Categoria: Sober living

This book offers inspiration for alcohol-free drinks and activities, and tangible tips on how to navigate a month (or beyond!) without alcohol. This is one of the most compelling books on recovery and humanity ever written. Dr. Maté shares the powerful insight that substance use is, in many cases, a survival mechanism. After 15 Years...

The blood sample will be sent to a lab for analysis, and results won’t be available right away. In some cases, it can take weeks to receive the results of an alcohol blood test. However, alcohol blood tests are more accurate than alternatives, such as breathalyzers, and are much less likely to produce false positives....

Drinking alcohol causes the brain to release neurotransmitters that give you a sense of pleasure and euphoria, including dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins. Cocaine, amphetamines, synthetic drugs, and nicotine have stimulating intoxication effects that produce energy and alertness. Additionally, activities such as nonsuicidal self-injury, sex, and gaming may jolt individuals out of states of numbness and...