Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by Blake: How can one ameliorate the effects of 30 years of very heavy alcohol abuse on the body and mind?
46 years now, and a teetotaler

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Answer by puppysitupanddrools
Unsugared grape juice. 8oz -16 0z/day (highest of all, including blueberries and pomegranite in anti-oxidants). Recent university studies show reduction in several cancers and regenerative to organ tissues. Complete vitamin supplement from a health store. Read everyday. Exercise – walking, biking.

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Question by Karasu: What are the long term damaging effects of alcohol on the mind and body?
Besides liver scerosis.

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Answer by native
it kills an alarming amount of brain cells. and the liver thing you mentioned

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Question by Karasu: Where can I find information about the damaging effects of alcohol on the mind and body?
Personally, I think that it is a myth that drinking 2 beers a night won’t harm you. And, I also think that certain people cannot drink alcohol as much as others without having it mess up the mind. I am no prude but I am talking about science here. I want to research this.

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Answer by Marcia K
I don’t have any stats to give you about the damage that alcohol can do to one’s body. I can just share with you what happened to me.

I did drink A LOT more than 2 beers a day. I drank a lot of scotch and vodka over a long period of time. Three years after joining AA and being sober, I needed to have one of my hips replaced (56 yrs. old). Over time, the circulation was cut off from the top of the femur and it started to die. I was walking bone on bone. The pain was excruciating!

Then 2 years ago I developed problems at work and finally submitted to a neuropsych exam which showed deficits in my brain. My cognitive abilities were affected as well as my abilities to multi-task. I could not tell when I made a mistake. Got fired and have been on disability since.

Of course, if someone would have told me 15 years ago that this would happen, I would not have stopped drinking.

Don’t know if this will help you but you could try:

www.howstuffworks.com/alcohol.htm

www.viewnews.com/2001/VIEW-Jul-25-Wed-2001/East/16568547.html

Health Damages of Alcohol · Alcohol and Health Effects · What Does Alcohol Do to the Body

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Question by subprimelendor: In alcoholism, what is in control? the mind? the heart? or the body?

@alibi – whose then?

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Answer by Alibi_Violet413
The mind and the body, but the mind isn’t really yours.

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request ferengifighter4 : It is true that alcoholism is a disease of the mind? First, they (AA) Tell me it’s an allergy, the phenomenon of drug addiction .. but then tell me that the disease centers in the mind best answer:

response to Buffy Bella
see South Park episode “Bloody Mary” that is all his problems on this topic

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