Category: Sober living

Stopping too quickly may cause serious side effects, such as anxiety, agitation, and sleep problems. Trazodone may cause allergic reactions, which can be serious. Stop using trazodone and get help right away if you have any of the following symptoms of a serious allergic reaction. Trazodone is mostly used for its sleep-inducing effects (an off-label…

People with alcohol abuse problems are more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder. When it comes to the bottom line as it relates to alcohol consumption and brain health, the data are rather solid on some fronts, and a bit less so on others. There’s also the potential for confounding variables, including…

Studies of outcome of addiction treatment may use one term or the other, but they typically measure the same effects. Still, some people in the addiction-treatment field reserve recovery to mean only the process of achieving remission and believe it is a lifelong enterprise of avoiding relapse. Recovery suggests a state in which the addiction…