Coastal Bend Alcohol/Drug Rehab Center DBA Charlies Place
5501 Interstate Highway 37
Corpus Christi, TX 78408
(361) 882-9302
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Treatment & Detox Guide
Drinking Makes You Dumber?
A new study shows that binge drinking may have far more significant effects than merely a bad hangover the next day. Researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain, reported that binge drinking can affect the brain in similar ways that are seen in chronic alcohol abusers. Binge drinking is defined in….
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction means an intense craving for the desire to have a drug at any time, regardless of place or time. You want to use it again and again. You will have unpleasant physical reactions if you stop it. It is not so that everyone who uses drugs becomes addicted to it. Addiction refers to….
Top 10 Signs of Addiction
Are you concerned that a loved one is addicted to drugs and/or alcohol? If so, you must know the signs and symptoms of addiction, as this will allow you to pinpoint the problem and eventually get this person the help he or she needs. Some signs of addiction are easy to see, while others can….
For recovering alcoholics, social, emotional impairments continue even after drinking stops
With their drinking problems behind them, studies show recovered alcoholics may still face social disorders or deficits. According to ABC News, a recent Boston-based study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs compared the brain function of a group of former alcoholics with the brain function….
Retreat Offers Hope for Indian American Women Alcoholics
Indian American women who are struggling with alcohol dependence, depression or substance abuse face unique challenges, according to a team of recovery professionals who are targeting the community. “Living here in the U.S. is a very major stress,” Arun Jethanandani, M.D., told India-West by phone from the Brookhaven Retreat in eastern Tennessee. “Many women have….