Meet another major player in the biology of addiction. The workhorse neurotransmitter glutamate, made from glutamine, the brain’s most abundant amino acid, has always been a tempting target for new drug development. Drugs that play off receptors for glutamate are already available, and more are in the pipeline. Drug companies have been working on new ….
Read more ›As seen on the skit, gambling addiction can get out of hand real fast. Remember when things get out of your control, it is time to get help. Do not kid yourself a gambling addiction can destroy everything in your life you have worked hard to build. In this session, I will discuss a couple ….
Read more ›To start the new year off we are introducing a new feature to the site, one that begins today and will morph throughout the year into a helpful collection of tips on how to get and stay sober. We have always posted things that we are adding to our personal toolboxes of recovery, but have not done a good job of ….
Read more ›Unlikely candidate helps alcohol-dependent mice cut back on the sauce. Say what you will about glutamate-gated chloride channels in the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus-but the one thing you probably wouldn’t say about the cellular channels in parasitic worms is that a drug capable of activating them may prove useful in the treatment of alcoholism and ….
Read more ›What would you say to your teenage self? That’s the concept behind Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self. A variety of contributors – from J.K. Rowling (who also wrote the foreword) to James Franco to Garth Brooks– scribbled advice and encouragement to the kids they once were. Do you think he might have ….
Read more ›X-ray specs for drug effects. The science of addiction and the technology of brain scans have both developed exponentially in the past two decades. The search for specific neurobiological markers for addiction was made possible by positron emission tomography, better known as the PET scan. Known more casually as the PET/CT scanner, the device was ….
Read more ›Start the video up and read on…it’s time to venture into lyricos addicto obscura (sounds latin, but yeah, I just made it up). Blue Oyster Cult is one of my favorite bands. They blend three of my favorite genres – rock, scifi, and fantasy like no other (with a nod to Led Zepplin and Rush). ….
Read more ›Clearly not much to do with recovery but a very amusing vid with only 300 views on youtube – really out there. I just wondered how many hits I would get with a post titled Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-bop-bop – I will let you know. Clearly not much to do with recovery but a very amusing ….
Read more ›The financial crisis that plunged our economy into its worst state since the Great Depression also caused people to seek treatment for addiction to prescription drugs in unprecedented numbers. According to leading rehabilitation center Cliffside Malibu in California, the number of patients entering the facility for such treatment rose more than 60% between 2007 and ….
Read more ›The 12th and final step of the Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Step program reads: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. It requests that recovering alcoholics help others in their quest for sobriety. Well, a ….
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