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Alcohol use disorder Symptoms and causes

If kidney disease is suspected, an ultrasound or CT scan of the kidneys may drug addiction be needed to determine the cause. AUD and alcohol use increase the risk of various health complications. These complications affect several bodily systems, including the GI, neurological, cardiovascular, and endocrine systems. Well, alcohol intake may lead to night sweats … Continued

Why Do I Have Bruises After Drinking?

Alcohol, like other psychoactive substances, interacts with your central nervous system by altering some of the chemical communication processes. When you want to unlock your front door to go home after a night of drinking, you see the lock, and your brain sends a signal to your hand to move the key toward it. But … Continued

The Alcohol Harm Reduction Toolbox

Suffering from minor withdraw for while, then things got really bad and I had to go to detox. Was hearing voices, losing my sanity, emotions all over the place, impossible to do simple task. Shortly after detox I relapsed and spent the next months trying and failing to taper. Can people successfully use alcohol to … Continued

Tapering Off Alcohol and it’s Side Effects

Some people choose to taper more quickly by cutting the amounts in half–for example 20, 10 5, 2, 0. But if you start having major withdrawal symptoms like bad shakes or pulse over 100 or high blood pressure you are tapering too fast and should slow it down. Monitoring you pulse and blood pressure can … Continued