alcoholism and problem drinking from a chemical and biological standpoint
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alcoholism and problem drinking from a chemical and biological standpoint
does anyone have any resources, books, hyper links etc on this.
my last drink was 1.1.2011 and up until now i had been looking at it purely from a psychological/emotional point of view as in people drink due to physical cravings which don't really last that long [weeks] thereafter it is habitual due to poor psychological/emotional makeup.
i have started [for better or worse] reading the AA BB now and this is talking about a physical side. What alcohol does to the body i don't know other than it being bad for your heart, liver, a diuretic and toxic and gets u drunk i don't know.
My assumption had been all of the above are reversible in most but the most severe cases. I guess i was not a get up and drink sort of drinker so maybe i don't understand the damage alcohol can do physically. I hate the idea that it can do permanent damage
Can anyone help draw me into the intellectual truth on the physical effects of alcoholism and/or problem drinking? From a scientific chemical and biological point of view? Or direct me to a resource that may do this
my last drink was 1.1.2011 and up until now i had been looking at it purely from a psychological/emotional point of view as in people drink due to physical cravings which don't really last that long [weeks] thereafter it is habitual due to poor psychological/emotional makeup.
i have started [for better or worse] reading the AA BB now and this is talking about a physical side. What alcohol does to the body i don't know other than it being bad for your heart, liver, a diuretic and toxic and gets u drunk i don't know.
My assumption had been all of the above are reversible in most but the most severe cases. I guess i was not a get up and drink sort of drinker so maybe i don't understand the damage alcohol can do physically. I hate the idea that it can do permanent damage
Can anyone help draw me into the intellectual truth on the physical effects of alcoholism and/or problem drinking? From a scientific chemical and biological point of view? Or direct me to a resource that may do this
Hi Kevin,
Try this link from the secular forum.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...d-edition.html
Try this link from the secular forum.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...d-edition.html
Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism by James Robert Milam & Katherine Ketcham might also be a good book from the standpoint you're wanting to find out about Kevin.
We have excerpts here:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...influence.html
We have excerpts here:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...influence.html
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