What is alcohol? Alcohol is a small, simple molecule that moves quickly through almost every part of the body once it’s consumed. Shortly after consumption, alcohol levels increase in the brain, and signs of intoxication follow. Your Brain on Alcohol Alcohol slows brain activity by increasing the effects of GABA, the brain’s primary inhibitory neurotransmitter,…
“Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” “Poetry can break open locked chambers of possibility, restore numbed zones to feeling, recharge desire,” Adrienne Rich wrote in contemplating what poetry does. “Insofar as poetry has a social function it is to awaken sleepers by other means than shock,” Denise Levertov asserted in her piercing statement…
“Let me not seem to have lived in vain,” the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe whispered on his deathbed, not realizing that the astronomical tables he was leaving behind would become the portal through which Kepler arrives at the laws of planetary motion; not realizing that the measure of an unwasted life is not what outlives…
Guest Post: Willpower in Recovery A person can deeply want recovery and still feel confused by their own behavior. They may wonder why they keep failing even though they truly want to change. In my work with clients, I often find that relapse makes more sense when we slow down what happened hours and days…
Weekend Wisdom: When we get busy and overwhelmed, we forget how the simplest things can make us smile the most. Try to remember what makes you smile. I have been removing things from my plate left and… The post Weekend Favorites: break impulse shopping habits + 27 road trip snack recipes appeared first on Be…
