Experts advise that adults sleep about seven to nine hours per night. Your body actually has several ways of detoxing itself naturally. For example, your liver breaks down toxins and elements you consume, helping eliminate them. Even your skin and lungs help your body get rid of toxins, Rudolph Bedford, MD, a gastroenterologist at Saint…
Having goals and listing them helps you to center your thinking. If you are taking steps to fulfill your goals, you have less time to worry about using. Focusing on what you want your life to be is an excellent way to avoid using. A goal might be something simple like getting through the next…
This literature – most of which has been conducted in the U.S. – suggests a strong link between abstinence goals and treatment entry. For example, in one study testing the predictive validity of a measure of treatment readiness among non-treatment-seeking people who use drugs, the authors found that the only item in their measure that…
New research is finding new molecules that may offer new treatments in a cure for liver disease. Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant and affects everything from the liver to the heart. It is thought that alcohol and benzodiazepines are the most common substances of abuse that cause death both during use and during…
The panel met twice for face-to-face meetings and conducted teleconferences on 6 occasions to complete the work of the guideline. The purpose of the teleconferences was to discuss the clinical questions to be addressed, assign topics for review and writing of the initial draft, and discuss recommendations. The guideline was reviewed and approved by the…