Now that you are no longer drinking, your body is going through some changes, both physically and emotionally. Since alcohol is a powerfully addictive drug that is toxic, your body had to make some physical changes to keep you from being poisoned. Your body's chemistry, especially that of your liver, had to change to keep you alive while you were drinking. However, once your body chemistry changed to accommodate the presence of alcohol, it cannot be un-changed.

This is why you are...

I went to an exceptional meeting recently, it was all about rigorous honesty. Those having their first go Alcoholics Anonymous and so many who have been in it for quite a while, think you must begin with this highly developed degree of rigorous honesty. I believe we have to be realistic about this. What drunk only 1 day sober is actually able to be rigorously honest about anything?

Rigorous honesty comes about as a practice. As we go to meetings, talk to other alcoholics, go...

Last night I was happened to meet one of my old class fellows who used to be a very responsible and well aware student of our class. After talking to him for a while I get to know about his kids kidnapping case. I can feel the threat and pain on his face of losing his baby .He was passing by a police station and was holding a phonebook directory. On enquiring it was revealed to me that he has waited so much money and time on tracing the phone number of kidnapper. Even then has not...

Al-Anon is an organization that gives support to people seeking help for someone with a drinking problem, irrespective of whether the person with the problem asks for help. For all you know he may not even realize that he has a problem. An alcoholic is said to have an influence on the lives of at least three or four other people.

Those who participate in the meetings, give and take solace and sympathy through a series of experiences and hope that are exchanged between the...

When we think of the word addiction we usually think of the obvious ones like food, alcohol, drugs, gambling, TV, spending, work, sex, etc., but many people are not aware of the more subtle addictions. These addictions are often so covert and pervasive that they are invisible to us. Yet these subtle addictions may have a negative impact on us, sabotaging our professional and/or personal relationships as well as our lives on a daily basis. Many people are aware of the fact that...

Non-traditional alcoholism treatment methods have always recognized that 12 Step models work for some individuals but not for most, at least not for very long. The problem is that nothing else seems to either. Designing effective treatment for individuals turns out to be a complicated business that must take into account many variables in ways that don’t easily lend themselves to any particular model. As a result most programs offer little beyond "don’t drink, go to...

Having bad habits in social situations can make you a very unpopular person. You may not even know how others feel about your social blunders. However, if you are acting in ways that are not considered appropriate, people will notice.

Many bad habits can be noticed when people go out to a restaurant together. It can be a very unpleasant experience if people have certain bad habits. For instance, chewing with an open mouth can be disgusting to the person watching. When a...

Not knowing how to quit porn addiction can make you feel hopeless and full of guilt with fear and discouragement. These feelings can rob you of the freedom life should offer in full! Fear of getting caught or feelings of desperation in personal sin only add insult to injury. If you learn how to quit porn addiction you will empower your life as a whole. Many people feel helpless and never learn how to quit porn addiction because they are focused on their past failures.

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What is drug Rehab? This is medical and psychological form of treatment which done to treat drug dependency. Drug dependency cannot be treated without professional help and care. A patient who is addicted to drug or alcohol should have to go under a rehabilitation program.

The treatment in the drug rehab center depends on the drug to which the patient is addicted. Nowadays teenagers as well as adults are addicted to both prescription and street drugs. Most common...

If you're one of the human beings looking for how to stop drinking alcohol now, I counsel you to read this article to the end. Unknown to many individuals around you, it is really feasible for you or anyone fighting with  alcohol addiction to stop drinking right now. It is not mandatory for you to expend lots of your hard earned cash on going to any rehab. It is something that you can carry out right now. What's more, there's no need to delay for many months. This commentary is...