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Understanding Alcohol Addiction: A Counselor’s Perspective

Alcohol addiction, often referred to as Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), is a complex and multifaceted condition that affects millions of individuals and their families worldwide. As counselors, our role is to provide support, guidance, and therapeutic interventions to...

Symptoms of Alcohol Use Disorder

Many people don’t realize that they have a troubled relationship with alcohol until something happens that forces them to face reality. They lose their job, face DUI charges, or a significant relationship falls apart. Suddenly, they can’t deny the impact alcohol has...

The Physical Effects of Alcohol

We’re all aware of the effects that alcohol has on your brain. The impaired judgment, blurry vision, and slower motor skills are all common effects of alcohol than adults are, for the most part, very familiar with. However, it's important to look at the physical...

The Brain and Addiction

The term “addiction”is derived from the Latin term meaning “enslaved by” or “bound to”. It is not a character or personality flaw that occurs in people, which is how it was traditionally seen as and still can be seen as that. However, we need to look at addiction as a...

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Symptoms of Alcohol Use Disorder

Symptoms of Alcohol Use Disorder

Education, Help Someone Else Quit, I'm Ready to Quit, Physiological Issues, Resources for Professionals

Many people don’t realize that they have a troubled relationship with alcohol until something happens that forces them...

The Physical Effects of Alcohol

The Physical Effects of Alcohol

Education, Help Someone Else Quit, I'm Ready to Quit, Physiological Issues, Resources for Professionals

We’re all aware of the effects that alcohol has on your brain. The impaired judgment, blurry vision, and slower motor...

The Brain and Addiction

The Brain and Addiction

Education, Help Someone Else Quit, I'm Ready to Quit, Physiological Issues, Resources for Professionals, The Science

The term “addiction”is derived from the Latin term meaning “enslaved by” or “bound to”. It is not a character or...

Depression and Alcohol

Depression and Alcohol

Education, Help Someone Else Quit, I'm Ready to Quit, Mental Health, Physiological Issues, Resources for Professionals

While it probably won’t hurt to have a glass of wine or a beer with dinner occasionally, turning to alcohol in order...

Symptoms of Alcohol Use Disorder

Symptoms of Alcohol Use Disorder

Education, Help Someone Else Quit, I'm Ready to Quit, Physiological Issues, Resources for Professionals

Many people don’t realize that they have a troubled relationship with alcohol until something happens that forces them...

It’s Not About “Willpower”: The Science of Alcohol Addiction

It’s Not About “Willpower”: The Science of Alcohol Addiction

Education, Help Someone Else Quit, I'm Ready to Quit, Physiological Issues, Resources for Professionals, The Science

By now, you have resolved to stop drinking countless times. You know how much it hurts your loved ones when you drink....

What Happens to Your Body When You Quit Drinking?

What Happens to Your Body When You Quit Drinking?

Education, Help Someone Else Quit, I'm Ready to Quit, Physiological Issues, The Science

Alcohol has negatively impacted your life in so many ways that you’re finally ready to go sober. You may be prepared...

Why Can’t I Stop Drinking?

Why Can’t I Stop Drinking?

Education, Help Someone Else Quit, I'm Ready to Quit, Physiological Issues, The Science

You have tried to quit before, but it never seems to stick. You may go a few days or even a couple of weeks without...