Natural Health

Your Ultimate Source to Natural Healthy Lifestyle

Archive for the ‘Medicine’

Chakra Balancing And Meditation The Essential Tools

February 05, 2010 By: Anne-Marie Laureaut Category: Medicine

http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/digg_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/reddit_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/stumbleupon_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/delicious_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/technorati_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/google_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/myspace_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/facebook_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/yahoobuzz_48.png

According to Hindu thought, chakras are the energy centers of the human body. These are the key points at which our life force move through the body and are what keeps our body and mind functioning properly and in harmony with each other. While you can’t see your chakras, the major chakras are closely associated with the major parts of your endocrine system (which is tangible).

Chakras control the flow of energy into and out of our bodies. This continuous flow of energy within us and between us and our environment is dependent on your chakras staying in a harmonious balance with each other for proper mental and physical health to exist.

The seven major chakras are ties to the function of a particular gland in our endocrine system. Our chakras are tied to everything we go through; each feeling, sensation and experience we have are related to our chakras.

Any kind of stress, whether mental, physical or emotional can negatively affect the balance of our chakras. We can have a loss of energy, even illness as a result of this imbalance. This is a clear sign if there ever was one that our chakras are out of balance.

To get the most of the harmonious function of our chakras, chakra balance must be maintained. Regular chakra balancing is key to keeping in good health, similar to the way that a machine needs preventative maintenance.

Importance of Chakra Balancing There are many different ways to balance your chakras; others are always being developed to help people reach a state of perfect balance in their chakras. This is the goal of those who want to have a more healthy, happy and productive life.

To begin with, people must understand that each chakra has its own different resonant frequency which corresponds to naturally occurring frequencies. These frequencies which facilitate the energy reception and transmission functions of the chakras; otherwise referred to as qi, chi or prana.

When we are ill, our chakras are not performing properly because they are out of balance. This can make our problems even worse; and a chakric system which is out of balance fosters ill health. Other than illness, an imbalance can be due to lack of exercise, stress or poor diet.

The balance of your chakras can, happily, be restored; although they will get out of balance from time to time, but this can be corrected.

Tools of Chakra Balancing: The most commonly used ways of restoring chakra balance are light, sound, crystals and gems, aromatherapy and color.

Colors: Commonly used colors and their corresponding chakras are red (root chakra), orange (sacral chakra), yellow (solar plexus chakra), green and turquoise (heart chakra), blue (throat chakra), violet (crown chakra) and white for all chakras.

Crystals and Gems: For millennia, laying gens, crystals and stones on the body at the location of the chakras has been used to restore chakra balance., Each chakra corresponds to a different color; so laying a stone of this color on the bodily area which corresponds to it can help to reach the proper balance, which in turn helps the body to heal.

Gems and crystals reflect light in their colors; the play of light through these gems can restore balance to the chakras by putting this light into the body at the appropriate points.

Light: The use of light therapy employs light on the eyes, acupuncture meridian points, and the body’s reflex zones to deliver the correct frequency to restore health. Since light emits detectable and invisible light frequencies at the same time, they also have the same specific frequency and resonance required by the body’s chakra system. Due to the wide spectrum of light, they are considered as more effective in achieving the necessary balance of the body’s chakras system.

Aromatherapy: Aromatherapy uses essential oils, scented massage oils and scented bath soaps to assist in the restoration of chakra balance and to help the physical body heal. Aromatherapy can also relieve depression and stress, provide relaxation and aid in meditation.

Sound: The use of tuning forks, soft music, quartz crystal, Tibetan bowls, and other objects to generate an agreeable resonance is also utilized to achieve a healthier well-being. Sound has natural vibration and resonance therapeutic effect because it affects us emotionally. Beautiful and melodious sounds can induce serenity and calm whereas chaotic sounds produce dissension and discord. Sound can be used to achieve a quiet and peaceful atmosphere in order to better faster healing and achieve higher levels of consciousness.

It once was that chakra balancing was a lengthy and difficult process. Now, thanks to innovations in audio technology such as subliminal sound, binaural frequencies and self-hypnosis recordings, chakra balancing is a much simpler thing than it was even a few decades ago.

The author Anne-Marie Laureaut writes for the popular chakra-balance.com site. For more information on how chakra balancing can change your life and how you can get free chakra balancing Audios visit here.

Post to Twitter

States Ready To Try The Marijuana Dispensary Model?

December 13, 2009 By: Jeremy Carden Category: Medicine

http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/digg_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/reddit_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/stumbleupon_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/delicious_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/technorati_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/google_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/myspace_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/facebook_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/yahoobuzz_48.png

Only a few weeks ago the federal government in essence legalized pot smoking found in the marijuana dispensary venice. The leader of the most powerful country in the world announce that the federal government would no longer prosecute people who smoked pot for medicinal purposes. Now all those sick pot smokers can light up without fear from the feds.

Those people who are so sick that they need to smoke pot can thank our leader. Before his decision the federal government could always arrest a pot smoker even because federal law supersedes state law. So even if the state where was getting high in allowed the use of pot for medicinal purposes anti pot federal law could be used to arrest him. But our leader says to those sick pot smokers fear not… Smoke your medicine without fear of being arrested by the feds.

We know the pain pot cures. It has to do with easing what is known as the pain of living in this real world. If you live in this tough world of having to go to work for a demanding boss and with difficult co-workers then surely you have eight hours of pain you have to soothe with a few hits off your pipe.

So who could blame someone for relying on a little medicine like pot to stop the pain? And if you are a student we all know how unreasonable some teachers can be and how tough those tests and quizzes can be. Who could blame a student to be sick of school? And who can blame a student who needs a little medicine now and again. His medicine of choice might come in the form of a pot joint or a bong hit. But hey he is only following doctor’s orders. And there are no shortages of docs who will write prescriptions for a monthly dose of pot.

Years ago I read this satirical article about Dan Quayle, the former vice president who was portrayed by the media as lacking in intelligence. The fictional article had him elected as president of the U. S. His first act was to legalize drugs like pot. As he signs the bill he is heard saying, “all right let’s give this a try.” The article then goes on to predict the terrible results of Quayle’s act and blames him for the mess.

The blame was leveled on the inept Quayle who at the time, in the fictional article, thought it was a good idea to make drugs like pot legal. Such articles kept Dan Quayle from ever thinking of running for president. If he did he would have been laughed out of the race by those who questioned his intelligence.

But now we have a leader who is considered to be very intelligent. A leader who for all practical purposes has made pot legal. Do not be fooled by the medicinal qualification. Trust me everyone who smokes weed is sick from one thing or another; a slip of paper from a complying doc is all the week smoker needs for his weed allocation for the month.

I wonder where the writer is who mocked Quayle with his article for legalizing pot? Perhaps since they think our present leader is so intelligent that they too are now saying, “all right, let’s give it a try.

Want to find out more about marijuana dispensary in Venice, then visit the Beach House Collective’s site on how to choose the best dispensary for your needs.

Post to Twitter

Can Colloidal Silver Help Aids?

December 01, 2009 By: Rob Anderson Category: Medicine

http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/digg_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/reddit_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/stumbleupon_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/delicious_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/technorati_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/google_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/myspace_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/facebook_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/yahoobuzz_48.png

In general terms, colloidal silver is an alternative health product that has great antibacterial properties. This is a widely reported bactericide material that is able to neutralize and eliminate bacteria that causes serious diseases. This product contains only distilled sterile water and microscopic silver particles sometimes referred to as nano particles.

In’90, studies from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City have shown important facts that colloidal silver can be used to control disease. In this case, such studies state that all diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, microbes, germs, pathogens, and parasites, can be controlled by electrification of the blood. Moreover, they stated that if a 50 to 100 microamperes current is put in the blood system, viruses and bacteria are altered and unable to reproduce. Then, these viruses are eliminated from in the blood through the kidneys, liver, and lymph. Colloidal silver may help to achieve similar blood purification and control disease.

In the case of AIDS, colloidal silver attacks the bacteria and stops them from colonizing in the body cells. This product can be used in order to help the body cope with a wide variety of different infections. Given that the body has low resistance to infection, the supplement supports the body’s own immunological system to prevent the further development of AIDS or at least maintain it in a steady state. There are some other studies that prove the benefits of silver to prevent other sicknesses. In vitro studies have demonstrated the antibacterial effects on the skin for burn wounds. In 2007, Atiych et al used silver sulfadiazine to treat skin burns. These studies stated that silver performed as a powerful antibacterial agent to treat infections, speed up wound healing, and prevent infections.

Furthermore, colloidal silver has been used in the actual dressings for burn wounds to control infection. Here, the silk in the bandage contained nano-crystalline silver that prevented infections and hastened the skin healing process. Silver has also been used in medical appliances such as urinary catheters to prevent urinary infections.

This product is currently being marketed as a dietary supplement to prevent some of the most common diseases. According to Henry Magraf, colloidal silver is conceived as a germ fighter that can prevent and treat different problems such as ear infections, staph infections, intestinal infections, leukemia, conjunctivitis and possibly herpes, sinus infections, and gingivitis. Moreover, colloidal silver is used to purify water, preserve beverages, and used in external preparations such as antiseptics. People can get colloidal silver from different online suppliers to treat various diseases and infections. It is always advisable to get colloidal silver from recognized suppliers that offer high-quality supplements to yield the best results.

To find our more about how silver colloidal can benefit you take a look at robs Colloidal silver treatment blog

Post to Twitter

The Law of Attraction and IBS.

November 28, 2009 By: anie Category: Medicine

http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/digg_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/reddit_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/stumbleupon_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/delicious_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/technorati_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/google_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/myspace_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/facebook_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/yahoobuzz_48.png

IBS affects as much as 20% of people globally. Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome are abdominal pains associated with altered bowel pattern and bloating. Rectal symptoms such as irritation, pain or urgency can be present. There are also non-colonic symptoms.

Treatments of IBS can be divided into four categories. These are patient education, dietary modification, medication, and behaviour and psychological therapy. It is agreed amongst experts that behaviour and psychological therapies provided better long term results.

You attract into your life whatever you think about according to the Law of Attraction. The simple explanation of the Law of Attraction is that your thoughts determine your destiny. The Law of Attraction has built up an enormous momentum after “The Secrets”; a documentary film, was shown on Oprah. The Law of Attraction is used effectively for personal growth, financial success and achievements.

The question is: Does the Law of Attraction work in Medicine? A study done in 2004 on 314 elderly subjects and 196 young people associated with negative thoughts or rumination concluded that negative thoughts can damage your health. In Reikii, spiritual and personal development and all processes of healing is associated with elimnating from a person’s energy field negative KI or life forces, along with negative thoughts and feelings that have created it.

Job loss, relationship break ups etc may lead to negative thoughts and self esteem. Feelings of worthlessness, insignificance, insecurity can develop and that person feel easily defeated. A positive person usually have high self-esteem and their thoughts determine their level of success.

So, does the Law of Attraction apply to Irritable Bowel Syndrome? What information is given to a person when first diagnosed with IBS? There are some common ones. No one is quite sure why you have IBS.There is no one treatment that works for everyone. Your gut is normal. There is no cure. Stress plays an important role in IBS. You have to live with it. It is also an established fact that most IBS sufferers do not get adequate support from their health professionals.

All these facts are negative. Is it not likely that they can lead to negative thoughts in the minds of IBS patients and produce negative effects? Treatments that focus on the mind are now recommended by experts. These include psychotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). “Patients who have ongoing IBS symptoms might benefit from a simple, early intervention of CGT, a means of changing thought processes from negative to positive that has been shown to be helpful.” Said Moss-Morris at the University of Southampton Dr .J. Lackner at the State University of New York reported that after four brief sessions of CBT and a self-study manual given to patients, there was improvement in 73% of his IBS patients.

When a new treatment come on the market, an IBS patient will expectantly try it and may gain benefits. This improvement is short lived because of the negative underbelly (There is no cure.) in the subconscious mind. Soon the benefits may wear off.

There are cases of refractory Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients after having gut directed hypnotherapy enjoying normal lives, eating foods that were previously triggers. In refractory IBS nothing works anymore. During hypnotherapy, negative messages about IBS are plucked from the subconscious mind and postive thoughts are added. The Law of Attraction is at work here. Ingrained negative thoughts created negative effects in refractory IBS. After hypnotherapy, positive thoughts produced positive effects.

If you believe in the Law of Attraction, how can you use it to change the course of your IBS? Focus on the positives. Convert these positives into your reality and your thoughts and feelings will change. Here are some positives. There is no abnormality in your gut. IBS does not lead on to other serious illnesses. If stress is a trigger, you can control it. You can balance your lifestyle to improve your IBS. You see yourself one day in total control of your IBS. Whatever IBS treatment you are on, keep your dreams and aspirations positive.

 

 

Post to Twitter

One Treatment For Blood Pressure Is High Diastolic

November 23, 2009 By: anie Category: Medicine

http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/digg_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/reddit_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/stumbleupon_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/delicious_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/technorati_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/google_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/myspace_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/facebook_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/yahoobuzz_48.png

Doctor may suggest medicine to lower down the high blood pressure but it can be natural. It is significant to work with the doctor, because untreated high diastolic blood pressure may damage organs in the body.

High Diastolic Blood Pressure Remedy:Medicines

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10): There is some proof that the supplementations CoQ10 may help to bring down high diastolic blood pressure. This is one of the high diastolic blood pressure remedy. A 12 week test, placebo-controlled trial of many people with systolic hypertension proved the result of CoQ10 supplements (60 mg twice daily). After the 12 weeks, there was a average reduction in systolic blood pressure of 17.8 mm Hg in the Coq10-treated group.
Garlic: This is another high diastolic blood pressure remedy. In a meta-analysis of seven irregular checked trials of garlic supplementations, three trials showed a substantial decrease in systolic blood pressure and four in diastolic blood pressure. Researchers reasoned out that garlic powder supplementation may be of objective use in patients with gentle high blood pressure.

Garlic supplementations should only be used under the inspection of a certified health practician. Garlic can reduce the blood (reduce the power of blood to clot) similar to aspirin. Garlic may act with numerous drugs and supplements such as the prescription drug “blood-thinners” drugs such as Coumadin (warfarin) or Trental (pentoxifylline), aspirin, vitamin E, gingko. It is normally suggested that people taking garlic stop in the weeks ahead and after any kind of surgery.
Hawthorn: The herb hawthorn is oft used by traditional herbal practicians for high diastolic blood pressure. This is used for high diastolic blood pressure remedy. In an irregular checked trial carried on by researchers in Reading, UK, some patients with type 2 diabetes were randomized to have either 1200 mg of hawthorn extract a day or placebo for 16 weeks. Medicine for high diastolic blood pressure was taken by most of the patients. At the last of the 16 weeks, patients taking the hawthorn supplementation had a substantial reduction in average diastolic blood pressure (2.6 mm Hg). No herbal drug interactions were reported.

Fish oil: Preliminary studies recommend that fish oil may have a low effect on high diastolic blood pressure. Though fish oil supplementations oft contain both DHA (docohexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid), there is some proof that DHA is the component that lowers high diastolic blood pressure.
Folic acid: Folate is a B vitamin essential for shaping of red blood cells. It may help to lower high diastolic blood pressure in some people, potentially by decreasing raised homocysteine levels.
A research has been done on 24 cigarette smokers which suggests that supplementation of folic acid for four weeks can lowered blood pressure.

Post to Twitter

A Young Woman Makes a Genuine Effort to Stop Drinking, Experiences Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms, Realizes That She is Alcohol Dependent, and Comes to a Decision to Get Alcohol Rehabilitation

November 14, 2009 By: anie Category: Medicine

http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/digg_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/reddit_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/stumbleupon_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/delicious_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/technorati_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/google_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/myspace_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/facebook_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/yahoobuzz_48.png

Jennifer is a thirty-six-year-old network consultant who has been consuming alcohol in an abusive and excessive manner since her boyfriend and she broke off their relationship. Indeed, for the past seven months she has been drinking nearly a bottle of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking more than a few cocktails all the way through the day. In short, Jennifer has been drinking so abusively and excessively that it’s a wonder that she hasn’t suffered from alcohol poisoning.

After feeling discouraged because she was starting to neglect her health, Jennifer at long last told herself that enough is enough, that it’s time to quit the self pity party, that it’s time to stop the abusive and hazardous drinking, and time to get going with her life. So the following Saturday morning at 10:00 AM, she determined that she would stop drinking suddenly and completely without planning or preparation.

When She Stopped Drinking She Felt Dreadful, Her Head Was Throbbing, She Vomited Several Times, She Started to Sweat Profusely, She Was Extremely Anxious and Moody, and She Had Absolutely No Appetite

When Jennifer stopped drinking, she thought that she would more likely than not be tempted to ”steal” a few drinks, but she never deduced that she would feel so horrific. More to the point, about three-and-a-half hours after she quit drinking, she vomited a number of times, she started to sweat profusely, her head was aching, she had absolutely no appetite, and she was extremely moody and nervous.

When she called her best buddy and informed her that she had quit drinking and that after a couple of hours she suddenly began having flu-like symptoms, Gina, her best pal, told Jennifer to call her physician and clearly explain what was going on.

She Admits to Her Medical Practitioner That She Has Been Drinking Excessively, That She Just Tried to Quit Drinking, and That She is Experiencing Terrible Flu-Like Symptoms

So Jennifer called her family doctor, informed him that she has been drinking in a hazardous and irresponsible manner for quite a few months and that when she attempted to abruptly quit drinking earlier in the day, within a few hours she felt as if she had the most terrible flu-like symptoms that she had ever experienced.

Her family doctor informed her that she may be experiencing symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have a friend or neighbor drive her to the emergency room ASAP.

As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a neighbor to drive her to the emergency room. Interestingly, as sick as Jennifer was, all she could think about all the way to the hospital was whether or not she might be addicted to alcohol.

Apparently her healthcare practitioner had phoned ahead and informed the emergency room medical team to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by two nurses who without hesitation asked her to get in the wheelchair they had with them. After getting wheeled to the emergency room and undergoing a couple of necessary tests, it was substantiated that Jennifer was in actual fact experiencing alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detoxification.

A medical practitioner gave her some drugs to diminish her flu-like symptoms and also administered some drugs to help eliminate the alcohol that was still in her system.

An Alcohol Addiction Healthcare Practitioner Explains in a Clear Manner That She is Dependent on Alcohol and Then Goes Over What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcoholism Stages Are

After two or three hours, Jennifer was taken from the emergency room and wheeled to the recovery room. After she was in recovery for nearly two-and-a-half hours, Doctor Franks, an alcoholism and alcohol abuse specialist, came to talk to her. He took his time and explained that Jennifer had gone through alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she stopped drinking because she had become addicted to alcohol.

He then discussed the fact that with heavy drinking on an everyday basis, the person’s brain slowly but surely adjusts to the alcohol so that it can operate in a “normal” manner. When the individual then all at once abstains from drinking, however, the brain takes action by producing alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Moreover, her medical practitioner also went over the different alcoholism stages that an individual who is alcohol dependent typically experiences as the disease gradually gets worse.

It is Established that Jennifer is in the Earliest Stage of Alcohol Dependency and She Receives a Favorable Prognosis For a Total Recovery if She Gets the Alcoholism Rehabilitation She Requires

Fortunately for Jennifer, it was confirmed that she was in the earliest stage of alcohol dependency and, as a consequence, she got a good forecast for a full recovery if she obtains the alcohol treatment she needs.

Jennifer told the healthcare professional that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to restore her health and her life. She also stated that she has a first-rate hospitalization insurance policy that will quite possibly pay for most of the costs required for rehab. It was clear to see that Jennifer was extremely happy with her encouraging medical forecast and felt reassured knowing that she will be able to get the alcoholism treatment she requires so that she can start on the road to recovery.

Post to Twitter

When Drinking Results in Problems in Your Life

November 14, 2009 By: anie Category: Medicine

http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/digg_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/reddit_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/stumbleupon_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/delicious_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/technorati_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/google_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/myspace_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/facebook_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/yahoobuzz_48.png

How do you know that you have a drinking problem? When is it obvious that you are involving yourself in alcohol abuse?

If you have unproductively struggled to quit drinking or if you sworn to yourself that your drinking days are finished and then you realized that you were drinking excessively just a few days later, the probability is extremely good that you have drinking problems. The point of emphasis is that if you have attempted to stop drinking and cannot get this done, then your drinking is controlling you, instead of the other way around.

Likewise, if it takes greater amounts of alcohol to get the same “high,” more likely than not you need to realize that you have a drinking problem.

You may be telling yourself that the reasoning for your drinking is so that you can lessen your nervousness or get rid of the distress that you feel. In a similar manner, you may be trying to steer clear of a negative circumstance and may be looking for something better, more helpful, or less regretful.

As you maintain your drinking, conversely, you will understand that drinking does not result in the same high and you will also understand that drinking doesn’t help remove whatever was causing your discomfort in the first place.

As you continue to drink in an excessive manner, unfortunately, you may become an alcoholic and, as a consequence, you may add another major difficulty to manage rather than learning about more successful and beneficial ways of managing your alcohol induced issues.

An Alcohol Appraisal is Probably Needed

If you have figured out that you have a drinking problem, perhaps the most positive thing you can do for yourself is to call your doctor or healthcare professional and arrange for an appointment for a thorough physical and for an evaluation of your drinking activities.

If you truly think that you have a critical problem with your drinking, it may be a good idea to get prepared to hear that you need to get alcohol rehab.

At this point in time, what are your options? You can without a doubt say no and refuse to see your general practitioner and persevere with your pattern of abusive drinking.

It actually doesn’t take a genius, on the other hand, to understand that chronic, heavy drinking, if left untreated, will deteriorate over time and more likely than not set in motion an early death. Accordingly, your best choice is to face up to your drinking situation and obtain the alcohol counseling you require.

The Facade of the Functioning Alcohol Dependent Person

It is almost counter intuitive to note the fact that multitudes of individuals who are addicted to alcohol lead busy and active lives and have houses, pets, families, vehicles, jobs, and any number of material possessions similar to people who are not addicted to alcohol.

Many of these “functional” alcoholics may have never been cited for a DWI and may have been lucky enough to avoid all alcohol generated legal difficulties. Despite this fortunate circumstance, to the contrary, these alcohol dependent individuals need to drink in order to operate on a day by day basis while preserving their facade as they associate with people outside their family.

Ask anyone who has seen them when they are bingeing or in a drunken stupor or ask a family member about the problem drinker’s alcohol dependency, nevertheless, and they will be quick to maintain the truth of the drinker’s situation and the facts about the alcohol dependent person’s drinking circumstances and about his or her alcohol generated predicaments.

Why Do Individuals Addicted to Alcohol Fail to Recognize Their Drinking Difficulties?

As alcohol dependency research and statistics on alcohol abuse have stressed, no matter how obvious the alcohol-related difficulties seem to those who interact with the alcohol addicted person, alcohol dependent individuals normally deny that drinking is the source of their alcohol-related issues. Not only this, but alcohol addicted individuals often blame their alcohol induced predicaments on other people or upon other situations around them rather than seeing their part in the difficulty.

The root of the problem is that alcohol dependency is a disease of the brain. Once the individual has become dependent on alcohol, he or she frequently resorts to denial, manipulation, and lying as a way of dealing with the fact that his or her drinking is out of control. And to make the situation more complex, the experience of alcohol withdrawal symptoms characteristically circumvents the alcohol addicted person’s rare attempts to abruptly abstain from drinking. As gloomy as the alcohol addicted individual’s life is, conversely, the good news is that competent help is extensively available – if the alcohol dependent person reaches out and seeks alcoholism rehab.

Summary

Conceding the fact that drinking is causing problems in your day by day functioning is perchance the simplest way to find out if you have a drinking problem. Stated more precisely, if your drinking is eliciting problems with your health, at work, in your relationships, with your finances, at school, or with the law, then you have a drinking problem that needs to be resolved.

If you have a problem with your drinking, moreover, this means that you are getting involved with excessive drinking.

While some individuals may be able to pinpoint their “alcohol signs,” pinpoint their difficulties, and significantly diminish the quantity and frequency of their drinking, others, nevertheless, need to address their drinking problems by getting quality alcohol rehabilitation. What is more, due to their inclination to deny the facts and twist the truth, alcohol dependent people undeniably need professional alcoholism therapy for their excessive drinking.

Post to Twitter

Adolescent Alcohol Abuse: A Dangerous Problem

November 07, 2009 By: anie Category: Medicine

http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/digg_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/reddit_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/stumbleupon_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/delicious_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/technorati_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/google_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/myspace_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/facebook_48.png http://natural-health.guruz-blog.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/yahoobuzz_48.png

Recent alcohol abuse statistics demonstrate the fact that alcohol abuse among teens is increasing in the United States. What are some of the reasons for this? Many substance abuse professionals believe that liquor, beer, and wine ads generated by the media are an important reason for the rise in teen alcohol abuse.

Other alcohol dependency specialists state that the increase in teen alcohol abuse is due to the toleration and convenience of alcohol in our society.

Still other alcohol addiction authorities affirm that many of our teens engage in risky drinking because of the increased stress that they undergo.

From a slightly different vantage point, since both parents in a number of families work full or part-time, the lack of parental supervision clearly has to play an essential part in the proliferation of teenage alcohol abuse. And last of all, a variety of alcohol addiction experts assert that the expansion of teen alcohol abuse is due, in part, to our laissez-faire society.

Coping Skills Education and Excessive Drinking

One element of teenage alcohol abuse that looks like it is lacking in the alcohol dependency research results, in contrast, is the paucity of educational courses that teach teenagers how to augment their coping skills so that their risky drinking behavior is fundamentally decreased or exterminated.

More specifically, science has disclosed the fact that there is an indirect connection between poor coping skills and alcohol abuse. Essentially, this means that the more mediocre the coping skills, the higher the prevalence of alcohol abuse. To the extent that this is a valid declaration, why isn’t coping skills education a major part of the educational core curriculum in all of our junior high schools, elementary schools, and high schools?

A Society That Puts Emphasis On Teenage Coping Skills

Let us manufacture a scenario for the purpose of explanation. Let us imagine a society in which all individuals are trained how to achieve sound coping skills all the way from kindergarten up to and including the twelfth grade.

In such a society, when life gets stressful, individuals who are ”coping skills experts” will be able to respond in a healthier and more creative manner, contrary to others who are unsuccessful in their attempts to put their coping skills into action.

Stated more precisely, students who show evidence of solid coping skills will be more able to think proactively and display superior decision making as opposed to students who, because they lack quality coping skills, are attracted to the “quick fix” of hazardous drinking.

What would happen in the above “ideal” society, what’s more, if teens not only obtained first class coping skills training but also obtained an excellent education that highlighted the short term and long term destructive outcomes associated with drug abuse and alcohol abuse? Emphasizing these kinds of drug and alcohol abuse facts, along with more highly developed coping skills education, it is affirmed, would help adolescents steer clear of the apparent charm associated with teenage drinking and, accordingly, would drastically reduce the injurious drinking behavior demonstrated by the youth in our country.

Adolescent Alcohol Abuse: Conclusion

There are obviously several sound reasons why so many of our teenagers drink in a hazardous manner. Such a tricky issue demands an all-inclusive and more applicable educational and preventative response by our students, parents, politicians, and educators so that our adolescents can learn how to cope with life’s problems in a more rewarding and responsible manner instead of gravitating to dangerous drinking behavior to solve their difficulties.

Post to Twitter


Powered by Yahoo! Answers

SEO Powered by Platinum SEO from Techblissonline

Twitter links powered by Tweet This v1.6.1, a WordPress plugin for Twitter.