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  • Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD)

    Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD)

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    Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD)

    There are numerous references to the insanity of alcoholism. Denial, repression, euphoric recall, minimisation, maximising, knocked off, irrational rationalisations etc etc. For those of us working to help people with alcohol problems get better, we realise more than most that it can take weeks for seemingly “normal thinking” to awaken in the client after they have detoxed.

    Alcohol Concern – All In The Mind

    A recent report, “All In The Mind” by Alcohol Concern highlights the impact of alcohol on the human brain and just how damaging this process is. Long term effects of regular alcohol use is known to be damaging to both psychological and physiological aspect of the person. This public health challenge comes from physical and mental health impairment caused by alcohol consumption. An insidious process, the problems creep up and often go unnoticed until some major incident occurs. This could be mental breakdowns, liver damage, anxiety, psychotic disorders,

    Intervene Now

    It is never to early for a Family Intervention. When a person continues to drink despite having developing problems in life, then they may already have developed psychological damage that means they genuinely can not connect mentally and therefore emotionally with their own reality. They will alibi and avoid the issue, not out of bloody mindedness, but early stages of alcohol induced mental health issues. Being alcohol induced, it is imperative that Family members intervene with this person now.

  • Ex-EastEnders Star Jodie Latham – Fear of Prison is Not Treatment

    Suspended Prison Sentence – Less Effective Without Specific Treatment

    Today’s headlines show former EastEnders and Shameless star, Jodie Latham, has pleaded guilty and received a suspended sentence for growing cannabis in Lancashire. Latham explained that he grew the cannabis through concerns about buying from local drug dealers and risking his celebrity status.

    It seems the threat of prison is being used as a deterrent but this is rarely successful – if it was the prisons would be empty, would they not?  Take the history of Jodie Latham himself as an example of how this type of sentencing as flawed.

    The talented actor has previous convictions, two of which are related to cannabis. Giving a two year suspended sentence to someone who has repeated drug related offences is clearly not treating the problem.

    RedChair agrees with giving suspended sentences to people convicted of these types of offences however there has to be some kind of treatment in place to prevent it happening again.

    A person that has an ongoing relationship with drugs will not be able to simply stop through fear of being sent to prison. If that were the case, people would simply not take the drug in the first instance.

    RedChair’s solution to this is to ensure the criminal justice system signpost individuals to attend good quality treatment facilities.