How to Handle Loneliness in Addiction Recovery

Here’s how we can face our triggers with less reactivity so that we can get on with our lives. Monica Vermani, C. Psych., is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of trauma, stress, mood and anxiety disorders, and the author of A Deeper Wellness. In addition to decreasing loneliness, this can bring greater happiness […]

Does Alcohol Reduce COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness?

A single miRNA can target hundreds of mRNA transcripts, and a single mRNA transcript simultaneously can be targeted by more than one miRNA, ensuring fine-tuned and/or redundant control over a large number of biological functions. Epigenetic modifications are chemical changes that occur within a genome without changing the DNA sequence. These changes include direct addition […]

How Does Alcohol Consumption Affect the Immune System?

That’s because your body can’t make as many infection-fighting cells and proteins called antibodies that help defend against illness. Your body releases certain proteins that help the immune system, called cytokines, only during sleep. These observations suggest that immune defects seen in individuals with AUD could also be mediated by nutritional deficiencies in addition to […]

The Effects of Drinking Goal on Treatment Outcome for Alcoholism PMC

We systematically searched MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and APA PsycArticles & PsycInfo via EBSCO Databases (published from inception to Apr. 2022). We do not know what factors relate to non-abstinent vs. abstinent recovery amongindividuals who define themselves as in recovery. In addition, no priorstudy has examined whether quality of life […]

Why Do Alcoholics Lie? What Leads to Alcoholic Denial

Half reported a biological father with DSM-III alcoholism and half had no known alcoholic relative (American Psychiatric Association, 1980; Schuckit and Gold, 1988). Comparisons included demography, alcohol-related patterns and problems, drug use, as well as impulsivity and sensation seeking. Variables were first evaluated as univariate characteristics after which significant group differences were entered in logistic […]