Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by abigayle la: Can smoking lead one to become an alcohol dependent and lead to the necessity of addiction treatment?
A lot of smokers I know are also alcohol drinkers. Are smoking and alcohol drinking somehow connected? Will the treatment of one eventually lead to the dissipating of the other?

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Answer by ashlie dh
Actually, smoking and alcohol consumption are indeed interrelated. Nicotine intake increases a person’s alcohol craving, whereas alcohol drinking boosts the effects of smoking. This explains why smokers are almost always drinkers as well. Addiction treatment will be needed when the person is already consuming so much more of the substances than what is moderate, or when he is getting physically or psychologically dependent upon them. Treatment of both disorders will be best as treating only one will bode for a bigger chance of relapse.

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Question by qwerty: How to open a substance abuse treatment center in Illinois.?
I am a certified alcohol and drug counselor in Illinois and am also in graduate school to earn my Masters and Education Specialist degree. I would like to open up my own substance abuse treatment center. I would also like to provide DUI evaluations and treatment. What steps do I need to take in order to do this? Please only respond if you have knowledge about this. Thank you.

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Answer by Helpful Answers
Finally, an intelligent question to answer.

Please begin here and follow through with the agency. Good luck!

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=32256

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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 stolenvoice_x: christian treatment programs??
I am looking for a christian based place to go for residential treatment. I was looking into Mercy Ministries and I am pretty much a no on that and I am a DEFINITE NO on teen challenge. Preferably somewhere in Michigan. Mercy seemed so practical because it’s free, and really sounds like what I need but it’s pretty far away and they require a 6 month commitment and I don’t think I could commit to that. I am struggling with a lot right now… I am only now dealing with a rape that occured in 2002, I have been self-injuring for 10 years now and drug/alcohol dependent among lots of other things. I have been in the hospital (mental ward) about 13+ times now, residential rehab once, outpatient rehab once, I guess the list could go on.. I really need some help…. really bad… soon.. I think about suicide way too often.
I’m really scared of being in a strict, religious environment. I was raised christian but walked away from god and the church and I get really angry when I think about god, or hear people talk about him… almost enraged..
I don’t know if I can handle it.. and as for strict, I’ve always been allowed to do what I want.. so yea, I’m terrified… but I need the help. Possibly long term but not a year long.. I dont know what to do!!!!! I need help but nothing has worked!
because like i said, nothing else has worked.

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Answer by Echo
Why are you angry with God? He is the only one who can heal you.

And if you hate God so much, why do you want to go to a Christian treatment program???

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Question by rock625: After completing interferon treatment for Hepatitis C (successfully), can light alcohol consumption resume?
Assuming my friend’s treatment is successful, can he have a few drinks once in a while if his levels go back to normal after the treatment? He does not have a history of alcohol or drug abuse.

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Answer by southernvixin00
why take a chance?? is drinking more important than life? Any thing in moderation can’t hurt, but like i said… why take a chance?

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