Sober Living & Alcohol Addiction Blog

Too much stress, however, can affect your mental and physical health and leave you feeling drained. Everyone feels stress — it’s impossible to avoid it all the time.However, lengthy exposure to stress may lead to mental health difficulties or increas…

Certain medications have been shown to effectively help people stop or reduce their drinking and avoid relapse. Brief Interventionsare short, one-on-one or small-group counseling sessions that are time limited. The counselor provides information abou…

Bourbon did not appear to increase the risk for impaired performance, sleep-disrupting effect, etc. The lack of a role for congeners in alcohol hangover was recently confirmed in an animal model of migraine. Alcohol can trigger a migraine attack with…

The treatment for a high-functioning alcoholic is the same as for any other type of addict, Benton says. Ask your doctor about getting help — whether it’s from a therapist, psychiatrist, or other addiction specialist. Organizations like the Am…

In order to avoid the issues – and reality – high-functioning alcoholics will have a seemingly rational explanation for their drinking patterns and behavior. For example, marital or family problems, stress at work, of social engagements. Some high-fu…