Category: Addiction and Substance Abuse

Addiction and Substance Abuse is a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity which is harmful physically, psychologically, or socially. The addiction or Substance abuse typically causes well-defined symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea etc upon withdrawal or abstinence

Addicts & Substance Abusers build up a tolerance to the substance, behavior, or activity meaning they need larger amounts to feel the effects.

Alcohol Addiction is not the only Focus

April 30, 2021

The diet of many chronic alcoholics is vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficient? that thiamine enables the brain to utilise/burn glucose? prolonged thiamine deficiency can kill brain Neurons & cause Korsakoff’s syndrome marked by severe memory impairments? Now you know that when you hear a alcoholic saying “did I do/say that? I don’t remember!” They really may not remember. Also, glucose is our brain’s main source of energy- so if the brain isn’t taking in glucose as it should, what else is sleeping or dead in an alcoholic’s brain? … More Alcohol Addiction is not the only Focus