Thank you Jason.
Sugar alcohols are sweeteners and, in spite of their name, do not contain any ethanol. Recovering alcoholics have nothing to worry about with sugar alcohols--they are not what we tend
You Ask, I Answer: Sugar Alcoholsby
Andy B.
If a food product is sugar free but lists 8-15 grams of sugar alcohols, should I just avoid it?
What is a sugar alcohol, anyway?
– Jessica Rothschild
Queens, NY
Sugar alcohols...
WORKING CLASS DOGS AND LABOR DAY....by
Helpful Buckeye
be working as well. That would be the Working Class Dogs.
The American Kennel Club currently recognizes... this week in the left column to show how much you know about " Working Class Dogs."
From The New Yorker...
It's Time to Reform Our Toxic Chemical Laws.by
Stephen Tvedten
understood to be a problem. This includes the class of chemicals that are known to persist in the environment... requirements and new scientific review. They want to review the chemicals on a use-by-use basis, ignoring real...
CHEMICALS AND DISEASE CONDITIONSby
Stephen Tvedten
, over 80,000 chemicals have been developed and used. Many are pesticides that degrade soils and contaminate...CHEMICALS AND DISEASE CONDITIONS - Beldeu Singh
For the environmentally aware, there is no need...
Go Red! Or is it Go White? Alcohol and Cholesterol
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Several studies have now confirmed that drinking a moderate amount of alcohol (ethanol) decreases the risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke. There are several mechanisms to the health benefits of alcohol...). If this sounds familiar, it should since I mentioned it in a blog last month. A new class of synthetic drugs...crap
Living With[out] Crystal Meth
Alter the chemical make-up of ephedrine, add just the right amount of drain cleaner... back into alcohol, which had been my first drug of choice.
How did I get to that point, and why wasn... of my inner addict-the obsession to use, and the compulsion to use more. After I took that first drug or drink...crap
Living With Crystal Meth
Alter the chemical make-up of ephedrine, add just the right amount of drain cleaner... that I belonged -- somewhere, anywhere. Add to that the drive of my inner addict -- the obsession to use... I chose the escape route of alcohol and drugs when my former partner was diagnosed with cancer. Maybe...crap
The Legacy of Alcohol Addiction: The children left behind
I originally wrote the following article for a chemical dependency newsletter for people who are Adult Children of Alcoholics. It was an emotionally difficult piece for me to write. I do hope that my writing will help anyone who either suffers from alcohol addiction or...crap
The Cruel Double Whammy: Bipolar and Alcohol or Drug Abuse
of candidate genes for alcoholism and substance use.
The resolution to “self-medicating” vs “craving... this and you would not be reading this if we did not believe our condition were manageable to some degree. Throw alcohol... of the story: One parent mentioned the alcohol and drugs, then another, then another.
This sounded right...crap
A brief guide to Serotonin
A few years ago, if I mentioned serotonin to a class of 18 year olds, I would have been met..., I thought it might be useful to post a few lines about serotonin and its role in depression.... Serotonin is actually one of three important chemicals called neurotransmitters...crap
X-Factors
unnoticed until after they are in widespread use. The class of drugs known as protease inhibitors (PIs... Compounds become useful drugs only if their beneficial qualities far outweigh any harmful or... that some of the unusual side effects associated with PI use, such as lipid abnormalities and insulin resistance...crap
Ten Signs that You May Be Involved in an Emotionally Abusive Relationship
. Everything has a reason and none of these reasons include them being responsible for themself.
4. Alcohol and drug use: All abusers do not use drugs or alcohol but a lot do. My boyfriend was addicted to drugs...
When I was fifteen years old I met my first boyfriend. He was the class clown...crap
Counseling Chemically Dependent People with HIV Illness
to intravenous drug use.
Newmeyer notes that substance use increases an individual's vulnerability to HIV... during a drunken or stoned sexualencounter. Thirdly, a number of substances, such as alcohol, cannabis, "speed... of working with individualswho have a dual diagnosis of chemical dependency and AIDS, including: locating...crap