by admin | Nov 26, 2019 | AA, Addiction Freedom, Addictions, Blogroll, Brain, Cravings for a Drink, Eating for Recovery, Moderation Management, Neurotransmitters, Recovery, Sobriety
Do you drink to relax? You might be low in GABA. Do you drink to have fun? You might be low in serotonin. Do you drink to connect and engage with others? You might be low in dopamine. Take a look at this short video to find out how this nutritionist wellness expert...
by admin | Jul 10, 2017 | AA, Addiction Freedom, Addictions, Blogroll, Brain, Cravings for a Drink, Detox, Recovery, Sobriety, Spirituality and Addictions
HEALING GENERATIONAL TRAUMA Research is now showing that many addictions start with early childhood trauma. Other research shows that some of our anxieties and fears may not actually have had their start in our own lives. They were events that happened to our...
by admin | Jul 24, 2015 | AA, Addictions, Brain, Cravings for a Drink, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized
Thought provoking interview with a neuroscientist about whether addiction is a disease or a compulsive behavior that has been over-learned. “Behaviors can become compulsive and hard to control but that doesn’t make it a disease.” Rather, it makes it a kind of...
by admin | Mar 6, 2011 | Addictions, Brain, Cravings for a Drink, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized
Do you find yourself assuring yourself that you will never allow yourself to feel so miserable again. You realize fully that last night, once again, you seem to have forgotten how lousy overdrinking makes you feel. You well know your limit, but somehow, when the...
by admin | Feb 28, 2011 | Addictions, Brain, Cravings for a Drink, Recovery, Uncategorized
Choose your movies carefully, a new study published in theThe Journal of Neuroscience shows that “in addition to activating brain areas linked to addiction, watching movies in which people smoke activates brain areas that drive the body movements a smoker makes...
by admin | Feb 4, 2011 | AA, Addictions, Brain, Cravings for a Drink, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized
The desire to drink is truly “wired into our brains.” Bad habits are ingrained very deeply and intensely. Why are they stronger than good habits? -because we’re like toddlers who love and crave immediate reward. Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the...
