The actual amount of alcohol you need to drink in a session for it to be labeled as binge drinking varies depending on who you ask, but the standard definition is roughly 8 units of alcohol (around three pints of strong beer), and 2-3 units of alcohol for women (around 2 large glasses of wine) consumed in a brief time period. These numbers are far from accurate, and in the real world, binge drinking is better defined by the level of drunkenness than the amount of alcohol. The National Instit...Read Full Post »
This describes the symptoms and signs of each phase as well as exploring treatment options.
Early or Adaptive Stage Middle Stage Late Stage Dealing with Alcoholism and Addiction Relapse to drinking or using drugs
1-- The Adaptive or early Stage of Alcoholism and Addiction
The early or adaptive phase of alcohol addiction and addiction is marked by enhancing tolerance to alcohol and physical adaptations in the body which are mainly unseen.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA) believes that 18 million Americans have AUD or Alcohol Use Disorders. Alcoholism isn't created in a single day. It emerges from exten...Read Full Post »
There is a truly fine line in between drinking at parties, celebrationsand alcohol abuse. Excessively drinking can trigger physical and mental damage to the drinker as well as adversely impact individualsaround him.
Alcohol abuse or alcohol addiction is consideredas a weakness, thus most of the alcoholics attempt to hide their drinking practice or attempt to undermine or minimize it. Alcoho...Read Full Post »
Alcohol consumption can cause changes in the structure and function of the growing brain, which continues to mature into an individual's mid 20s, and it may have consequences reaching far beyond adolescence.
In adolescence, brain growth is defined by dramatic changes to the brain's architecture, neural connections ("circuitry"), and physiology. These transformations in the brain alter everything f...Read Full Post »