Binge Drinking: According to a rent study conducted by Kathryn Graham, et al of the University of Western Ontario psychology department "Depression is most strongly related to a pattern of binge drinking,"
Binge Drinking is defined in the study as consuming at least 5 alcoholic beverages at one sitting.
Whether Binge Drinking resulted in the development depression or whether depression contributed to a persons binge drinking was unclear in this study.
Heroin Rapid Detox As an Opioid heroin use escalates as the body’s tolerance for the drug increases. The increased tolerance is the cause of many overdose deaths given that the heroin user may be injecting 3 to 5 times the lethal dose in order to maintain their high. Rapid detoxification from high tolerance heroin use is extremely dangerous and can be fatal. Relapse for a heroin user after some period of absence can also be fatal as their tolerance level is no longer present and the same amount used during their last episode prior to a period abstinence will often kill the user.
Addiction Recovery - A Life Long Process » July 26th 2007
Addiction affects both the user and the society, which means
that both should be partners in the individual’s road to addiction recovery. In a lot of cases, addiction involves both
periods of relapse and periods of recovery.
It is during relapse that support from the...tags: Addiction Recovery comments: 5
Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction » July 18th 2007
Prescription drug addiction differs from other forms of
drug abuse and addiction in that the abuse develops very subtly and the
addiction, gradually. In many cases
prescription drug use will start with a medical need. Those who use painkillers – one of the most
common...tags: Prescription Drug Addiction, Drug Alcohol Rehab Program comments: 29
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