Tag: Home Detox
Alcohol Withdrawal: Poor Concentration and Impaired Memory
Alcohol Withdrawal: Poor Concentration and Impaired Memory Alcohol withdrawal has multiple signs and symptoms. Previous blogs have been written about a number of signs and symptoms, including: anxiety, tremors or shakes, appetite disturbance, and sleep disturbances. Another symptom may be poor concentration and/or impaired memory. Poor concentration and impaired memory in conjunction with consistent alcohol …
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Alcohol and Anxiety
Alcohol Related Anxiety Alcohol and Anxiety are closely linked. We have all heard the line “I need a drink”. This line is often used by people who are high strung, who might have had a bad day, and they need something to relax themselves. Alcohol is an anti-anxiety agent. A very effective anti-anxiety agent. For …
Alcohol Withdrawal: Shakes
Alcohol Shakes A classic sign or symptom of Alcohol Withdrawal is the alcohol shakes. Alcohol shakes can occur a number of hours after the last drink of alcohol. Members of the healthcare profession refer to the shakes as tremors. Alcohol Shakes or tremors can be a mild to moderate sign of alcohol withdrawal or can …
Not Leaving Las Vegas
The film starring Nicholas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas, about a chronic alcoholic who makes a decision to drink himself to death is a lasting impression about Las Vegas, Nevada and the futility of alcohol treatment. I’m not leaving Las Vegas, in fact I am going to Las Vegas! Going to Las Vegas to assist an …
Psychological Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
Psychological Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms; Physical symptoms and emotional symptoms. A person dependent on alcohol will have physical withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms were pretty well covered in a previous post and we can revisit them. I wanted to talk about other symptoms that can be classified as either “physical” or “psychological”. When we make a decision to …
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As Another Bill Sees it: Slips / Relapses
It is rare for an alcoholic or drug abuser to maintain sobriety the first time they make the attempt. Bill Wilson speaks about this in the following quote. “”About this slip business — I would not be too discouraged. I think you are suffering a great deal from a needless guilt. For some reason or …
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A Harmless Commercial or a Menacing Message?
Thank God for Beer commercials. They pay the networks big money who then pay Sports leagues to carry their games. We get to watch these sporting events “free”. A series of beer commercials that is getting a lot of play, and therefore must be pretty successful, is the Miller Lite commercials depicting a young man …
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No News is often Good News
There have recently been a few celebrity related news items related to the use of drugs (cocaine) and alcohol. Human nature (and paparazzi) dictate the high demand for news about self-destructive behavior. However, we, the public, are less interested when these same celebrities are doing well. Therefore, we don’t hear about it. No news is …
Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms, Alcohol Detox and Symptom Management
Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms, Alcohol Detox, and Symptom Management: Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are the body’s way of telling us there is a problem. A supervised medical detox performed by one qualified nurse clinician over a four to five day period allows clear observation of the withdrawal symptoms the alcohol dependent client is experiencing. We have had the opportunity …
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Texas Home Detox: The great state of Texas
Texas Detox at Home A Texas Detox at Home has been in high demand in 2021. A number of EHD nurses have traveled to the great state of Texas to provide a one-one Private Duty Registered Nurse experience. Executive Home Detox currently has six RN’s licensed and capable of assisting the client in the privacy …
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