Introducing Blog to Rehab

Blog to Rehab is the blog section of a website called Detox to Rehab. This website is meant to be a resource for people seeking information on addiction and recovery. There is information on things like interventions, treatment options, and more.

The blog shares a lot of stories of individual people and their recoveries. There are short videos you can watch to get a first-hand perspective on people's stories and how they found their way out of addiction. These stories are compelling and inspiring. For me, these first-person voices are the best part of the blog.

The blog also contains other useful information regarding addiction and recovery such as advice for families who have a loved one facing an addiction, and links to relevant news articles about new studies and details about drug use and recovery. Another thing the blog does really well is to give a unique perspective on widely covered stories from the mass media that relate to drug and alcohol abuse--for example, there are posts about Steve Sarkisian and Lamar Odom, but these stories give more context about the struggle with addiction.

Really, the bloggers do a great job of giving readers some insight into the wide variety of people who deal with addiction, and the blog provides resources along the way to help us learn more about ourselves and our loved ones, too.

How Alcohol Affects Weight Loss Efforts

When trying to lose weight, it can feel like you have to give up so much that you may find yourself asking, "Do I have to give up drinking alcohol, too?". Well, the short answer is no, you don't have to. But the long answer is that you'll be better off in your weight loss efforts if you cut out the empty calories of beer, wine, and hard liquor.

If you are taking supplements to aid in your weight loss, you have extra reason to think about avoiding alcohol. There are different considerations for different supplements, of course. Since garcinia cambogia has become a popular weight loss product lately, a lot of people wonder, "Can I drink alcohol while taking garcinia cambogia?".

The answer, as the information on site linked above indicates, is yes and no. You can probably drink a little bit here and there without it having a major impact on your weight loss. But you need to be careful not to drink at the same time that you take the garcinia cambogia itself as drinking can have a negative impact on its effectiveness and can result in some side effects like an upset stomach.

See also this previous post about garcinia cambogia for more information about what it is.