This document provides strategies for reducing alcohol consumption or abstaining from drinking. It suggests keeping track of alcohol intake, setting limits on drinking days and quantities, pacing drinks and having non-alcoholic drinks between alcoholic ones. Avoiding triggers for drinking and planning responses to resist social pressure are also recommended. Practicing refusal skills by role playing expected situations can help build confidence to say no to drink offers. The goal is for the reader to choose strategies that work for them and maintain control over their own drinking choices.
Do you love a drink from time to time? A lot of us do, frequently when socializing with acquaintances and loved ones. Drinking might be beneficial or harmful, depending upon your age and health status, and, naturally, how much you drink.
Booze dependency is something that can't be formed in simple terms. Booze dependency in general refers to the condition that's an obsession to continue drinking even if it harms health. Alcohol addiction means you don’t have any control over intake despite being well aware of the damaging consequences. An alcoholic person drinks even if he happens to get into booze related troubles like drunk driving, losing his job, and so forth.
Not everybody who takes in booze is an alcoholic. A person who takes in booze in controlled quantities and is able to say no when he doesn't want to drink isn't termed booze-dependent. He or she is merely a social drinker.
For anyone who drinks, this book offers valuable, research-based info. What do you think of taking a look at your drinking habits and how they might affect your health? This may help you get started.
Booze Basher
Transformational Tools For Battling Booze Binges And Staying Alcohol-Free
It’s time to move on and learn to drink less now!
And the good news is, you don’t have to tell anyone.
Unlike AA or abstaining, you will naturally be drinking less, while feeling calmer and more confident around the people who used to monitor or judge you about your drinking.
Everything you need to know and learn has been put into this program so you can learn to drink less now, irrespective of your past drinking days.
Stop addictive habits like smoking cigarette,drinking alcoholUjjwalKumar382
Imagine that you are taking a puff of a cigarette, a slug of whiskey, a snort of cocaine, a shot of heroin, a toke of marijuana. Put aside first whether the drugs are legal or not. For now, just concentrate on the chemistry. The moment you take that puff, that slug, that snort, that shot, that toke, trillions of potent molecules rush through your bloodstream before finally reaching your brain. Once they settle there, these molecules will set off a cascade of electrical and chemical events, a type of neurological chain
reaction that will ricochet around your skull and rearrange your mind’s interior reality. And before you know it, you are addicted.
Everyone in this world has his or her own addictions. Too much of
something is bad enough and when your addictions go overboard, you should know that it is time for you to stop them before they gain full control of your system, before you reach that point of no return.
In this book, expect to learn the most effective and useful tools that can help you break free from your bad addictive habits so that you will be able to live your life to the fullest.
Do you realize that national surveys have suggested that nearly
fourteen-million Americans, that's one in thirteen grownups, abuse
alcohol or are alcoholic? For many adults, moderate alcohol use (1-2
drinks daily for men and 1 drink daily for women and elderly) isn't
harmful.
As a matter of fact, moderate alcohol use has indicated to have a
favorable effect on cardiac health, and may be a pleasant plus to
social affairs. But, unhealthy alcohol abuse may be life-threatening.
Heavy drinking has been evidenced to step-up one's risk for
particular cancers, especially liver, esophagus, throat, and larynx. Just be healthy and make your life better. find a easy way to earn money and then use it or invest it for a better life.
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9 Ways to Create Good Habits (and 5 Reasons Why We Fail At Breaking Bad Ones)Chelsea O'Brien
We all have habits. Some are good, healthy habits, while others are bad and possibly even dangerous.
Throughout our lives we often set goals to try to create new, good habits or to break the bad ones we already possess. Many people try again and again to change their habits for the better only to meet with failure in the end. Learning a new habit can be just as difficult as breaking a bad one that you’ve struggled with for years. There are reasons for this and steps that you can take to help ensure your success.
For further resources and a free video course to overcome habits with overeating, visit http://www.bingeeatingbreakthrough.com.
Do you love a drink from time to time? A lot of us do, frequently when socializing with acquaintances and loved ones. Drinking might be beneficial or harmful, depending upon your age and health status, and, naturally, how much you drink.
Booze dependency is something that can't be formed in simple terms. Booze dependency in general refers to the condition that's an obsession to continue drinking even if it harms health. Alcohol addiction means you don’t have any control over intake despite being well aware of the damaging consequences. An alcoholic person drinks even if he happens to get into booze related troubles like drunk driving, losing his job, and so forth.
Not everybody who takes in booze is an alcoholic. A person who takes in booze in controlled quantities and is able to say no when he doesn't want to drink isn't termed booze-dependent. He or she is merely a social drinker.
For anyone who drinks, this book offers valuable, research-based info. What do you think of taking a look at your drinking habits and how they might affect your health? This may help you get started.
Booze Basher
Transformational Tools For Battling Booze Binges And Staying Alcohol-Free
It’s time to move on and learn to drink less now!
And the good news is, you don’t have to tell anyone.
Unlike AA or abstaining, you will naturally be drinking less, while feeling calmer and more confident around the people who used to monitor or judge you about your drinking.
Everything you need to know and learn has been put into this program so you can learn to drink less now, irrespective of your past drinking days.
Stop addictive habits like smoking cigarette,drinking alcoholUjjwalKumar382
Imagine that you are taking a puff of a cigarette, a slug of whiskey, a snort of cocaine, a shot of heroin, a toke of marijuana. Put aside first whether the drugs are legal or not. For now, just concentrate on the chemistry. The moment you take that puff, that slug, that snort, that shot, that toke, trillions of potent molecules rush through your bloodstream before finally reaching your brain. Once they settle there, these molecules will set off a cascade of electrical and chemical events, a type of neurological chain
reaction that will ricochet around your skull and rearrange your mind’s interior reality. And before you know it, you are addicted.
Everyone in this world has his or her own addictions. Too much of
something is bad enough and when your addictions go overboard, you should know that it is time for you to stop them before they gain full control of your system, before you reach that point of no return.
In this book, expect to learn the most effective and useful tools that can help you break free from your bad addictive habits so that you will be able to live your life to the fullest.
Do you realize that national surveys have suggested that nearly
fourteen-million Americans, that's one in thirteen grownups, abuse
alcohol or are alcoholic? For many adults, moderate alcohol use (1-2
drinks daily for men and 1 drink daily for women and elderly) isn't
harmful.
As a matter of fact, moderate alcohol use has indicated to have a
favorable effect on cardiac health, and may be a pleasant plus to
social affairs. But, unhealthy alcohol abuse may be life-threatening.
Heavy drinking has been evidenced to step-up one's risk for
particular cancers, especially liver, esophagus, throat, and larynx. Just be healthy and make your life better. find a easy way to earn money and then use it or invest it for a better life.
first of all be healthy. start it today and think about new ideas.
http://bit.ly/3p9rZwV
9 Ways to Create Good Habits (and 5 Reasons Why We Fail At Breaking Bad Ones)Chelsea O'Brien
We all have habits. Some are good, healthy habits, while others are bad and possibly even dangerous.
Throughout our lives we often set goals to try to create new, good habits or to break the bad ones we already possess. Many people try again and again to change their habits for the better only to meet with failure in the end. Learning a new habit can be just as difficult as breaking a bad one that you’ve struggled with for years. There are reasons for this and steps that you can take to help ensure your success.
For further resources and a free video course to overcome habits with overeating, visit http://www.bingeeatingbreakthrough.com.
Geant4 is the main simulation framework used for hight energy physics. It is used by the majority of the LHC experiments in CERN for detector simulation. Physics validation is a form of regression testing, that ensures that the produced simulation data do agree with previous versions of the framework and follow similar patterns with real data acquired from the experiments.
I developed a new system that is able to formulate the process of running Geant4 applications/tests on the LHC world-wide computing grid (WLCG), gather the results, stores them in relational database for indexing and object storage and provide them to the user through an intuitive web user-interface that can run on-demand small analysis tasks.
Graduate Marketing Association(GMARK)2015 2016 General Meeting PresentationShilpa Mohanty
Discover what GMARK can do for you and join us at the first general meeting of 2016. Meet the current board, hear about upcoming events, and consider the available leadership opportunities. Refreshments will be served!
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
4:30 - 6 p.m
Douglas Hall Boardroom
Alternatives to layer-based image distribution: using CERN filesystem for imagesGeorge Lestaris
The container land has been heavily influenced by Docker. After all, the huge ecosystem building Docker images and tools is hard to ignore. Docker, defines images as lists of layers. This helps container engines cache reused layers and avoid re-downloading the whole root filesystem when minor changes get pushed. The, fairly new, OCI image spec is adopting the same approach in standardising the image format.
However, layers can be chanky in size and hard to manage. Additionally, it would be better to increase the caching granularity to single files (say /bin/bash) instead of large layers. Physicists in the LHC computing GRID had a similar problem. They solced it with CernVM-FS. This talk explores the idea of using it for container image distribution.
George Lestaris is a software engineer working at Pivotal in the Garden team, the container runtime of Cloud Foundry (CF). Before Pivotal, he spent time with high throughput computing on the LHC computing grid and cloud computing research in CERN. He has given talks before in CHEP 2013 regarding virtual clusters and their use in high-energy physics, in PyCon UK 2015 on interactive cloud experimentation and in the CF summit Santa Clara 2016 on containers in CF.
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7dJCMh20iE
Geant4 is the main simulation framework used for hight energy physics. It is used by the majority of the LHC experiments in CERN for detector simulation. Physics validation is a form of regression testing, that ensures that the produced simulation data do agree with previous versions of the framework and follow similar patterns with real data acquired from the experiments.
I developed a new system that is able to formulate the process of running Geant4 applications/tests on the LHC world-wide computing grid (WLCG), gather the results, stores them in relational database for indexing and object storage and provide them to the user through an intuitive web user-interface that can run on-demand small analysis tasks.
Graduate Marketing Association(GMARK)2015 2016 General Meeting PresentationShilpa Mohanty
Discover what GMARK can do for you and join us at the first general meeting of 2016. Meet the current board, hear about upcoming events, and consider the available leadership opportunities. Refreshments will be served!
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
4:30 - 6 p.m
Douglas Hall Boardroom
Alternatives to layer-based image distribution: using CERN filesystem for imagesGeorge Lestaris
The container land has been heavily influenced by Docker. After all, the huge ecosystem building Docker images and tools is hard to ignore. Docker, defines images as lists of layers. This helps container engines cache reused layers and avoid re-downloading the whole root filesystem when minor changes get pushed. The, fairly new, OCI image spec is adopting the same approach in standardising the image format.
However, layers can be chanky in size and hard to manage. Additionally, it would be better to increase the caching granularity to single files (say /bin/bash) instead of large layers. Physicists in the LHC computing GRID had a similar problem. They solced it with CernVM-FS. This talk explores the idea of using it for container image distribution.
George Lestaris is a software engineer working at Pivotal in the Garden team, the container runtime of Cloud Foundry (CF). Before Pivotal, he spent time with high throughput computing on the LHC computing grid and cloud computing research in CERN. He has given talks before in CHEP 2013 regarding virtual clusters and their use in high-energy physics, in PyCon UK 2015 on interactive cloud experimentation and in the CF summit Santa Clara 2016 on containers in CF.
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7dJCMh20iE
There are lots of reasons why you might want to stop drinking alcohol. For some people, it’s a lifestyle change - to say goodbye to hangovers, sleep better, lose excess weight and have more energy. It might even be for a challenge, to buddy someone else who is giving up alcohol, or to raise money for charity.
For other people, stopping drinking can be essential for medical reasons. Perhaps because of an alcohol-related medical condition like liver disease, or because they start taking medication that reacts badly with alcohol.
Whatever your reason, the good news is that anyone can stop drinking. And if you’re thinking about removing alcohol from your life, you’re not alone.
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Don't give up
Changing habits such as smoking, overeating, or drinking too much can take a lot of effort, and you may not succeed with the first try. Setbacks are common, but you learn more each time. Each try brings you closer to your goal. Whatever course you choose, give it a fair trial.
If one approach doesn't work, try something else. If a setback happens, get back on track as quickly as possible. In the long run, your chances for success are good.
Research shows that most heavy drinkers, even those with alcoholism, either cut back significantly or quit.
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Sometimes, lifestyles come at you fast. Other times, the hustle and bustle simply manage to capture up with you. With it can come stress, anxiety, disappointment, or worry of the unknown — all of which can have an effect on your intellectual health.
Managing your emotions and managing everyday challenges is an essential phase of retaining your typical well-being, however, once in a while, this is less complicated stated than done.
Keeping up with your Mental health awareness and fitness can once in a while simply search for help from an intellectual fitness professional, however, it can additionally suggest taking the daily steps wanted to improve your intellectual and emotional wellness.
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” ― John Green
Mental Health Awareness
Mental fitness focus is something that can assist the tens of millions of humans who are impacted by using intellectual fitness troubles in the United States. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), one in 5 adults has had or presently has signs and symptoms of an intellectual illness. This information exhibits simply how conventional dwelling with an intellectual sickness surely is.
This is additionally why NAMI acknowledges Mental Health Awareness Month in May. The aim of a total month of intellectual fitness attention is to assist human beings with intellectual ailments and recognize that they are no longer on their own in their struggles—and that getting a cure can make all the difference. If we utilized this strategy for intellectual fitness each and every day of the year, greater and extra humans may want to advantage of understanding these frequent illnesses.
How To Care for Mental Health
Here are some tips to help you get started with self-care:
Get regular exercise: Just 30 minutes of walking every day can help boost your mood and improve your health. Small amounts of exercise add up, so don’t be discouraged if you can’t do 30 minutes at one time.
Eat healthily, have regular meals, and stay hydrated: A balanced diet and plenty of water can improve your energy and focus throughout the day. Also, limit caffeinated beverages such as soft drinks or coffee.
Try a relaxing activity. Explore relaxation or wellness programs or apps, which may incorporate meditation, muscle relaxation, or breathing exercises. Schedule regular times for these and other healthy activities you enjoy such as journaling.
Set goals and priorities. Decide what must get done now and what can wait. Learn to say “no” to new tasks if you start to feel like you’re taking on too much. Try to be mindful of what you have accomplished at the end of the day, not what you have been unable to do.
Practice gratitude. Remind yourself daily of things you are grateful for. Be specific. Wr
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Overweight and obesity are both labels
for ranges of weight that are greater than what is generally
considered healthy for a given height. The terms also identify ranges
of weight that have been shown to increase the likelihood of certain
diseases and other health problems.
Corneal injury describes an injury to the
cornea. The cornea is the crystal clear (transparent) tissue covering the front
of the eye. It works with the lens of the eye to focus images on the retina.
Have you ever had
the "stomach flu?" What you probably had was gastroenteritis - not a
type of flu at all. Gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the lining of the
intestines caused by a virus, bacteria or parasites. Viral gastroenteritis is
the second most common illness in the U.S. It spreads through contaminated food
or water, and contact with an infected person. The best prevention is frequent
hand washing.
Symptoms of
gastroenteritis include diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, headache, fever
and chills. Most people recover with no treatment.
The most common
problem with gastroenteritis is dehydration. This happens if you do not drink
enough fluids to replace what you lose through vomiting and diarrhea. Dehydration
is most common in babies, young children, the elderly and people with weak
immune systems.
Drug addiction is a complex illness characterized by intense and, at times, uncontrollable drug craving, along with compulsive drug seeking and use that persist even in the face of devastating consequences. While the path to drug addiction begins with the voluntary act of taking drugs, over time a person's ability to choose not to do so becomes compromised, and seeking and consuming the drug becomes compulsive. This behavior results largely from the effects of prolonged drug exposure on brain functioning. Addiction is a brain disease that affects multiple brain circuits, including those involved in reward and motivation, learning and memory, and inhibitory control over behavior.
Because drug abuse and addiction have so many dimensions and disrupt so many aspects of an individual's life, treatment is not simple. Effective treatment programs typically incorporate many components, each directed to a particular aspect of the illness and its consequences. Addiction treatment must help the individual stop using drugs, maintain a drug-free lifestyle, and achieve productive functioning in the family, at work, and in society. Because addiction is typically a chronic disease, people cannot simply stop using drugs for a few days and be cured. Most patients require long-term or repeated episodes of care to achieve the ultimate goal of sustained abstinence and recovery of their lives.
Too often, addiction goes untreated: According to SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 23.2 million persons (9.4 percent of the U.S. population) aged 12 or older needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem in 2007. Of these individuals, 2.4 million (10.4 percent of those who needed treatment) received treatment at a specialty facility (i.e., hospital, drug or alcohol rehabilitation or mental health center). Thus, 20.8 million persons (8.4 percent of the population aged 12 or older) needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem but did not receive it. These estimates are similar to those in previous years.
Addiction results when a person ingests a
substance (alcohol, cocaine, or nicotine, for example) or repeatedly takes part
in an activity (gambling) that can be pleasurable, but the continued use of
which becomes compulsive and interferes with everyday life.
Common addictions include:
-- Alcohol abuse
-- Drug abuse
-- Exercise abuse
-- Pornography
-- Gambling
Classic symptoms of addiction include
impaired control over substances/behavior, preoccupation with
substance/behavior, continued use despite consequences, and denial. Behavior
patterns and habits associated with addiction are commonly characterized by the
pursuit of immediate gratification, coupled with negative long-term effects.
Physiological dependence results when the
body is unable to function normally in the absence of the substance or
behavior. This state produces the conditions of tolerance and withdrawl.
Tolerance is the result of the body
requiring larger volumes of the substance or stimulus in order to achieve the
original effects.
Withdrawal is the physical and
psychological symptoms experienced when the body no longer receives the
substance in the same quantities it has become reliant upon.
When winter temperatures drop significantly below normal, staying
warm and safe can become a challenge. Extremely cold temperatures
often accompany a winter storm, so you may have to cope with power failures and icy roads. Although staying indoors as much as possible can help reduce the risk of car crashes and falls on the ice, you may also face indoor hazards.
Many homes will be too cold—either due to a power failure or because the heating system isn't adequate for the weather. When people must use space heaters and fireplaces to stay warm, the risk of household fires increases, as well as the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Exposure to cold temperatures, whether indoors or outside, can cause other serious or life-threatening health problems. Infants and the elderly are particularly at risk, but anyone can be affected. To keep yourself and your family safe, you should know how to prevent cold-related health problems and what to do if a cold-weather health emergency arises. The emergency procedures outlined here are not a substitute for training in first aid. However, these procedures will help you to know when to seek medical care and what to do until help becomes available.
Maintaining a healthy office environment requires attention to chemical hazards, equipment and work station design, physical environment (temperature, humidity, light, noise, ventilation, and space), task design, psychological factors (personal interactions, work pace, job control) and sometimes, chemical or other environmental exposures.
A well-designed office allows each employee to work comfortably without needing to over-reach, sit or stand too long, or use awkward postures (correct ergonomic design). Sometimes, equipment or furniture changes are the best solution to allow employees to work comfortably. On other occasions, the equipment may be satisfactory but the task could be redesigned. For example, studies have shown that those working at computers have less discomfort with short, hourly breaks.
Situations in offices that can lead to injury or illness range from physical hazards (such as cords across walkways, leaving low drawers open, objects falling from overhead) to task-related (speed or repetition, duration, job control, etc.), environmental (chemical or biological sources) or design-related hazards (such as nonadjustable furniture or equipment). Job stress that results when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities or resources of the worker may also result in illness.
When quitting smoking many people feel the need
for help in the form of a tobacco substitute. There are a wide variety of
different products billed as alternatives to smoking that are supposedly healthier.
The main additive in cigarettes that makes them so addictive is
nicotine. Hence most of the products that aim to replace smoking are nicotine
replacements such as nicotine gum, inhalers, patches and medications.
Other products are sold as smokeless tobacco such as snuff and hookah or as better because they are low yield cigarettes. Not all of these smoking substitutes are
healthy or even better than cigarettes.
Tobacco use can lead to nicotine dependence and serious health problems. Cessation can significantly reduce the risk of suffering from smoking-related diseases. Tobacco dependence is a chronic condition that often requires repeated interventions, but effective treatments and helpful resources exist. Smokers can and do quit smoking. In fact, today there are more former smokers than current smokers.
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is a set of symptoms that people who have a history of alcoholism experience when they stop drinking. People who are casual drinkers rarely have withdrawal symptoms.
People who have gone through withdrawal before are more likely to have withdrawal symptoms each time they quit drinking.
Symptoms of alcohol withdrawal can range from severe to mild, and can include:
-- Insomnia
-- Nightmares
-- Irritability
-- Fatigue
-- Shakes
-- Sweats
-- Anxiety
-- Depression
-- Headaches
-- Decreased appetite
Severe withdrawal symptoms include fever, convulsions and delirium tremens (DTs). Those who experience DTs may become confused, anxious and even have hallucinations. DTs can be very serious if they are not treated by a doctor.
Eat healthy
-- Eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains every day.
-- Limit foods and drinks high in calories, sugar, salt, fat, and alcohol.
-- Eat a balanced diet to help keep a healthy weight.
--
Learn the Facts
When you get a preventive medical test,
you're not just doing it for yourself. You're doing it for your family and
loved ones:
-- Men are 24 percent less likely than women
to have visited a doctor within the past year and are 22 percent more likely to
have neglected their cholesterol tests.
-- Men are 28 percent more likely than women
to be hospitalized for congestive heart failure.
-- Men are 32 percent more likely than women
to be hospitalized for long-term complications of diabetes and are more than
twice as likely than women to have a leg or foot amputated due to complications
related to diabetes.
-- Men are 24 percent more likely than women
to be hospitalized for pneumonia that could have been prevented by getting an
immunization.
The single most important way you can take
care of yourself and those you love is to actively take part in your health
care. Educate yourself on health care and participate in decisions with your
doctor. This site will help you get started.
Learn the Facts
When you get a preventive medical test, you're not just doing it for yourself. You're doing it for your family and loved ones:
-- Men are 24 percent less likely than women to have visited a doctor within the past year and are 22 percent more likely to have neglected their cholesterol tests.
-- Men are 28 percent more likely than women to be hospitalized for congestive heart failure.
-- Men are 32 percent more likely than women to be hospitalized for long-term complications of diabetes and are more than twice as likely than women to have a leg or foot amputated due to complications related to diabetes.
-- Men are 24 percent more likely than women to be hospitalized for pneumonia that could have been prevented by getting an immunization.
The single most important way you can take care of yourself and those you love is to actively take part in your health care. Educate yourself on health care and participate in decisions with your doctor. This site will help you get started.
When you get a preventive medical test, you're not just doing it for yourself. You're doing it for your family and loved ones:
Men are 24 percent less likely than women to have visited a doctor within the past year and are 22 percent more likely to have neglected their cholesterol tests.
Men are 28 percent more likely than women to be hospitalized for congestive heart failure.
Men are 32 percent more likely than women to be hospitalized for long-term complications of diabetes and are more than twice as likely than women to have a leg or foot amputated due to complications related to diabetes.
Men are 24 percent more likely than women to be hospitalized for pneumonia that could have been prevented by getting an immunization.
The single most important way you can take care of yourself and those you love is to actively take part in your health care. Educate yourself on health care and participate in decisions with your doctor. This site will help you get started.
Cancer screening is an essential part of preventative health screening for women of all ages. Here you can read about screening for breast and gynecological cancers.
Injury is the #1 killer of children and teens in the United States. In 2009, more than 9,000 youth age 0-19 died from unintentional injuries in the United States. Millions more children suffer injuries requiring treatment in the emergency department. Leading causes of child injury include motor vehicle crashes, suffocation, drowning, poisoning, fires, and falls.1 Child injury is predictable and preventable. It is also among the most under-recognized public health problems facing our country today.
Progress has been made in preventing child injury. Child injury death rates have decreased 29% in the last decade.2 Yet injury is still the leading cause of death for children and teens. More can be done to keep our children safe.
Shiatsu is a physical therapy that supports
and strengthens the body’s natural ability to heal and balance itself. It works
on the whole person - not just a physical body, but also a psychological,
emotional and spiritual being.
Shiatsu originated in Japan from traditional
Chinese medicine, with influences from more recent Western therapies. Although
shiatsu means ‘finger pressure’ in Japanese, in practise a practitioner uses
touch, comfortable pressure and manipulative techniques to adjust the body’s
physical structure and balance its energy flow. It is a deeply relaxing
experience and regular treatments can alleviate stress and illness and maintain
health and well-being.
An herb is a plant or plant part used for
its scent, flavor or therapeutic properties. Herbal medicine products are dietary supplements that
people take to improve their health. Many herbs have been used for a long time
for claimed health benefits. They are sold as tablets, capsules, powders, teas,
extracts and fresh or dried plants. However, some can cause health problems,
some are not effective and some may interact with other drugs you are taking.
Aromatherapy is
the use of essential
oils from plants (flowers, herbs,
or trees) as therapy to
improve physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Patients with cancer use
aromatherapy mainly to improve their quality
of life, such as reducingstress and anxiety.
Essential oils like Roman
chamomile, geranium, lavender,
and cedarwood are
the basic materials of aromatherapy.
2. 1
Overview
Small changes can make a big difference in
reducing your chances of having alcohol-related
problems. Whatever strategies you choose, give
them a fair trial. If one approach doesn't work, try
something else. But if you haven't made progress
in cutting down after 2 to 3 months, consider
quitting drinking altogether, seeking professional
help, or both.
3. 2
Overview
Here are some strategies to try, and you can add
your own at the end. Check off perhaps two or
three to try in the next week or two. Then click List
my choices, and you can print or email them to
yourself.
4. 3
Overview
-- Keep track -Keep track of how much you drink.
Find a way that works for you, carry drinking
tracker cards in your wallet, make check marks on
a kitchen calendar, or enter notes in a mobile
phone notepad or personal digital assistant.
Making note of each drink before you drink it may
help you slow down when needed.
5. 4
Overview
-- Count and measure -Know the standard drink
sizes so you can count your drinks accurately.
Measure drinks at home. Away from home, it can
be hard to keep track, especially with mixed drinks,
and at times, you may be getting more alcohol
than you think. With wine, you may need to ask
the host or server not to "top off" a partially filled
glass.
6. 5
Overview
-- Set goals -Decide how many days a week you
want to drink and how many drinks you'll have on
those days. It's a good idea to have some days
when you don't drink. Drinkers with the lowest
rates of alcohol use disorders stay within the low-
risk limits.
7. 6
Overview
-- Pace and space -When you do drink, pace
yourself. Sip slowly. Have no more than one
standard drink with alcohol per hour. Have "drink
spacers"—make every other drink a non-alcoholic
one, such as water, soda, or juice.
-- Include food -Don't drink on an empty stomach.
Eat some food so the alcohol will be absorbed into
your system more slowly.
8. 7
Overview
-- Find alternatives -If drinking has occupied a lot
of your time, then fill free time by developing new,
healthy activities, hobbies, and relationships, or
renewing ones you've missed. If you have counted
on alcohol to be more comfortable in social
situations, manage moods, or cope with problems,
then seek other, healthy ways to deal with those
areas of your life.
9. 8
Overview
-- Avoid "triggers." -What triggers your urge to
drink? If certain people or places make you drink
even when you don't want to, try to avoid them. If
certain activities, times of day, or feelings trigger
the urge, plan something else to do instead of
drinking. If drinking at home is a problem, keep
little or no alcohol there.
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Overview
-- Plan to handle urges -When you cannot avoid a
trigger and an urge hits, consider these options:
Remind yourself of your reasons for changing (it
can help to carry them in writing or store them in
an electronic message you can access easily). Or
talk things through with someone you trust. Or get
involved with a healthy, distracting activity, such as
physical exercise or a hobby that doesn't involve
drinking. Or, instead of fighting the feeling, accept
it and ride it out without giving in, know
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Overview
-- Know your "no." -You're likely to be offered a
drink at times when you don't want one. Have a
polite, convincing "no, thanks" ready. The faster
you can say no to these offers, the less likely you
are to give in. If you hesitate, it allows you time to
think of excuses to go along. Also, see the short
module to help you build drink refusal skills.
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Building your drink refusal skills
**Plan ahead to stay in control
Even if you are committed to changing your
drinking, "social pressure" to drink from friends or
others can make it hard to cut back or quit. This
short module offers a recognize-avoid-cope
approach commonly used in cognitive-behavioral
therapy, which helps people to change unhelpful
thinking patterns and reactions. It also provides
links to worksheets to help you get started with
your own plan to resist pressure to drink.
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Building your drink refusal skills
**Recognize two types of pressure**
The first step is to become aware of the two
different types of social pressure to drink alcohol—
direct and indirect.
-- Direct social pressure is when someone offers
you a drink or an opportunity to drink.
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Building your drink refusal skills
**Recognize two types of pressure**
-- Indirect social pressure is when you feel tempted
to drink just by being around others who are
drinking—even if no one offers you a drink.
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Building your drink refusal skills
**Recognize two types of pressure**
Take a moment to think about situations where
you feel direct or indirect pressure to drink or to
drink too much. You can use the form below to
write them down. Then, for each situation, choose
some resistance strategies from below, or come up
with your own. When you're done, you can print
the form or email it to yourself.
**Avoid pressure when possible**
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Building your drink refusal skills
**Recognize two types of pressure**
For some situations, your best strategy may be
avoiding them altogether. If you feel guilty about
avoiding an event or turning down an invitation,
remind yourself that you are not necessarily talking
about "forever." When you have confidence in your
resistance skills, you may decide to ease gradually
into situations you now choose to avoid. In the
meantime, you can stay connected with friends by
suggesting alternate activities that don't involve
drinking.
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Building your drink refusal skills
**Cope with situations you can't avoid**
**Know your "no"**
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Building your drink refusal skills
**Cope with situations you can't avoid**
When you know alcohol will be served, it's
important to have some resistance strategies lined
up in advance. If you expect to be offered a drink,
you'll need to be ready to deliver a convincing "no
thanks." Your goal is to be clear and firm, yet
friendly and respectful. Avoid long explanations
and vague excuses, as they tend to prolong the
discussion and provide more of an opportunity to
give in. Here are some other points to keep in
mind:
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**Cope with situations you can't avoid**
-- Don't hesitate, as that will give you the chance to
think of reasons to go along
-- Look directly at the person and make eye contact
-- Keep your response short, clear, and simple
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Building your drink refusal skills
**Cope with situations you can't avoid**
The person offering you a drink may not know you
are trying to cut down or stop, and his or her level
of insistence may vary. It's a good idea to plan a
series of responses in case the person persists,
from a simple refusal to a more assertive reply.
Consider a sequence like this:
-- No, thank you.
-- No, thanks, I don't want to.
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Building your drink refusal skills
**Cope with situations you can't avoid**
-- You know, I'm (cutting back/not drinking) now
(to get healthier/to take care of myself/because
my doctor said to). I'd really appreciate it if you'd
help me out.
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Building your drink refusal skills
**Cope with situations you can't avoid**
-- You can also try the "broken record" strategy.
Each time the person makes a statement, you can
simply repeat the same short, clear response. You
might want to acknowledge some part of the
person's points ("I hear you...") and then go back
to your broken-record reply ("...but no thanks").
And if words fail, you can walk away.
**Script and practice your "no" **
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Building your drink refusal skills
**Cope with situations you can't avoid**
Many people are surprised at how hard it can be to
say no the first few times. You can build confidence
by scripting and practicing your lines. First imagine
the situation and the person who's offering the
drink. Then write both what the person will say
and how you'll respond, whether it's a broken
record strategy (mentioned above) or your own
unique approach. Rehearse it aloud to get
comfortable with your phrasing and delivery. Also,
consider asking a supportive person to role-play
with you, so
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**Cope with situations you can't avoid**
Try other strategies
In addition to being prepared with your "no
thanks," consider these strategies:
-- Have non-alcoholic drinks always in hand if
you're quitting, or as "drink spacers" between
drinks if you're cutting back
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**Cope with situations you can't avoid**
-- Keep track of every drink if you're cutting back so
you stay within your limits
-- Ask for support from others to cope with
temptation
-- Plan an escape if the temptation gets too great
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**Cope with situations you can't avoid**
-- Ask others to refrain from pressuring you or
drinking in your presence (this can be hard)
-- If you have successfully refused drink offers
before, then recall what worked and build on it.
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Your choice
**Remember, it's your choice**
How you think about any decision to change can
affect your success. Many people who decide to
cut back or quit drinking think, "I am not allowed
to drink," as if an external authority were imposing
rules on them. Thoughts like this can breed
resentment and make it easier to give in. It's
important to challenge this kind of thinking by
telling yourself that you are in charge, that you
know how you want your life to be, and that you
have decided to make a change.
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Your choice
**Remember, it's your choice**
Similarly, you may worry about how others will
react or view you if you make a change. Again,
challenge these thoughts by remembering that it's
your life and your choice, and that your decision
should be respected.
**Plan to resist pressure to drink **
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Your choice
**Remember, it's your choice**
The links below will take you to forms to plan how
you'll handle high-risk situations and offers to
drink:
**Plan your resistance strategies**
Script your "no"