Based on a study by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism suicidal behavior is about three times higher among individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) compared to those without AUD. The study also followed the links between AUD and suicide rates in Russia and discovered lower rates of suicide where alcohol availability was […]
Hypnosis and Alcohol Dependency: Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect: A Hypnotist View of Alcohol Dependency By Valerie Grimes, CHt Clinical Hypnotist If you or someone close to you is drinks alcohol daily or binge drinks on the weekends and there is a desire to become healthier, to feel fresh in the morning, and to avoid liver disease, the obvious method for […]
Moderation rather than Abstinence for Alcoholism
Good News For People Who Feel They Drink Too Much. Moderation for Alcoholism Proven To Really Help People That Drink Too Much “Individualized Behavior Therapy for Alcoholics” (1973) Why It Matters: This was the first study that showed that controlled drinking—instead of abstinence—was possible for recovering alcoholics. Experiments psychologists Mark Sobell and Linda Sobell provided […]
5 Books To Read in Treatment for Alcohol Dependency.
Words of encouragement are important to alcohol recovery. When you clean up you will realize that there is a new concept of time. You will have a lot of it. It will go slow. Managing a habit is a 24/7 job. Read the full article on Books to Read in Treatment from The Fix. Encouragement […]
Hypnosis Assists In Changing The Way Our Brain Responds.
Hypnosis is a powerful tool for changing the way a person responds to environmental cues and emotional triggers that lead to consuming alcohol. When you address environment cues and emotional triggers using hypnosis it helps the person to stop drinking alcohol. How does hypnosis work? The idea that drinking is a learned behavior helps us […]
Alcohol Addiction Is Treatable, Not Incurable.
Hypnosis is effective for treatment of alcoholism when you view the addiction “as a need that is attempting to be meant through the use or overuse of alcohol.” This link is an article from Huffington Post focusing on the issue of alcoholism and how it effects the Native American community. And how the current system […]
MADD and the Virgin Solution
Do you feel left out when going to a party sober? MADD has a solution, they have launched a line of virgin drinks that are as their website states: Provide a sophisticated and delicious alternative for those who prefer or require an Alcohol Free alternative. Read more: The timing is great because more and more […]
Unemployment: Where you may be heading if you don’t get help now for alcohol addiction.
The Alcohol Addiction Recovery Dallas program can create a new positive and healthy direction. If the past is an indication of the future then a percentage of the individuals that enter the treatments centers are likely to be low income earners, be homeless, having martial issues and on medication. That is according to the 2004 […]
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 […]
Alcoholics have AA, ‘Almost Alcoholics’ need help too but don’t know where to turn.
People drink alcohol because they are sad, angry, or alone. That is both a good reason and a bad reason. Drinking alcohol when experiencing these feelings is an attempt at solving a problem. Then it becomes a habit, perhaps a daily habit and then there is a feeling of dependency. This category of drinkers is […]