What happens when you mix alcohol and melatonin? Melatonin and alcohol are often misused to manage feelings of anxiety, restlessness and despair – but what happens when you mix the two? Is mixing melatonin with alcohol safe? And if when mixed, are there any adverse effects? What Is Melatonin? Melatonin is a hormone naturally produced […]
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What Is Alcoholic Nose or Drinker’s Nose?
Rhinophyma is the medical term for “ alcoholic nose”, or “drinker’s nose.” This is a skin disorder commonly identified by a red, misshapen, bumpy nose. Due to the symptoms of rhinophyma, people often believed this condition was caused by alcoholism. What is Rhinophyma? Rhinophyma is a subtype of severe rosacea. Rosacea causes recurring inflammation of […]
What Is Dry January?
Dry January is an annual opportunity to change your relationship with alcohol. While some people use Dry January as a chance to jumpstart a journey to recovery from a substance use disorder, others simply spend this month in sobriety to reset their relationship with alcohol for the coming year. Regardless of your personal goals or […]
What Happens When You Mix Gabapentin and Alcohol? Side Effects and Dangers
Table of Contents In This Article: Gabapentin is safe to use as directed, but it can cause several mild to severe side effects Combining alcohol and gabapentin can increase the severity of certain side effects of both, such as drowsiness If you take gabapentin, you should avoid drinking alcohol and get professional help if you […]
How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?
Drinking alcohol from time to time is generally considered safe unless you begin drinking in excess. Consuming alcohol in large quantities can have considerable negative effects on your physical and mental health. According to alcohol abuse researchers, there is a broad range of alcohol abuse. Consuming too much alcohol may lead to alcohol use disorder […]
How Can We Teach Our Children to Express Their Emotions?
One of the things we learn as recovering addicts is just how harmful it can be to deny and suppress our feelings. The more we avoid feeling our difficult emotions, the harder they become to deal with, and we develop coping mechanisms that often coincide with, or develop into, addictive patterns. Many of us feel […]
Are Our Mental Illnesses a Result of Our Unhealthy Childhoods?
Each of us has a different and unique experience with mental illness and addiction, and we each will have to undergo a journey of self-exploration to figure out what might have caused these issues in the first place. Many of us feel as though we can very clearly identify the root of our mental and […]
How Can Dissociation Impact Our Recovery?
Sometimes when we dissociate, or numb and detach ourselves from our pain, we’ve detached from certain truths and not others. Sometimes we can be fully aware of the extent of our addictions, and even of our mental health issues, but the reality of it all is just too much for us to bear. We feel […]
How Does Dissociation Relate to Our Addictions?
Dissociation is one of the many mental health patterns we can develop, especially after we’ve endured crippling trauma, grief, loss, and other painful experiences. Dissociation can lead to habitual behavioral patterns that we often aren’t conscious of but that can become our default habits. It can morph into anxiety disorders or identity/personality disorders. Dissociation refers […]
How Can Loss Affect Our Recovery?
As recovering addicts, we’re no strangers to loss. We’ve lost loved ones to their addictions. We’ve damaged and lost relationships because of our problems with addiction. We’ve experienced a great deal of tragedy, trauma, and grief related to addiction in our lives. The losses we’ve sustained can play a huge role in our recovery, both […]