Article by rick45 martin

Alcohol has a corrosive action on liver, and may also lead to complications with brain, heart, stomach, pancreas and other important organs of the body. A person becomes alcohol addiction when excessive intake of alcohol throws certain chemicals in the brain out of equilibrium. This article briefly describes the significant reasons and ill-effects of alcoholism or alcohol addiction.For instance imbalance inside brain chemicals such since gamma-aminobutyric acids and glutamate may increase a person’s trend for alcohol. The victim under such circumstances might invariably need alcohol to help feel good or bar the advent of negative feelings. The victim suffers from severe withdrawal symptoms if he or she is kept away from alcohol. The treatment should get started with cutting down the actual dependency on alcohol, and then taking necessary precautions to check on relapse. Victim may go for rehabilitation programs to reduce his or her habit.

If you find yourself battling depression, try to eliminate your consumption of diet sodas or any other food or drink which has a sugar substitute. These sweeteners are seen to carry certain side-effects such as headaches and insomnia, which will only serve the purpose of making your depression worse. Do not include artificial sweeteners in what you eat.

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Question by :’-(: What should I wear to an intervention?
My friend’s sister is getting an intervention tomorrow for her alcoholism. What should i wear? Like a business outfit? I’m 19.

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Article by Olinda Rola

Alcoholism stages can be categorized into three stages of alcoholism – early stage, middle stage and end stage alcoholism or late stage alcoholism. Alcoholism stages generally take years to develop. Alcoholism is a disease where alcoholic beverage consumption is at a level that interferes with physical or mental health, and negatively impacts social, family or occupational responsibilities.

Consuming no more than one or two drinks per day for healthy men and a drink a day for healthy non-pregnant women are generally considered acceptable alcohol consumption without health risks. However, as the amount or frequency of drinking increases, the earliest of the alcoholism stages can develop as a result.

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My husband and I separated 4 years ago. He is a drug/alcohol abuser. I have had custody and have supported my kids myself working full time(with some help from my family). I got divorced from him back in December. I was awarded custody and support from him based on the part time minimum wage job he had at the time ($67.00 a week for 3 kids). He has supervised visitation due to drugs/alcohol abuse. Since our divorce he has been in jail and is now in a shelter/rehab. He has seen them about 6 or 7 times for a few hours at a time since our divorce. I have honored visitation when he wasn’t in jail. Should I just give up on him ever paying since he hasn’t in 4 years or should I go after it because everyone thinks he should pay?

I smoke marijuana daily, and for the past year or so, I would say when I cant find it I pretty much do what ever. I drink a lot of cough syrup, take add pills,pain killers, coke. I feel like I cant find true happiness unless im under the influnce of a drug. I would say I mainly abuse marijuana and alcohol, but like I said if I cant get those I will do when ever. And I can remember starting drugs mainly because it was fun and then it started to be to escape, and now i feel like im not happy from any drug or when im sober. Its I really wanna get high on whatever is there, and then once im high I dont want to be, or drunk or w/e. I feel ashamed or like I shouldent seek treatment, but at the same time I feel like I should before I become physically addicted to the harder drugs I do. I need to hear things from people who have gone through this or have ideas about what I should do. Thank you
I feel so overwellmed I dont even know where to start.
And im manic deppresive, the main reason i even think of treatment or ask these questions is because my mental state is crazy my moods change so much in one day and it use to be months not hours, i dont even know anymore, its i know my fate and theres nothing i can do, but at the same time i want to change it so bad.

My brother was in rehab for 29 days for precription drug and alcohol abuse. He went in on his own because he knew he had a problem and I was really proud of him helping himself. I suggested to him to go to a half way house to help him, but he said that he has his own apartment and didn’t want to lose it.
He said he wouldn’t go to the bars anymore which are just around the block. It’s been about a month since he’s been out of rehab and he has been avoiding going to out paitent therapy which his counselors suggested to him, but it is not maditory, just a voluntary thing. I think he is going to the bars at night but I’m not for sure, because I am unable to get ahold of him at night. I sometimes think I’m just overly protective of him. I worry alot about him and try to get him to do fun things like movies and walks, but he dosnt want to go much. I hope that he stays from the bars, but I think he’s been going. In the past, he always went to the bar everynight. When he gets his ssi check the beginning of the month he is not resposible enough to pay his bills first and goes to the bars each night, till his money is spent.. We have had a hard life with family passing away and this is why he has depression. I have helped him pay for some of the bills and told him that he has to get his priorities in line and pay bills before having fun. What should I do if he continues his bad habits?

I feel kinda down today.I know It’s just my depression.I been through alot in my life sexual abuse,abuse,cutting,suicide 3 times,alcohol,drugs,rehab and many counselors.I know suicide is not an option. my mom is bipolar and an alcoholic.My mom always hated me she stold me alot. idk why she does either.I dont live with her anymore.I live with my dad.In 23 days ill be 16 on march 24th.I just wish i had a mom who could take care of me and help me through.It hurts inside even tho I’m growing up not wanting to become her.My family is so disfunctional .It’s quite pathetic.I just wished my mom could love me for all the times I tryed so hard for her to love me:[

Ok, so I just graduated high school at the top of my class. I made really good grades, did well in sports, won tons of awards blah blah blah. Basically, If everyone didn’t know that I abused drugs on a daily basis, no one would suspect anything because it doesn’t affect my life in a public way. Its a little strange that I abuse substances so frequently because I have absolutely no family history of substance abuse and my two older brothers were golden children who never even drank in high school and only drank in college in party situations. However, I unquestionably have a substance abuse problem. I smoke weed everyday, usually multiple times. I drink close to everyday, probably 4-5 times a week (not always with my friends). I do cocaine fairly regularly. I literally have to take Adderall if I have a lot of school work I need to do (during the school year about once a week). And I mix other drugs in with those occasionally too. While my abuse started out with partying, I now do drugs or drink all the time (before school, before work, before any time I have to spend with my family and of course at parties). My parents really don’t know that I have a problem, they know I’m a little wild but only suspect me of drinking occasionally. The problem is I would never ask my parents to send me to rehab plus I’m going to the University of Virginia in about a month. What I’m most scared about is that I will go absolutely out of control in college where substances are even more present than they are in my life now. UVA is pretty well known for alcohol, marijuana and most notably cocaine. I know I’m going to end up screwing my life up but I just can’t stop. I know I have a lot of things that could be worked out if I saw a therapist but I don’t know how I would do that either. I pretty much feel stuck and I don’t know where to turn anymore.
Oh, I also wanted to add that I’m not an addict(yet). The problem isn’t that I would suffer withdrawals because not using a particular substance doesn’t really affect me at all because I switch up the drugs that I abuse. I know if I continue on this path I’m going to have alot of problems but I don’t have any fun when I’m not high on something. Life without substances seems so much more strenuous and boring and I’ve abused drugs since I was 12 or 13. I can’t even imagine being sober at college and I honestly don’t really think that thats an option. I just want to be able to drink socially and moderately but it seems so crazy and unrealistic to me.

I recently decided to take alcohol out of my diet completely. I used to drink a pint of beer or so a night after work. I am on day 2 and feel pretty good. I am just apprehensive of if I am fooling myself. Is it possible I could still experience symptoms or DTs? Thanks!!

For almost two years, I have had custody of my sister’s two children, ages 15 and 11. She and the father have supervised 8-hour visits every other Saturday. The supervisor had planned surgery and could not supervise this past weekend, but my sister and her boyfriend did not let anyone know until the last minute and wanted his aunt to supervise, with me providing half the transportation. I only know the aunt well enough not to trust her, and they refused to provide the last name and date of birth to DYFS for a background check, would not return DYFS’ phone calls or meet with them. This is not a DYFS case, but DYFS monitors the situation for the court, and is involved to try to help the parents get their children back.
On top of all that, they were both staying at a shelter until about a month ago, when the father was kicked out after a drunken fight. I just found out that he was not staying in the shelter anymore, and his son, 15, recently stayed with him on the street one night (possibly all night) when he was supposed to be spending the night at a friend’s house. The son is also starting to experiment with drugs, and witnessed his father dealing pot at their last home. The father has failed to complete any court-ordered alcohol abuse treatment and admitted to the DYFS worker that he still drinks. He also told the DYFS worker my sister was planning to leave the shelter this week to sleep on the streets with him so that she would not have to give $200 a month of her welfare money to the shelter for rent (with no place else to go). He was probably drunk during the conversation. We barely speak, but I begged my sister not to leave the shelter. She did anyway.
My sister has been attending her alcohol treatment and had been passing her drugs tests, until this week, when her results came back as “diluted”. She and her boyfriend are very abusive towards me, and they bad-mouth me and misrepresent the situation to the children. Still, I feel overwhelmed by guilt that she is not seeing her children today. The children are happy with me but still love and want to be with their parents, which I understand. We had a family team meeting in December where the parents set up goals to try to achieve stability, with a June deadline, and they have done nothing. Should I offer to take the kids to meet her at a park or somewhere for an hour or so? I would have to stay at least within sight-distance of them if I do. This could very well backfire on me. I don’t know what to do.
This is a complicated situation and I have tried to be brief, so if you have any questions, please ask. I desperately need advise.
Melissa: TY for your kind words & prayers! Best of luck to u in your situation. I will be praying for u as well & may God bless u & give u strength. The children are too old & have been through too much for me to lie to them.
Miss_cri: I have been the bigger person more than u know, & I understand & do want to honor the kids’ wishes & I have done so in the past. I fear that their parents have become complacent with things as they are (having fun visits while my husband & I shoulder all of the responsibility of raising their children, all the while telling their children its not their fault, while still being able to maintain their lifestyle of drinking/drugging &, from my sis’ mouth, “only working enough to pay for the next six-pack.” Unfortunately, I feel like the only “card” I have left in making the parents straighten up is visitation. Unfortunatley this all falls on Mother’s Day weekend. Sucks for everyone.
Faye: I want to honor the childrens’ wishes & I agree with what you are saying. When kids have been raised amongst chaos & abuse that is “normal” to them. I have spoken to the kids & will speak to them again… at this point I feel there is more to it than that (read my above comments)… but I understand what you are saying & that is my dilema. Bless you for helping others in the same situation. Happy Mother’s Day.
Rita: TY so much for your kind words. I feel that you truly understand where I am coming from & the dilema that I face: honoring what the kids’ want vs. motivating the parents to do the right thing. The bf that I speak of is the father. Thak you for your much-needed prayer and I have now prayed for you as well.

Gracy: Thank you.

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