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Alcohol Detox and Withdrawal: Symptoms and Treatments 

Clear Behavioral Health

Your entire body and brain are changing. Normally, when you excessively drink alcohol, your brain chemistry becomes unbalanced. Normally, when you excessively drink alcohol, your brain chemistry becomes unbalanced. When feeling more confident about the detox process, you make the right choice for your health and future.

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Day # 162: Sedative-Hypnotic Use Disorder

Bullet Psych

head trauma, hypoxia, hypoglycemia, hypothermia, electrolyte abnormalities, encephalopathy , other intoxications). For example, sedative-hypnotics are sedating, but withdrawal can brain excitation, anxiety, and seizures. Due to similar mechanisms, alcohol and all drugs of this class are cross-tolerant , and their effects are additive.

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Understanding Gray Area Drinking: How Social Drinking Becomes Addiction

Clear Behavioral Health

Related: What Alcohol Does to Your Brain Long-Term Health Risks When drinking for a long period of time, you risk developing an alcohol use disorder. If you are concerned about your drinking or have even a slight suspicion that it might be getting out of hand, you might be in whats called the gray area.

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Day # 161: Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Bullet Psych

Alcohol is reinforcing because it increases dopamine release in the brain's reward system, particularly in the mesolimbic pathway, leading to feelings of pleasure, relaxation, and euphoria. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the most common substance use disorder , affecting millions worldwide. Highest rates in ages 1829.

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Why Women Are More Prone to Anxiety Disorders (and How to Cope)

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Introduction Research consistently shows that women experience anxiety disorders at nearly twice the rate of men. This stark difference isn’t just a statistical anomalyit reflects complex biological, social, and cultural factors that shape women’s mental health experiences.