Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal & Recovery
This web site is dedicated to sufferers of benzodiazepine tranquilliser addiction everywhere.
Launched on July 6, 2000 with around a dozen pages this site now has more than 550 pages of articles and information, expert medical documents, news stories and personal accounts.
A good place to begin is the FAQ Document - [...]

Sexuality Challenges Related to Aging and Recovery from Alcoholism, Addiction or Codependency.

Health impacts of long term alcohol misuse
Alcoholics in recovery may not know the long term effects of their drinking. There may be unexplained health problems that are a ‘hangover’ from alcohol abuse.
If any of these raise your awareness of your health problems discuss them with your sponsor and doctor, if necessary.
Long [...]

People in recovery from alcoholism and addiction face a host of potential causes of constipation, including:

Past or present use of medications
Decreased eating or physical activity as a result of depression or another psychiatric disorder
Anxiety
Bad habits learned throughout their drinking or drugging career
Medical conditions gained through their addiction that decrease bowel movement.
This condition also can [...]

Side Effects Imperil Addiction Drugs
Reports of increased risk of depression and suicide are dimming the future prospects of drugs designed to treat addictions to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, the Associated Press reported.
Development of anti-addiction drugs has gained increased attention from pharmaceutical companies in recent years, but problems associated with drugs [...]

10 Reasons for Low Libido
12-Step MP3 Speaker Tape Links
A Dangerous Mix
A lady friend may be alcoholic or addict
AA and Al-anon Comics
Abstinence - treatment, philosophy, methods
Abusive relationship?
Aggressive Sexual Behaviour of Alcoholic Men
Alcohol and Sexuality
Alcohol related brain damage [...]

Medications and Drugs That Affect Sexual Function
Many people in recovery will need to take medications. Some of these will affect sexual functions. Some more than others.
People who have abused drugs, medication or alcohol may have a disrupted metabolism or altered chemical reaction to some medications.
This list may help [...]

 
A recent analysis of studies of the effectiveness of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI’s) antidepressants found that only people with severe forms of depression show any benefit from the antidepressants studied.
It also claimed that, in people with milder depression, the response to the antidepressants was no better than a placebo (i.e. a [...]

Substance abuse among the elderly: A growing problem
In her early years, Eva would probably have been called a "teetotaler." Except for an infrequent sip of wine on special occasions, she never drank alcoholic beverages. But after her children moved away and her husband and many of her close friends died, Eva turned to the bottle [...]

It seems as though almost everyone is taking medication for something. Be it heart disease, high blood pressure or arthritis, there is a pill for everything. Unfortunately some pills are very addictive and can have detrimental results for the patient yet they are still regularly prescribed in certain circumstances.

Once a person begins taking these medications [...]