basically it was just one pig-out week
but NO DRUGS/ALCOHOL was consumed

i have bags under my eyes, i am fat and bloated-
how on earth am i going to get myself out of this terrible state?

please help me!!!!!

I notice everytime I drink alcohol, next morning my skin gets dry and I feel tired especially in the summer and my skin looks dull!
someone mention to me..chinese green tea!? Just curious.

I’m scared that my brother will go back to his old ways once he goes out of alcohol rehab. I know it’s his life to live, but being that I care so much for him, I get hurt whenever he does something that is harmful to himself. I want to know what I can do to help him continue on being sober..

I was just wondering if it would make a significant difference to the patient if he had friends after going to rehab. Will this affect his continuance of alcohol sobriety?

In a coma after trying to quit drinking alcohol.

I tried detox pills that my mom gave me. These detox pills are supposed to get rid of toxins/build-up in your intestines, and then you eliminate it naturally by bowel movement. (it’s just over-the-counter stuff). Nothing seemed to happen, and I had regular bowel movements. Then Saturday came….

I was at a wedding (had a couple drinks, not wasted or anything) and at around 9pm I had sudden severe stomach pain. It crippled me. I went to lay down in the hotel room and was sobbing in pain, clenching myself to the bed, couldn’t move. It was a constant pain, no dip or peak in pain, centered around my belly button. I forced myself to puke (although I was not nauseous) to get rid of any alcohol or anything I had eaten that may have contributed. Then I fell asleep for about 2 hours. When I woke, I was still in pain, but not as much, and the pain only became severe when ever I moved or shifted my body in any way.

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The parties over the New Year are over. You have had a merry time with your family and friends. But you are now suffering from the effects of having one glass of wine too many. A splitting headache and stomach pains are making you sick and miserable.

You long to be up and about. So what remedies are available for a faster recovery?

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Alright here is my story. I am 30 years old and have had 2 seizures in my entire life. The first one came back in 2007 while I was hospitalized for 23 straight days with pancreatitis. The pancreatites was a direct result of consuming too much alcohol over a period of time. I have now been alcohol free for 34 months. To treat pancreatitis you are denied any food or water until the right blood levels are achieved. The only form of nutrition you get is through an IV. During my stay (on my 3rd day in) I had a seizure. It was never reported to the DMV because the Doctors felt it was from withdrawal of alcohol and or an allergic reaction to a medication give via IV. Immediately after given the medication, I turned bright red, got the worst headache of my entire life, my hands were shaky like I had just had an entire pot of coffee. In either event, so many tests were ordered. Blood draws, Spinal Tap, MRI, Cat Scan and an EEG. The EEG was given 2 days after the seizure (which I have read is the absolute wrong time to give it). The EEG came back with a slight abnormality, but because everything else was perfect and there is no family history and it was the first one I ever had, the EEG wasn’t compelling enough. I was given tegretol to take 2 times a day for 6 months. After 6 months of the tegretol, I was told I could stop taking it and I did stop. I had no seizures for while on the medication and for a period of 28 months after, never loosing my license either since it wasn’t reported.

Apparently seizures can be provoked by stress, poor eating habits and a million other things. I had this seizure while driving, lost control of the vehicle and hit a house. It didn’t do much damage at all and I guess that’s besides the point. I had so much stress that day and my seizure happened right after opening some mail that said I had to testify against a Doctor who had (lets just say he was a male and was at some part of my body for a while). The saying when it rains it pours was never so true then it was that day 10 weeks ago. I went to the Doctor the morning after it. This one was extremely different then the one 34 months ago, I remembered things right away, I didn’t bite my tongue, my body wasn’t shaking and a I had no muscle fatigue.

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My husband just spent three days in a detox unit for alcohol addiction, and all he has done today is sleep, and he has been giving me the cold shoulder. Is this normal behavor?