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Can Ozempic Stop You From Drinking?

Two randomized trials tested semaglutide in people with alcohol use disorder. Heavy drinking days fell from about 17 a month to 5 — but everyone in the trial was also in therapy, and the placebo group got two thirds of the way there on its own.

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Red-zone timeline showing the first 6 weeks of the college fall semester as the highest-risk drinking window, with genetics and college drinking statistics.

Sending Your Kid to College When Addiction Runs in the Family

By Danny Andino, CEO, Arise Recovery Centers · Clinically reviewed by Nicholas Overbeck, LPC-S, LCDC Somewhere in Texas this week, a parent is driving away from a dorm with an empty back seat and a knot in their stomach that has nothing to do with missing their kid. It’s because of a name they didn’t say out loud during move-in: a brother, a mother, an uncle, themselves. If addiction runs in your family, freshman drop-off isn’t just emotional — it’s the start of the riskiest drinking window of your kid’s life, and you know it in your bones. This article

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Timeline of the DEA 7-OH ban - July 2026 scheduling notice to the 30-day withdrawal window after shelves clear.

The Gas-Station Opioid Just Got Banned — Now Comes the Hard Part

By Danny Andino, CEO, Arise Recovery Centers · Clinically reviewed by Nicholas Overbeck, LPC-S, LCDC There’s a product that’s been sitting next to the energy shots at gas stations and smoke shops all over Texas — shiny packets of tablets and gummies with names most parents have never heard of. It acts on the same brain receptors as morphine. And as of this month, the federal government is pulling it off the shelves. Here’s the part almost nobody is covering: a ban doesn’t un-addict anyone. The day those products disappear from the counter, the people who’ve been taking them every

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