Black Mountain, North Carolina Treatment Centers
Robert Swain Recovery Center
932 Old U.S. 70
2nd Floor Moore II
Black Mountain, NC 28711 View Details →
2nd Floor Moore II
Black Mountain, NC 28711 View Details →
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800-580-9104
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The worst recipe for violence … just mix alcohol and Valium
Mixing Valium and alcohol is the most potent mix for committing violent offences, according to new research commissioned by the Scottish Prison Service. A study of 16 and 17-year-old boys at Polmont Young Offenders Institution found that many of them had committed their offences because they had taken diazepam and alcohol together. They said it….
Alcohol poisoning: The hard facts
Poisoning caused by binge drinking – drinking excessively within a short period. For men, that’s five standard-sized alcoholic beverages within two hours. For women it’s four or more standard-sized drinks, which is defined as a 12-ounce beer, a 5- ounce glass of wine or a mixed drink with one shot. With excessive drinking, the liver struggles….
You want treatment?
I had an interesting Blog Comment from Pavel Nepustil, a Czech republic NGO worker and PhD student, currently in Houston, USA, on a Fullbright Scholarship. Pavel came over to see us in Cardiff last year and we decided we would work together. He is one bright ‘cookie’ and very dedicated to this field. He got….
Expert warns teens and alcohol don’t mix
Tasmanian parents are being warned against allowing their children to drink alcohol. The warning follows a national health insurers’ survey of 1200 adults earlier this year. More than half the Tasmanians interviewed thought it was acceptable for 15 to 17-year-olds to drink at home supervised by their parents. The Director of the Brain and Mind….
Older and Wiser Doesn't Mean Knowing When to Stop Drinking
The old adage of “don’t do what I do, do what I say” may very well pertain to older adults when it comes to drinking. A small study of 42 adults, half between the ages of 40 and 75, and half aged 25 to 35, indicated that the older drinkers really may not know when….