Category: Sober living

Sleep deprivation raises your level of ghrelin (the hormone that makes you feel hungry) and lowers your level of leptin (the hormone that regulates fullness). “It can also cause people to have a bloated look and retain water, especially in areas like the under eyes,” Anthony M. Rossi, MD, FAAD, FACMS, founder of Dr. Rossi Derm MD Skincare, told Health.… Continue reading Understanding Alcohols Impact on Your Body as You Age

There are literally hundreds of proteins that could be targeted in development of such a medication. For example, ΔFosB, or any of the hundred or so proteins it regulates, represent possible drug targets. The same is true for numerous additional molecular changes that have been implicated in cocaine addiction. Glutamate receptors and receptors for the… Continue reading Cocaine National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA

Comedic star John Belushi rose to fame as an original cast member of Saturday Night Live. In 1982, he accidentally overdosed on a speedball (a mixture of cocaine and heroin). Throughout the 1950s and ‘60s, Nick Adams starred in the TV show The Rebel and appeared in multiple films. Practitioners of herbalism Charlie ParkerJazz musician;… Continue reading Celebrities Who Have Struggled with Alcohol Addiction