Comments on: Menopause and Alcohol Abuse – Another Overlooked Element in Women’s Alcohol Treatment

By: admin

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:31:40 +0000

Iris:
There isn’t a lot of information on the subject. It was just something I noticed in my practice and comfirmed with physicians – that lot of women start having drinking problems in perimenopause or menopause, that didn’t have a problem before that. It is fact that alsohol goes to estogen receptors in the brain (which is why breast cancer risk goes up with drinking, too – lots of estrogen receptors in breast tissue).
Mary Ellen

By: Iris Lefont

Iris Lefont — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:49:47 +0000

I have been in perimenopuase for the last 3 yrs im 46 yrs old now, and i have been drinking more then 1 or 2 glasses of wine for the lsst yr almost everyday. I was a social drinker now I need my wine in order to deal with my day….please send me info on this subject…thank u so very much

By: Jeanette Shirbach

Jeanette Shirbach — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:15:59 +0000

Please send me information for this non-12 step recovery for women program. Please use discretion.
Thank you,
JS

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:31:23 +0000

I’m doing some research on the topic of “menopause and addiction” and I’m I was wondering who the “my” in “my own Non 12 Step Alcohol Treatment Program” is and what the sources of the information are. I also experienced a change in my drinking habits when I began perimenopause. I am also in a 12 step recovery program and have 3 years of sobriety.

Thank you,
Liz