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Obstructing alcoholism treatment

January 14, 2017
Obstructing alcoholism treatment

Obstructing alcoholism treatment is very much prevalent with all addicts in denial

Obstructing alcoholism treatment: Drinking problems and denial

Denial is one of the biggest problems many faces when making effort in seeking help for alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The desire to drink is so strong that the mind finds many ways to rationalize drinking, even when the consequences are obvious, a fact which is seriously obstructing alcoholism treatment greatly. Because of this fact, each time users make an attempt of seeking for help, they are blinded from looking honestly at their behaviors and the subsequent negative effects. Professionally doctor Dalal Akoury MD, President, and founder of AWAREmed health and wellness resource center say that denial also exacerbates alcohol-related problems with work, finances, and relationships problems which if not addressed, can lead to catastrophic problems in one’s lifetime. And be keen in taking note that, if you have a drinking problem, you may deny it by:

  • Drastically underestimating how much you drink
  • Downplaying the negative consequences of your drinking
  • Complaining that family and friends are exaggerating the problem
  • Blaming your drinking or drinking-related problems on others

For example, you may blame an ‘unfair boss’ for trouble at work or a ‘nagging wife’ for your marital issues, rather than look at how your drinking is contributing to the problem. While work, relationship and financial stresses happen to everyone, an overall pattern of deterioration and blaming others may be a sign of trouble. If you find yourself rationalizing your drinking habits, lying about them, or refusing to discuss the subject, take a moment to consider why you’re so defensive. If you truly believe you don’t have a problem, there should be no reason for you to cover up your drinking or make excuses.

Obstructing alcoholism treatment: Effects of alcoholism and alcohol abuse

Alcoholism and alcohol abuse can affect all aspects of your life. Long-term alcohol use can cause serious health complications, affecting virtually every organ in your body, including your brain. Problem drinking can also damage your emotional stability, finances, career, and your ability to build and sustain satisfying relationships. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse can also have an impact on your family, friends and the people you work with.

The effects of alcoholism and alcohol abuse on the people you love

Despite the potentially lethal damage that heavy drinking does to the body including cancer, heart problems, and liver disease the social consequences can be just as devastating. Alcoholics and alcohol abusers are much more likely to get divorced, have problems with domestic violence, struggle with unemployment, and live in poverty. But even if you’re able to succeed at work or hold your marriage together, you can’t escape the effects that alcoholism and alcohol abuse has on your personal relationships. Drinking problems put an enormous strain on the people closest to you.

Finally, and quite often most family members and close friends feel obligated to cover for the person with the drinking problem. So they take on the burden of cleaning up your messes, lying for you, or working more to make ends meet. Pretending that nothing is wrong and hiding away all of their fears and resentments can take an enormous toll. Children are especially sensitive and can suffer long-lasting emotional trauma when a parent or caretaker is an alcoholic or heavy drinker.

Obstructing alcoholism treatment: Drinking problems and denial

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Undersatnding addiction objectively

Sustainable wealth and health by overcoming addiction

January 14, 2017
Sustainable wealth

Sustainable wealth and health by overcoming addiction is the practical way of healthy living

Sustainable wealth and health by overcoming addiction: Good health for wealth

Have you ever imagine life without any form of illness? If you picture this and try to visualize it in your mind then what you’re likely to see is what I will call sustainable wealth. If your body is free from any kind of disease then you’re wealthy than anyone ranked in the top 100 of the wealthiest persons in the world. You may be wondering where I’m heading to with this wealth direction in relation to the title of my article. This is my point, the study of addiction indicate that nearly all things we do, eat or desire in life when not done properly may lead us into becoming addicted to them and eventually cause health complication. Being a basic need, we all depend on food to live, yet food can be a serious problem to your health and mine. Our bodies need energy which comes from food to move around yet some of these sources of energy can be harmful to you and me. For this reason, it will be very important that we overcome addiction by all means possible and that includes healing energy. Addiction is usually the result of a larger problem. Stress, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and even some mental disorders are usually the underlying factor in addiction, which is a symptom and not in itself an illness.

Sustainable wealth and health by overcoming addiction: Types of addictions

Chemical addictions and process addictions are two general categories of addiction.  We often assume that because the initial stages of addiction begin with voluntary behavior and are expressed in the form of excess behavior, people should just be able to use self-medication to stop their addictions, and this may not be true. The brain of an addict has been altered by choices they make over a period of time and so you and I need to know some of the common elements of addiction which include the following:

  • Alcohol
  • Tobacco
  • Drugs – cannabis, cocaine, heroin, steroids, etc.
  • Exercise
  • Sex
  • Eating
  • Computers
  • Work
  • Gambling
  • Shopping and much more…

Sustainable wealth and health by overcoming addiction: Characteristics of Addiction

Addiction has a control mechanism to addicts, once addicted you will be under the influence of addiction and not vice versa. You become driven by its forces and you think you cannot live without it. Boredom, grief, frustration, sadness, rejection, and failure are just a few emotional issues that you try to escape from with use of your choice of addiction. Addiction is costly and takes your money and time. The more you focus on control it the more you feel your energy is depleted. It often disrupts your social life, family, love, and works life, as well as damages your mental and physical health. While addiction may bring short term pleasure, it can bring long-term harm and therefore must not be taken lightly. And that is why doctor Akoury established AWAREmed health and wellness resource center to primarily transform each individual’s life through increasing awareness about health and wellness and by empowering individuals to find their own inner healing power. You can be part of this transformation by calling her on telephone number 843 213 1480 today too.

Sustainable wealth and health by overcoming addiction: Good health for wealth

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Rebuilding Neurotransmitter for addiction solution

January 13, 2017
Rebuilding Neurotransmitter

Rebuilding Neurotransmitter for addiction solution very essential in keeping immunity system free from drug abuse

Rebuilding Neurotransmitter for addiction solution: Recovery using Intravenous NAD & amino acids

Addiction is a disease and not a moral weakness as it was used to be seen in the past. Like any other disease, treatment is very essential and it should begin with the rebuilding neurotransmitters. This way, we will be addressing the core problem in all areas including body and mind. The successful therapy will depend on address both problems simultaneously because the health of both depends on the unity of both that facilitates the health and balance in the mind and body thereby providing highly effective therapy for addiction. Meaning that if you detoxify, or withdraw, from alcohol or a drug, without addressing the conditions in the body that create fatigue, depression, and anxiety, then relapse is more likely moments after the therapy has been incomplete. Similarly, if you withdraw from a substance and do not understand the psychological and spiritual issues that promoted the need for it, then relapse is likely and the hard lessons of disease (addiction) shall not have been learned says doctor Dalal Akoury MD, President and founder of AWAREmed health and wellness resource center.

Rebuilding Neurotransmitter for addiction solution: The body

Integrative, or, functional medicine provides the tools to assess and treat the conditions in the body that contribute to fatigue, depression, and anxiety, thereby increasing the likelihood of chemical dependency.  This include:

  • Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency
  • Neurotransmitter deficiency (serotonin, GABA, adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine, etc)
  • Metabolic cofactor deficiency
  • Pyroluria
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Adrenal fatigue
  • Intestinal yeast overgrowth
  • Delayed-onset food sensitivities
  • Gluten intolerance

These “terrain issues” in the body need to be properly treated in order to make detoxification easier and to prevent relapse.

Rebuilding Neurotransmitter for addiction solution: The mind and the spirit

Away from the body, addiction is also a disease in the mind. The fact that the mind rules the body is, in spite of its neglect by biology and medicine, the most fundamental fact which we know about the process of life. The origins of most physical disease are within consciousness. The body is the messenger of the conflicts, sustained fears, suppressed emotional traumas, disturbed patterns of thinking, and other imbalances that lie within the conscious and unconscious mind. Many people have painful childhood experiences, including patterns of neglect, smothering control, abandonment, and emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

Later on, there can be failed relationships, years of marital conflict, and the pain of loneliness. Many experience decades of unfulfilling employment, foiled personal creativity and the quiet desperation of a slowly dying spirit. These life experiences contribute to relentless anxiety, depression, denied emotions, destructive beliefs, hopelessness, helplessness, “giving up”, and an endless variety of recurrent stresses. And remember that the emergence of disease of any kind is the body’s way of getting your attention and inviting this self-exploration, thereby offering true healing which becomes possible by rebuilding neurotransmitters. Finally, having been with us all this time, we would not have done you any justice by leaving your concerns unaddressed, and for us to do that, you need to schedule an appointment with doctor Akoury today and all your concerns will be addressed professionally.

Rebuilding Neurotransmitter for addiction solution: Recovery using Intravenous NAD & amino acids

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Neurochemical basis of addiction

January 13, 2017
Neurochemical basis

Neurochemical basis of addiction and addiction treatment systems

Neurochemical basis of addiction: The depleted GABA

For a long time, various forms of addictions have been taken to be just as a result of social problems and sometimes even decisions or choices we make in life. Yes, this may be true but we need to take a moment and look into this problem more critically to find facts about the neurochemical basis of addiction. Doctor Dalal Akoury MD, President, and founder of the AWAREmed health and wellness resource center says that it’s good that modern addiction medicine now recognizes that substance dependency of any kind is a disease process of the brain that features lowered dopamine and glutamate neurotransmitter levels. Importantly, as more legitimate research is done in this field of addiction medicine whose experimental basis is beginning to gain ground, models of neurochemical bases of addiction in the future may also feature lowered levels of GABA as the disease progresses. To understand this neurotransmitter (GABA) it will be necessary that we try to define some of the terms associated with it and appreciate the roles and functions of GABA in totality.

The use of GABA

Because of our unique DNA and the way that each of us metabolizes drugs, each of us may have different amounts of GABA in the brain but we are still considered to be operating “normally.” Unfortunately, there are no accepted medical tests to determine if we have too much or too little GABA activity. It appears that people who are nutritionally deficit and dehydrated often have problems with the operation of GABA in their brains. Since almost all of our patients are nutritionally deficient and dehydrated when they arrive at our facility, we have always implemented the addition of GABA to the IV therapy given to patients. The purpose is to provide a more natural boost to the GABA in the brain and to allow the calming effect of GABA to make the detoxification process more comfortable. Let us now understand how GABA operates by defining these terms.

Neurochemical basis of addiction: The neuron

  • A neuron is another name for a nerve cell.
  • Nerve cells float in the fluid.
  • Each neuron has an axon a thread-like part of the cell that sends signals from the cell body and a dendrite a part of the cell that receives signals from other neurons.
  • The neurons are not touching and the space between the cells is called the synapse.
  • Electrical signals are sent through the synapse to a receptor, a place on a cell that can produce a certain effect like the production of adrenaline if someone is frightened.

Neurochemical basis of addiction: The central nervous system (CNS)

  • The CNS is composed of the brain and the spinal cord.
  • The CNS transmits signals to the rest of the body using chemical messengers called neurotransmitters.
  • Neurotransmitters are stored in vesicles—hollow sac-like structures inside the cells.
  • These neurotransmitters carry a message from a neuron to receptors on another neuron.
  • The action of the neurotransmitters on the receptors has been likened to a key being inserted in a lock.
  • When the key is turned the lock opens and the neurotransmitters activate the receptors which in turn create an effect in the body.
  • Then many of the neurotransmitters return to the releasing vesicles to be used again.

Finally, you can always talk to us by calling doctor Akoury on telephone number 843 213 1480 to help you with any concerns you may have.

Neurochemical basis of addiction: The depleted GABA

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Nicotine addiction awareness for productivity

January 13, 2017
Nicotine addiction awareness

Nicotine addiction awareness for productivity health

Nicotine addiction awareness for productivity: Symptoms of nicotine withdrawal

People across the globe need to be informed of the consequences attached to substance abuse in the language the can understand so that they can make an informed decision on their health management. And speaking to doctor Dalal Akoury MD, President, and founder of the AWAREmed health and wellness resource center, the information about the symptoms of nicotine is very essential so that measures are taken in good time to administer treatment for the affected patients. Some of the symptoms include:

  • Restlessness
  • Irritability
  • Increased appetite or weight gain
  • Impatience
  • Hostility
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Depressed mood
  • Decreased heart rate
  • Anxiety

It is important to note that nicotine does not take long in the body since it is rapidly eliminated by the kidney and normally only remains in the body for a period of about two hours leaving a trail of destruction to the organs. And that is motivation enough for you to consult with doctor Akoury for a quick solution today.

Nicotine addiction awareness for productivity: Smokeless tobacco

Currently, in most states, the law requires smokeless tobacco to carry warning labels and bans all smokeless tobacco advertising on radio and television. The new warning labels, to be rotated quarterly, are required for packages and advertisements with the labels reading WARNING: this product may cause mouth cancer, this product may cause gum disease and tooth loss and this product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes. These are used to discourage but that is not always the case because it has been established that even smokeless tobacco has a direct link to oral, pharyngeal and laryngeal cancer as well as cancer of the esophagus, gum disease, and tooth loss. The use of smokeless tobacco has been increasing, especially among America’s youth. Nicotine addiction is achieved by the use of smokeless tobacco and can lead to serious health consequences. Nicotine Cessation programs can assist individuals in stopping the use of nicotine-based products.

Finally, I am very disturbed by our governments the world over especially on certain known life threatening drugs. It is a naked truth that many drugs like tobacco and alcohol have serious effects on people’s life and all the authorities are doing is attempting to frustrate their advertisements by indicating warnings like the ones discussed above and sometimes levy high taxes on such drugs all in an attempt to make them out of rich to their consumers. Is this the right thing to do? By making the drugs expensive for many, are our governments authenticating that it is okay for the rich who can afford to die from the effects of these drugs? Or are they saying that health of the poor people are more important than that of the rich like I said before I am wondering and if this concerns you too, then let’s pool together and make a difference in our communities by creating more awareness about the dangers of engaging in drug use?

Nicotine addiction awareness for productivity: Symptoms of nicotine withdrawal

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