by William Porter | Mar 29, 2021 | Uncategorised
The lockdown has had quite a profound effect on many people’s drinking. Some people have found that their drinking has increased (often dramatically) and others have found that the lockdown was their key to stopping. People in this second group may have stopped for...
by William Porter | Feb 27, 2021 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Genetics
I’ve read a lot recently about the link between genetics and addiction. I thought it was worth doing a post clarifying the position. The starting point, I think, it that genetics cannot dictate behaviour. Behaviour is learnt, not inherited. There is no gene that can...
by William Porter | Nov 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
This topic has come up a few times recently and I thought it was worth doing a post just to clarify the situation. As a starting point, using absolutes in terms of addiction is always fraught with difficulties. Addiction is a complicated mix of physiological, chemical...
by William Porter | Nov 6, 2020 | Alcohol, Alcoholism, Craving, Cravings, Stopping drinking
I deal with different aspects of cravings in both AE1 and AE2 and I thought it would be useful to put it all together in one place. A craving is a hugely misunderstood concept, people think of it as an outside occurrence, something that happens to them over which they...
by William Porter | Sep 18, 2020 | Alcohol and sleep, Alcohol Withdrawal
I deal with alcohol and how it affects sleep in Alcohol Explained, but I think it is worth going in to a bit more detail on exactly how drinking alcohol impacts our sleep. To appreciate the effect fully we need to understand three things; how our brain works, how...
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