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Fairfield Addiction Specialist: 'Hopelessness' Hurts Recovery, Could Make Us Drink Too Much Fairfield Addiction Specialist: 'Hopelessness' Hurts Recovery, Could Make Us Drink Too Much
Fairfield Addiction Specialist: 'Hopelessness' Hurts Recovery, Could Make Us Drink Too Much Does your "five o'clock somewhere" come in the middle of the afternoon in COVID-19 work-from-home quarantine? The stress is too much for some of us and impacts people in alcohol recovery. Someone trying to maintain sobriety is especially challenged right now, said John Hamilton, who is the CEO/president of Liberation Programs, Inc., a behavioral health organization that treats substance use disorders with outpatient and residential treatment centers at several locations in Fairfield County. "Any sense of loss and any level of financial stress can be a trigger for relapse," he worries. …

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by Donna Christopher
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Brain Drain: Cell Phone Overuse Can Interfere With Sleep, Cognitive Capacity, Reports Say Brain Drain: Cell Phone Overuse Can Interfere With Sleep, Cognitive Capacity, Reports Say
Brain Drain: Cell Phone Overuse Can Interfere With Sleep, Cognitive Capacity, Reports Say Smartphone technology has undoubtedly changed the way we access the world of information that has become available at our fingertips.  But new research from the University of Chicago has shown that overusing those phones can interfere with sleep and have other negative effects of cognitive ability. From self-esteem to memory, attention span, creativity, productivity and more, smartphone technology is having a myriad of negative effects for those who overuse it. Dopamine is the main brain chemical considered when discussing the biochemical effects of smartphones. But a new analysis of …

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by Valerie Musson