Archive for August, 2010

Steps to An Effective Intervention

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Sometimes friends and family members may feel that they constantly express concerns about a loved one’s substance use but never see any changes. You may have reached this point after weeks or months of giving lectures, making threats, ignoring behaviors, accepting promises of change, giving second chances, or imposing consequences. People often worry that initiating [...]

Alcoholism Depression

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Do people become depresses because they drink or are they already depressed and drink to self medicate. Research shows a strong relationship between alcoholism and depression. For people who have been alcohol dependent for a long time, alcohol can have a toxic effect on their serotonin neuro-transmitters, but that does not necessarily lead to depression [...]