Arxiu de categoria:Sober living

Avoiding every difficult situation forever isn’t realistic, but building a plan to handle them when they come up? Either way, it’s important to know your limits and avoid unnecessary exposure when you’re still rebuilding. Being around the people you used with, visiting places tied to substance use, or slipping back into old routines can trigger […]

Residents are typically assigned household chores and responsibilities to cultivate a sense of ownership, teamwork, and accountability. These tasks help individuals develop valuable life skills and contribute to the cleanliness and overall well-being of the home. Someone who’s spent time in a drug treatment program can look back and see how the chaotic effects of […]

Although alcohol won’t affect the levels of mirtazapine in the body, combining the two may come with additive effects, such as increased drowsiness, liver issues, and heart rhythm problems. Therefore, it’s especially important to avoid alcohol when starting treatment to see how the medication affects the body. It is essential to consult a healthcare provider […]

High-dose or heavy use would likely increase addiction risk, cannabis hyperemesis, arrhythmias, respiratory issues (if smoked), acute panic, psychosis, cognitive decline, accidents, and intoxication emergencies. Low-dose chronic THC is likely to impair attention, increase impaired driving risks, and produce dependency, withdrawal, anxiety, and tachycardia. One study showed that cannabis users had about a six-fold increase […]

I was leaving my relationship and my life Drug rehabilitation all behind, which for any addict seems impossible, but I knew it was time.I spent just shy of 2 months in treatment before I got an interview with Oxford House Ski Valley and was accepted. I was beyond grateful and also extremely terrified of the […]

Phosphatidylethanol is considered to have a high specificity, which means that a negative test result is very likely to mean the subject is not alcohol dependent. However, elevated levels of GGT may also be seen in non-alcohol related liver diseases, diabetes, obesity or overweight, heart failure, hyperthyroidism and some medications. Monitoring levels of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase […]