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Q&A: My mother had a stroke and is back to drinking.?

Question by Norma: My mother had a stroke and is back to drinking.?
My mother has been an alcoholic my entire life. Im 30. She can go very long lengths of time with out drinking, sometimes years. My father passed away 2 years ago and her drinking got real bad. She stopped again a few months ago and went through severe withdraws. She was in ICU for 8 days. She could have died. Last month she had a stroke. Her doctor said it was unrelated. As far as the stroke she is ok. Going through physical therapy and all. My son told me today that he found beer cans in her room. He said he touched them and they were still cold. She is on alot of medication. She told me she went back on antidepressants, but I don’t think she did. But I’m more worried than before that the drinking is going to kill her even quicker. I know that her medication and alcohol is horrible for her body, especially on her liver. I don’t know how to approach her with the subject. I’ve tried so many times in the past. The even sadder part in all this. She can’t drive. So I know it’s my brother that is bringing her the beer. I will talk with him. I’m just not sure how to talk to her. Or do I send her to rehab? But if she isn’t ready for help, then it won’t work but just for a little while.

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Answer by LaReina de Todo
I drank long enough and hard enough that I ruptured my esophagus and nearly bled to death internally. I also had to have a shunt put into my liver because it was about to shut down. I have now been sober for eight years. People who drink are in unbearable pain. Something devastating has happened to them or they think they have screwed up so badly that it can never be fixed. A lot of it dates back for years. They feel worthless, and don’t think anyone cares about them. Here is what I wish someone had done for me.

When your mother is as close to sober/unmedicated as she gets, sit down and talk to her. Tell her how you are dying inside watching her hurt herself. Tell her how much you love her (even if maybe right now you don’t, just say it). Try to recall good times you have had with her, and how happy it made you both. If she has grandchildren, tell her you would hate for them to grow up not knowing her. Tell her that you don’t know how best to help her, and ask what SHE thinks you should do. Tell her almost everything is fixable. If she tells you to leave her alone, say that you refuse to do it. Tell her you simply can’t stand by and watch her kill herself. You say you have tried to approach her in the past, and I know it is difficult. But once you start talking, the right words will come out. Tear your brother a new @sshole and threaten him with anything you have if he continues to bring her alcohol. If you could get him involved in the talk, all the better. If not, put on your big-girl panties and do it yourself. You will regret it if you don’t.

I wish you all good things in this endeavor.

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Can heroin addiction be cured by breaking the addict’s back at the base of the spine?

Question by Josh: Can heroin addiction be cured by breaking the addict’s back at the base of the spine?
This is mentioned in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three.

“…where it was really coming from, he knew from what he had read in the medical journals, was from the bunch of living wires at the base of his spine, that place where heroin addiction takes place by causing an unnatural thickening of the nerve stem.

Want to take a quick cure? … Break your spine, Henry. Your legs stop working, and so does your cock, but you stop needing the needle right away.”

If you have an answer (preferably with some proof) it would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

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Answer by Tink
There is no reason to believe its true.

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To Get Your Ex Back You Need To Recognize These Things

After a breakup in a relationship;you may reconsider and want to know, how to get your ex back. You will need to recognize these things in order to get back together with your ex.The first thing is to consider why the relationship went wrong from the beginning. The second thing is to find the correct way to rekindle the relationship without pushing your ex away.

There are some problems that exist in relationships that should be thought about long and hard, before you try to patch up the broken relationship. If the problem area is infidelity; and you have been cheated on,then this should take special attention. You should be sure that there is no chance of being cheated on again, because this area of relationship problems are usually habitual.

You most take note that you will have to learn to trust that person all over again. You will also appreciate the fact; that most people who have been cheated on, usually ends the relationship for good. In certain circumstances, some relationships are reuninted after being betrayed. To get your ex back you will need to recognize these things.

There are sometimes certain things that happen when a person cheats, that are excused as a circumstance that could not be helped. Some people for instance, could be involved in a set up by some enemy of yours that want to see your marriage or relationship fail. This does happen; from others who may be jealous of the relationship, and will stop at nothing to ruin your chance for happiness.

If you really love that person and you think that they should have another chance,you may want to try to talk to them in a calm way to get to the bottom of the problem. It never hurts to talk and figure out a way to get your ex back if you truly want the relationship to work.

However, when you have been cheated on you want to make it understood by them, that you will not put up with it again no matter what happens. Giving them one chance is enough, if they repeat it again then tell them to hit the road. Usually when it happens twice, it will happen the third time and so on…

Another thing to recognize is that if your relationship was broken by some argument or jealous act; and both is at fault, then these type problems can be discussed and usually reversed to heal the relationship.Do try to get your ex back if this problem exist. These problems can definately be worked out by just growing up and acting like adults.

If you want to get your ex back; and recognize these things in this article to be a problem, then you may need an ultimate plan to make it reality. There are ways to do this by getting relationship advice from other sources to make it happen.

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Drug Rehabilitation Centers Get Your Life Back to Normal

Drug Rehabilitation centers play a significant role in helping people recover from drug addiction and bring their lives back to normal again. Doctors play an important part in drug rehabilitation centers by helping even those patients to recover from alcohol and drug addiction who otherwise thought they were incurable. It is extremely difficult for an individual to recover from addiction without medicines or treatment. At the same time, just the thought of going to a rehabilitation center may seem very threatening to the drug addict. This situation may be avoided to some extent if they have a better idea of what to expect when they enter a drug rehabilitation center.

Every Rehabilitation Center is Unique …

There are several types of rehabilitation centers and most of them might be unique in one way or the other. Drug rehabilitation centers address both physical as well as psychological aspects of alcohol or drug dependence. Doctors prescribe some medicines to help the patient tackle withdrawal symptoms better. This step is important in addressing physical dependence on drugs. Doctors consider it as a vital and challenging task since this is the first step in breaking patients’ alcohol or drug addiction. It is believed addicted people develop chemical dependence on alcohol or drugs due to which they suffer from withdrawal symptoms.

… So are the Drug Addicts

Every drug addict is different and so are the situations around them. There are no fixed treatment methods for all of them. Group therapy and individual counseling are another important part of treatment. In group therapy patients participate in group sessions in which other addicts are also present. Since many of them have under gone various recovery stages, they can help those patients who have just started the process.

There are No Guarantees

Drug rehabilitation centers cannot, however, guarantee that the individual will completely recover after completion of his or her treatment. The time taken by patients to recover may vary with each case as well as on how long the patient has suffered from addiction. Though alcohol and drug rehabilitation programmes are similar, there are several differences as well. While withdrawal methods vary for different type of drug addiction, they are the same for alcohol irrespective of what type of alcohol the patient was addicted with.

Some drug rehabilitation programs do not even use medications to cure the patient. Rather, they use nutritional supplements to enhance the recovery process of their patients. Most drug rehabilitation programs, however, use drugs and at times anesthesia to treat the patient from serious drug addiction condition. Those who use anesthesia hire the services of specialist anesthesiologist who help the addicted person sleep during painful withdrawal symptoms.

You Need Help? That’s a huge Step Forward

If you have come to a decision that you need help with your drug addiction problem, there are several drug rehabilitation centers which provide both outpatient and inpatient services. If you are still feeling confused where to go for treatment, start by talking to your family doctor, they might be able to suggest comfortable drug rehabilitation center for you.

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Back Pain Relief Works as Fast But Lasts Longer Than Cortisone

Back Pain Relief That Works as Fast But Lasts Longer Than Cortisone Two months ago, I told you about Prolozone, a tremendous breakthrough in pain management. With Prolozone, we inject an oxygen/ozone gas mixture into painful and inflamed areas. It causes an extremely fast healing response. Now we have proof that this treatment is even better than the standard steroid shot for pain relief.

Each year thousands of Americans are subjected to epidural injections of steroids for low back pain, sciatica, degenerative arthritis, etc. It’s sort of a one-size fits all treatment. You have degeneration, let’s shoot it with some steroids. We’ll knock out the pain for you. Don’t worry about the toxicity of the steroids. Just enjoy the pain relief now. That’s the mindset of the typical American doctor. Well, leave it to the Italians to show us up. Italian researchers studied 306 patients 166 had primarily disc disease and 140 had non-disc vertebral disease. All of them had acute or chronic low back or sciatic pain. The researchers gave them one of two treatments. The first treatment was an X-ray guided injection of an oxygen/ozone gas mixture. This injection went into the area of nerve exit from the spine. The second treatment was the standard injection of steroids around the spinal joints.

Neurologists who did not know what injection the patient received (hence the study was blinded) evaluated all of the patients. There was little difference between the two forms of injection for short-term pain relief. Both worked, with 80% of the patients reporting clear improvement. Most had complete remission of pain at one week.However, at six months, the gas proved far more effective for those with disc disease. Of 86 patients getting the O2/O3 gas mixture, only 13 (15%) had poor outcomes. The steroid injection group had a 22.5% rate of poor outcomes. Among patients without disk disease, 6 of 70 (8.6%) receiving the gas had a poor outcome. But 21.4% of those getting the steroids had a poor outcome. The oxygen/ozone treatment beat steroids long-term for both disc and non disc pain.

However, for that non-disc pain group, they said the difference was not statistically significant. What that means is that there was a 10% possibility that ozone’s superiority to steroids for non-disc long-term improvement was due only to chance. I know the odds on a craps table. Ozone was clearly superior in my book.

There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of epidural steroid injections in America every year. I will admit that the literature suggests that complications from these injections are uncommon. While I have seen permanent pain relief from these injections (after several injections), the effects are usually short lived. And, repeated injections of steroids have significant long-term risks. Steroids are potent blockers of inflammation.They also reduce collagen production, leading to long term weakness of the tissue injected.

On the other hand, the ozone gas mixture has several positive actions. It normalizes the levels of inflammatory chemicals, beneficially increases key enzymes, minimizes toxic reactive free radicals and, most importantly,improves circulation. After all, ozone is oxygen the most important nutrient for cellular and tissue repair. Where there is inflammation, there will always be a deficiency of oxygen. And oxygen is the key to actually rebuilding the tissues.Cortisone may block pain. It may reduce inflammatory chemicals. But ozone modulates inflammation. That means it brings the process into balance. It doesn’t simply suppress one necessary arm of healing (inflammation). It promotes the healthy balance of chemicals that oppose wanton inflammation. It provides oxygen the starving cells need to actually repair and rebuild tissue. Cortisone does nothing of the kind. Instead, it knocks out the ability of the cells to make collagen.

Even better: You might not need the X-ray guided needle to get terrific results. Since it’s a gas, and not a liquid, it has much greater diffusion capacity. Dr. Shallenberger and I are seeing oxygen/ozone administered via standard prolotherapy techniques (needling) into more sensitive areas that rival the results of X-ray guidance.Prolozone is nothing short of miraculous.

The authors of the Italian study concluded: Our most interesting finding was the increase in the number of patients with disc disease (disc-induced pain) who reported an improvement in symptoms. This finding supports other evidence that O2-O3 infiltration affects not only the symptoms but also the cause of pain by accelerating the natural recovery mechanism of disc herniation.If you’d like more information on Prolozone, please read my report on it in the March 2009 issue.

Ref: American Journal of Neuroradiology, 6:996-1000, May 2005.

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How to Get Your Ex-wife Back

She’s gone but you still love her. You want her back. Is it possible? Of course it is; Liz Taylor married the same man twice. It’s not something terribly uncommon. Whether you are already divorced or only separated, you can get your ex-wife back. But to do that, you need to understand a female’s heart.

There was a time my wife almost left me. I had an illicit relationship with a ‘sweet young thing’ at the office. When my wife found out, she hit the roof, which was understandable. But even I was shocked at her fury and wrath. I never thought that she was capable of such a level of anger. Of course I deserved it but the thing I realized about women is that their greatest need is security. And security to a woman is not the same as security to a man. We men derive our security from our bank accounts, which implies our career, job, status, assets etc. But a woman derives her security from her relationships, especially with the ones she loves. That’s why having an unfaithful husband is the most hurtful thing a woman can endure. Infidelity destroys a woman’s sense of security more than anything else.

Hence, to get your ex-wife back, you have to convince her that she will be secure with you. This applies even if you were not unfaithful. You may have broken up due to other reasons. But deep down she left you because in some way, her sense of security was shattered. It may be because of your dishonesty, bad habits, bad temper, over-inflated ego, selfishness, self-centeredness, pushiness etc. All these things make her feel insecure with you. It makes her see you as unreliable, untrustworthy, insecure and immature. And when that happens, she’s out the door, mate. I’m not implying that your ex-wife cannot live without a man but what I’m saying is that a woman sees her relationship with her lover as an oasis of security. Therefore, when that security is no longer there (or has severely diminished), she sees such a relationship as no longer worth continuing.

The first thing to do to restore your ex-wife’s sense of security with you is to change yourself. I had to make some radical changes to my lifestyle and habits to save my marriage. Besides the obvious act of stopping the illicit relationship, I made it a point to stay at home more and pay more attention to my wife. So take steps to change yourself in ways that will restore your ex-wife’s sense of security. Your mindset must be to love her unconditionally. Of course, your ex-wife has her faults too but you should not concern yourself with getting her to change yet. For now, you make the changes in yourself first. When she sees the changes in you, I guarantee she will change her ways as well.

Once you have made those radical changes in yourself, you can try to contact your ex-wife again. Realize that after the breakup, she might still be wary of you, so give her space and the option to say no. If you are gentle and persistent, you will get the chance to meet her and eventually show her you have changed.

When your ex-wife senses that you love her unconditionally, her heart will warm up to you once again because her sense of security is restored. And when that happens, you have overcome the biggest hurdle in getting back with your ex-wife. All you need to do after that is to build on the momentum of this new relationship with her. Do things together that are enjoyable and fun. Start off by just casual chatting and eventually you will be able to discuss deeper things like resuming your relationship. At all times, remember to make her feel like the most secure woman on earth and she will be yours forever.

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Come Back To Your Normal Life From The Curse Of Addiction

Staying slimmer is the common desire possessed by majority of modern women. But, several among them choose the way of less eating to meet the criterion, which ultimately causes eating disorder. Eating disorder is nothing but a type of obsessive compulsive relation with food. The patients engage in uncontrolled eating or bingeing.

This is really a serious mental disease and utmost care needs to be taken to cure the patients. In this regard, an eating disorder treatment center would be the perfect solution. Earlier, the patients of eating disorders were treated with different way, where the patients were asked to weight the food that they eat and then asked them to eat that in the public areas. But, now the treatment procedure has changed. In an eating disorder treatment center the patients are treated both physically and psychologically, which help to cure them completely.In an eating disorder treatment center the patients are treated both physically and psychologically, which help to cure them completely.

Food addiction is another behavioral disease that is affecting several people nowadays. Work overload, stress are some of the reasons of this disease. For the patients the food addiction treatment centers are the perfect destinations. Over there one will get the experiences of all the modern treatments that are needed to treat such diseases.

So, if you are suffering from either food disorder, food addiction or sex addiction then don’t sit back, immediately attain a food addiction, eating disorder or sex addiction treatment program. Remember, earlier will be the treatment more will be the possibilities to cure the patient and bring him/her back to the normal life.

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Winning Her Back

For every man that has succeeded in winning their girlfriend back, there are several more that have tried and failed. Kind of makes you wonder what the difference is. What it is it that makes one man succeed at winning their girlfriend back while so many more seem to struggle and fail? Well, there are a few things that you have to know before you go about winning her back. And when you unlock these ‘secrets,’ it will be far easier to actually attract her back to YOU.

Here are a few of those things that you need to know:

1. Most advice on how to win her back is pure garbage. And you want to know why I say that? Because so many men try these methods and FAIL miserably at getting back with their girlfriends. The problem is most of this advice is pretty generic in nature and not based on real world success. It’s more theory than substance.

2. You will NEVER persuade her to come back to you. Why would you even want to? Persuading her to come back signals that she is NOT attracted to you. And even if she DOES come back to you, the chances are really good that she will just break up with you AGAIN.

3. You have to attract her back and the better you understand female psychology, the better your chances are. See, most guys know that men and women think and act differently when it comes to relationships. And yet they will try the things that they think will work. And to a woman, these attempts are nothing more than fake ploys.

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Proven Get Ex Back System That Really Works – The Magic Of Making Up

You have broken up with your ex. Now you need a proven system to get ex back as soon as possible. You have talked to your friends and family to get some advice, but nothing seems to work.

Now you have come to the point where you are desperate and want to know how to get back together with your ex. You even browse online to find some tips and advice; to make it work, but still you are stranded for information.

You come across many websites that will guarantee you results; but not knowing the reputation of these websites, your afraid to take the chance. You need some evidence to prove that these sites are reputable.

These are some of the things that cross our minds when searching for a proven get ex back system that really works. You have not found this article by mistake! You have come to the right place for success.In fact, I will show you a system that will get your ex back with a plan that is ready to put in to action.

The system that I suggest to you is called the magic of making up program. This was carefully put together by a guy ( T-Dub Jackson ) who never has claimed to be a psychiatrist or relationship counselor. He has mastered this information in relationships; and has helped thousands rekindle their lives together, with a “proven get ex back system” that really works well.

What needs to be understood when trying to get back your ex is realizing what caused the breakup from the beginning. This proven system; will help you figure out what went wrong, and provides a step by step solution for winning your ex back. It will bring to your attention tips and other methods to use for your advantage.

Here is what you will get in this “proven get ex back system” called the “Magic Of Making Up” program.

1) You will be sent a general report of “The Magic Of Making Up” e-book!(includes 62 pages alone)
2)You will learn how to apologize in the correct way. This is called the clean slate method.
3)You will be sent also the Mind Magic section which includes (27 pages) this is psychological methods and tricks which is worth the price alone.

Whether or not you get back together with your ex, The “Magic of Making Up” has a oustanding amount of relationship-based information and methods that can help you figure out the opposite sex.

To check out this “proven get your ex back system” you will not have to do a lot of research online, to find that this is the most reputable relationship advice system that you will find anywhere.Customer testimonials suggest that “The Magic of Making Up” really does work and is well worth the money. You will also get access to the email of T-Dubb Jackson himself to ask any questions about any situation that arises in your quest to get your ex back.

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Lower Back Pain Treatment

If you are suffering from a bad back, you should look at different treatment options that are available. It is important to the right treatment to ensure that your back gets the care it needs. You should know that even if you have had pain in your back for many years, you can still get relief for you back.

Chronic lower back pain is one of the most causes of lost work in the country. Unfortunately, millions of people are disabled and tortured by constant pain. These people often try endless different remedies, both alternative and conventional, with no relief.

It is important that you find a back pain treatment program that incorporates exercise, diet, and lifestyle changes that can help reduce your pain. Sometimes people’s daily activities are often the cause of their back pain. This usually results in the muscles in your back being pulled or injured.

Its treatment promotes the retention of water, oxygen and nutrients in the inner discs. These three substances allow the nourishment of torn and distressed tissues in order to heal.

Aging itself can also contribute to the pain. Other factors which can contribute to back pain include being overweight which puts stress on the back and also poor lifestyle choices such as lack of exercise and poor posture while working.

Variations of treatment included sham spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) with genuine medication, genuine SMT combined with fake medication, both fake SMT and drug medication and both genuine SMT combined with genuine drug medication.

Increase blood circulation: Isometric stretches increases blood flow. And better circulation is another key in eliminating lower back pain. The blood removes toxins from the tissues and brings natural healing compounds to those same tissues.

The stronger your muscles become the less upper backpain you will have. A massage therapist is also very helpful in relieving the pain in your upper right back.

Although pain killers and anti-inflammatory drugs are used to temporarily ease the pain they fail to give permanent relief. In cases of chronic back pain people have tried and succeeded by making changes in posture and lifestyle and by using alternative therapies.

Lie flat on your back and pull your legs together while bending your knees. Let your arms stay on your sides then move you knees sideways and hold it there for 20 minutes, breathing easily in the process.

Take the same lying down position but this time pull your bended knees slowly towards your chest. Alternate with each knee for every 20 seconds.

Most low back pain can get better if you stay active. Avoid placing yourself in situations that will aggravate your pain. Don’t twist unnecessarily when doing chores or housework. When you are no longer in severe pain, you should be strengthening the stomach, back and legs.

Magnesium is important in promoting proper muscle contractions and to keep your muscles toned. It helps in the absorption of nutrients that can add density to our bones. Vegetables that are green and leafy, whole grain breads, beans, nuts, seeds, shrimps, bananas and a lot more can provide us with sufficient amounts of magnesium.

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