Category: Sober living
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Articles Oxford Houses: A Comprehensive Guide to Sober Living Homes for Recovery
Findings indicated that there were no significant differences between the crime rates around Oxford Houses and the control houses. These results suggest that well-managed and governed recovery homes pose minimal risks to neighbors in terms of criminal behavior. Finally, Mortensen, Jason, Aase, Mueller, and Ferrari (2009) studied this national sample of Oxford Houses for six…
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How Long Does Alcohol Stay in Your System? Blood & Urine
While this depends on the amount of alcohol you have had over the years, your liver can see partial healing within two to three weeks, but this will depend on your health history. Another thing that will help your liver’s journey in recovery is good nutrition. There’s how to flush alcohol out of your system…
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Alcoholism Relapse Prevention Tools How to Stay Sober
Take care to clearly outline and write this down in your recidivism prevention plan. It will give a warning and help preempt another potential slip-up and give an addict ample time to follow the relapse prevention plan when the early warning signs occur. A person may have started using alcohol or drugs to relax, unwind,…
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Wet Brain and Alcoholism Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
In order to diagnose Wernicke encephalopathy, thiamine levels in the person’s blood should be tested. Interestingly, the risk is also increased after bariatric surgery for obesity. It’s difficult to know how common Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is, as research indicates that it is significantly under-diagnosed. One study published in 2009 references the rate as about 1%–2% of…
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April is Alcohol Awareness Month National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NIAAA
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects about 15 million adults in the United States, and an estimated 88,000 people die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the third leading preventable cause of death in the nation. A big part of the work of Alcohol Awareness Month is to point out the stigma that still surrounds alcoholism…