Category: Sober living

DTs introduces additional risks and complications and may last much longer than standard acute withdrawal symptoms. DTs are a catastrophic disruption of normal brain function and perceptions which also affects vital systems such as heart rate, blood pressure, and temperature regulation. This can cause a wide variety of dangerous issues alcohol withdrawal seizure and some…

The “joke” here is based on the insistence that you should use may when asking for permission to do something, and can when speaking about ability. Using can in this sense isn’t incorrect but it is considered informal. Can is also used to ask for permission, but it’s seen as more casual and shouldn’t be…

Ask your healthcare professional how you should dispose of any medicine you do not use. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other…

Like treatment for other chronic diseases such as heart disease or asthma, addiction treatment is not a cure, but a way of managing the condition. Introducing drugs during this period of development may cause brain changes that have profound and long-lasting consequences. One of the brain areas still maturing during adolescence is the prefrontal cortex—the…