How to Handle and Prevent PTSD Blackouts

You might stop driving after a car accident or avoid watching movies about hurricanes if you’ve been through one. Nightmares can lead to sleep disturbance or cause someone to avoid sleep altogether. Smells, sights, and sounds like a car backfiring, the whirring of a helicopter, a news report, or the sound of someone’s voice can …

Residential Treatment Homeless Help

I would also like to chair meetings at N.A., which is something I started doing at Answer House before my stroke. At the age of 16, he revealed his sexuality to his mother and she made him leave the house. He was already abusing substances and that led to a 25 year journey of homelessness. …

The Ultimate Guide to Enjoying a Sober Vacation: Tips for Staying Sober While Traveling Chateau Health

Vacation, however, may put you in a position of experiencing triggers that aren’t part of your daily life or in places where you have limited access to your usual coping skills. It can be helpful to think ahead about what the vacation needs to look like. Keep in contact with your support network, including sponsors …

Health Topics: Alcohol-Induced Blackouts National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NIAAA

Yet, anyone drinking large amounts of alcohol is at risk for blackouts. As you drink more alcohol and your blood alcohol level rises, the rate and length of memory loss will increase. Temporary blackouts are probably due to temporary disruption of theta rhythm input to the hippocampus. Approximately 50 percent of college students who drink …

4 Safe Ways to Detox Your Child

A lifestyle that includes gentle, sustainable detoxification strategies is preferable to harsh, purging cleanses for people of all ages and especially for children. Sometimes more support is needed and it is important to choose products that were formulated with the specific needs and sensitive systems of children in mind. It is a controversial question and …

The Angry Drunk: How Alcohol and Aggression Are Linked

Heavy drinkers are more likely to engage in risky behavior, which includes being violent and acting out hostile emotions, often against a loved one. Ultimately, nobody knows what comes first⁠—anger or alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, some studies have been done to better understand who is more at risk. If anger is a symptom of …

Effects of cocaine on your brain: Long term, short term, and more

When people take cocaine, their blood pressure goes up and their heart races. They may lose their inhibitions about doing things like spending lots of money on stuff they don’t really need. In summary, psychosocial treatments represent the current gold-standard for CUD treatment. What happens to the brain when a person takes drugs? That means …