Posted in Addiction, Women and Alcoholism, Womens Rehab on May 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Today, MSNBC presented a compelling story on the increase in Alcohol abuse among women in their ongoing series on substance abuse. Check out the video below:
Posted in Addiction, Addiction Recovery, Women and Alcoholism on Feb 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Are you one of the many women who need help overcoming an alcohol addiction? Or, are you the concerned friend or relative of another woman who has a dependency on alcohol? If so, it is important to start examining all of your options right away.
When seeking treatment for an alcohol addiction, both men and women […]
Posted in Addiction Recovery, Women and Alcoholism, Womens Rehab on Jan 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Recent studies, including one published in the December 2007 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, indicate that young women and girls may be more susceptible to peer pressure than their male counterparts. Similarly, a 2007 study of college drinking in young men and women showed that, surprisingly, women tended to consume more alcohol than […]
Posted in Addiction, Addiction Recovery, Recovery, Women and Alcoholism, Womens Rehab on Jan 10th, 2008 No Comments »
According to research on women’s addiction done by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, women get addicted to alcohol and drugs more as compared to men. Not only this, in comparatively less time they develop substance related diseases such as brain damage, cirrhosis, hypertension, lung cancer and other respiratory […]
Posted in Addiction Recovery, Relapse Prevention, Women and Alcoholism on Jan 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Children whose parents - and especially their mothers - are drug or alcohol abusers have a very traumatic and disturbing childhood that affects them in an extremely negative way. They become emotionally weak and often do not learn healthy ways to handle problems. When the mother herself is not in a position to give her […]
Posted in Addiction Recovery, Announcements, Relapse Prevention, Women and Alcoholism on Dec 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Do your goals for the New Year include strengthening recovery mindset or breaking your addiction from drugs, alcohol, or a relationship?
There is still time to register for our special 1-week New Years retreat to help you stregthen you addiction relapse prevention plan going into 2008.
Open Door relapse prevention programs are an ideal way to learn […]
Posted in Addiction, Women and Alcoholism on Dec 14th, 2007 No Comments »
An article on About.com reported that women who drink to excess experience more brain damage and sooner than males who drink the same amount. The findings were based on two different studies.
These findings are the first to show gender differences in the effect alcohol has on brain “shrinkage” that is common in all long-time heavy […]