use of a substance despite negative consequences which can be severe; drug dependence is simply excessive use of a drug or use of a drug for purposes for which it was not medically intended. Physical dependence on a substance (needing a drug to function) is not necessary or sufficient to define addiction. There are some substances that don't cause addiction but do cause physical dependence (for example, some blood pressure medications) and substances that cause addiction but not classic physical dependence (cocaine withdrawal, for example, it does not have symptoms like vomiting and chills; it is mainly characterized by depression).
Drug Overdose
A drug overdose occurs when you consume more drugs than your body can tolerate. Drug users are constantly flirting with the risk of a drug overdose. There is a
fine line between the high they're seeking and serious injury or death. While many victims of drug overdose recover without long term effects, there
can be serious consequences. Some drug overdoses cause the failure of major
organs like the kidneys or liver, or failure of whole systems like the
respiratory or circulatory systems. Patients who survive drug overdose may need
kidney dialysis, kidney or liver transplant, or ongoing care as a result of
heart failure, stroke, or coma. Death can occur in almost any drug overdose
situation, particularly if treatment is not started immediately.
Addict
An addict is an individual who has a compulsive urge to use drugs, to the point where they feel they have no effective choice but to continue use. An addict will continue their self destructive behaviors in order to feel good or to avoid
feeling bad. It can dominate their mind, and keep them coming back for more. The addiction can be
different for each addict, depending on their vice and the kind of person they
are.
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