Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by myor28574: After three day treatment for alcohol, does the person sleep all the time?
My husband just spent three days in a detox unit for alcohol addiction, and all he has done today is sleep, and he has been giving me the cold shoulder. Is this normal behavor?

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Answer by Molly
Yes it is. When the body has alcohol in it, your brain doesn’t sleep properly. It skips the dream phase of sleep and it’s there, where we get our true rest.

The alcohol makes us sleep too deeply and that is NOT where our brains recover. It’s durring rem. The dream state.

He’s catching up on his rem (Rapid eye movement) or dreaming state now because his brain has been deprived of it.

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Question by : Can a motivation in alcohol rehabilitation cente change a person drinking habit?

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Answer by manny
probably.

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Question by damaris a: Can smoking lead to alcohol addiction and would lead the person to need addiction treatment?
I was just wondering about this since the smokers I know also drink excessively. Is there really a connection between smoking and drinking alcohol?

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Answer by cielo t
Smoking and alcohol consumption actually happens to be interrelated. Nicotine increases alcohol cravings and alcohol boosts smoking effects. This is why smokers are usually drinkers too. If the person is really dependent upon smoking and alcohol, it’s always best to get addiction treatment. Treating both smoking and alcohol addiction simultaneously would be the best way to go, as treating only one first might only lead to relapse soon after.

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Question by James: WHAT do you say to a person who calls himself a proud alcoholic? and gets the shakes?
IS THIS YOUNG MAN IN DENIAL OR WHAT? it is a fact getting the shakes due to alcohol abuse is sign of alcoholism and he needs help! before he gets the dts! agree?

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Answer by Austin076
I would never pronounce another person an alcoholic, but, from what you describe I certainly had many of the same symptoms and I’m an alcoholic. 5.5 years sober

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Question by davelennv: What meds do they give to a person when they are going through alcohol detox?
I have a friend who is an alcholoic. She also suffers from hypertension and anxiety and panic attacks. She is on a host of meds for the hypertension and ativan for the anxiety and panic attaacks.
She wants to stop drinking but cannot find a hospital due to her insurance. She also doesnt have the money to go to a rehab hospital so I was curious what meds they would give her, and if she can do this by possibly increasing the ativan

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Answer by KATHY S
you can go to a methadon clin.

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