Category: Research

How Brain Responds To Alcoholism

How Brain Responds To Alcoholism alcohol addiction recovery dallas

Study shows how the sober brain might protect against further relapse by limiting receptor activity linked to cravings. Alcoholism is a devastating disorder that too often leads to a perpetual cycle of abuse. An emerging molecular imaging technique may provide a way to break that cycle. It could signal patients’ heightened risk and lead to […]

Good thoughts = No relapse when it comes to alcohol addiction

Good thoughts = No relapse when it comes to alcohol addiction hypnosis for alcohol treatment

Complicated thoughts + Complicated science + complicated lives = There is not one approach to addiction treatment. When it comes to treatment for addiction to alcohol or drugs, there are  just as many approaches as there are people needed assistance. Our brains trigger responses and create cravings Our scientists trying to figure out how we […]

Alcohol Effects Women Differently From Men

Alcohol Effects Women Differently From Men alcohol addiction recovery dallas

If you are a woman and drink alcohol regularly, please read how alcohol effects your body (differently from that of a man). Alcohol is metabolized differently in women, size does not matter, it physiological.  Women have less of a gene that breaks down alcohol.  The result, woman are at a higher risk of alcohol related […]

Top 5 Addictive Behaviors

By Jacqueline Detwiler When it comes to addiction, the brain region everyone talks about is the mesolimbic reward system. Located near regions involved in emotion, pain and decision-making, it’s a motivational circuit that normally encourages humans to pursue evolutionarily beneficial activities, like having sex, drinking water and eating. It does this by supplying little hits […]

Confronting the Stigma of Opioid Use Disorder—and Its Treatment

The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman from a heroin overdose tragically adds another name to the list of celebrities who have lost their lives to addiction. Increasing numbers of overdoses from prescription opioids and a more recent increase in heroin-associated fatalities have caused heartbreak in communities across the country. More than 30 000 deaths from unintentional […]

Crystal Meth for Weight Loss?

Women obsessed with having a trim body will do anything to get it, rationalizing it is “good for them” because they will be thinner. http://www.thefix.com/content/studies-show-women-using-crystal-meth-weight-loss What is interesting is that addressing body image and self esteem would be a natural method to combat the obsession. Perhaps there is a disconnect between how people really feel […]

Hypnosis Improves The Relaspe Rate For Alcohol Abstinence.

Why is The National Relapse Rate for Alcoholics is 80%? Because the majority of today’s treatment programs tell their patients that 80% of them will relapse. That type of negative communication is very flawed. With advances in neuroscience, the majority of alcoholism treatment programs still teach concepts and ideas that work against the way a […]

Alcohol and Aging: Not a Great Happy Hour Mixer

Alcohol and Aging: Not a Great Happy Hour Mixer self esteem and hypnosis

Aging and retirement are an important transition in life but without support it can be difficult and many retirees turn to alcohol to cope. A 2008 survey by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that 40% of men and women over 65 drank alcohol on a regular basis. This growing segment of […]

Research on Hypnosis and Alcohol Recovery

Research on Hypnosis and Alcohol Recovery Exists But it is Rejected by Some because it is Difficult to Measure Here is Why: Although there are studies out there, some going back to the 1960s, scientists and researchers are hesitant about saying, YES hypnosis works __% of the time for alcohol recovery. What I find interesting […]

Hypnosis A New Emerging Addiction Tool for Alcohol Recovery

 Hypnosis A New Emerging Addiction Tool for Alcohol Recovery Hypnosis, as a practice, is moving from stage entertainment performances to therapy programs for drug and alcohol addiction. Referred to as hypnotherapy, sessions are said to help reduce stress, manage pain, improve health and even lead to new success – and are becoming more heavily explored […]