Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Neck Deep in Alcohol Addiction!

Alcohol addiction, or alcoholism, can be described as a disease which is indicated by the mental, psychological, and physical need for the assimilation of a particular amount of alcohol within a specified timeframe.   Alcohol addiction isn’t anything to be made light of.  A person struggling with an addiction to alcohol will experience powerful cravings that compel the individual to drink.  Thus, alcohol addiction encompasses every aspects of one’s existence.
Studies have shown that alcohol addiction is also an allergic reaction of the body working on a physical level to keep the alcoholic a slave for the next drink, and the next.
“Alcohol addiction can also be perpetuated by hidden food allergies. Food allergies often produce cravings for the foods causing the allergy. William Philpott, MD, PhD who is Board certified in Neurology, Allergy and Psychiatry, explains the body produces endorphins or enkephalins, when stressed by an allergen. The opiate-like endorphins, reduce anxiety and perpetuate the addiction”.

Read more at My Addicted Mind.Com

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