Today I attended a half day training on alcohol use: “Identification and Brief Advice: How to deliver a brief intervention for alcohol users”. Overall, I found it to be very informative, to the point, and highly useful. Sometimes it can be hard to know where the line is between having a drinking problem or not, and how bad that drinking problem may be. And although most … [Read more...]
Is alcohol a stimulant or a depressant?
Well actually its a depressant, although it’s not quite as simple as that so read on. This blog was inspired following a recent conversation with a friend, during which it seemed apparent that some people believe alcohol to be a stimulant. There is of course an element of truth in this, as there is a biphasic element of alcohol consumption in the early stages of the … [Read more...]