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How Addiction Is Different For Men and Women

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Women have some unique issues when it comes to the reasons for drug or alcohol abuse&period; For men&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s socially acceptable&comma; a tradition even that has come to be expected no matter the occasion&period; They gather in the cigar room&comma; puffing away and drinking the finest scotch&comma; and it&&num;8217&semi;s fine to see men drinking&period; However&comma; it is considered unacceptable for women to drink like the men&period; Perhaps a glass of wine at dinner but not more&period; Women have a heap of expectation&comma; life pressures and the potential shame of not being what is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;expected” of them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-2299 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;04&sol;Addiction-Is-Different-For-Men-and-Women&period;png" alt&equals;"How Addiction Is Different For Men and Women" width&equals;"394" height&equals;"249" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Some common reasons why women use drugs and alcohol are related to these pressures&period; They are<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li><b> To Reduce Stress<&sol;b><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The stress of being an ideal woman can be painful All at one time you have to be a great mom&comma; have a nice career&comma; housekeeper&comma; social partner or anything else&period;  Where is the time for yourself&quest; The allure of drugs and alcohol to escape become more and more appealing&comma; the higher the pressures are&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"2">&NewLine;<li><b> To Deal With Sexual Trauma<&sol;b><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Women are almost always the ones who are physically abused&period; Three-quarters of all women have been physically or sexually abused&comma; so this is an issue almost completely dominated by women&period; Suffering a trauma of that level can leave a huge hole inside of a person that gets filled up with alcohol or drugs&comma; instead of the counseling needing to heal it&period; If you have been sexually abused and never received counseling for it&comma; please go to a women’s recovery center as soon as you can&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"3">&NewLine;<li><b> To Impress Men<&sol;b><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Women&comma; particularly young women sometimes feel a need to impress a man&period; This can be in the form of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;keeping up with the guys” or doing something because you want them to like you&period; Like yourself above all else or no one else will&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"4">&NewLine;<li><b> To Lose Weight<&sol;b><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Let’s face it&comma; women have a lot of pressure to look good&period; Being skinny might land you that man you wanted&comma; or stop the cruel stares from other people that make you feel ashamed&period; The image of beauty is everywhere&comma; advertising&comma; celebrities&comma; and the pressure is a lot&period; Many women don&&num;8217&semi;t leave the house without putting on makeup when they shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t care&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"5">&NewLine;<li><b> Self-Medication<&sol;b><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Women tend to self-medicate at a higher rate than men&period; This is due to the tendency to hold onto things more and ruminate in them&period; In addition&comma; women have more hormones in play&comma; which can interact with anything else to create triggers&comma; depression&comma; anxiety or something else&period; Women are also more likely to abuse prescription pills&period; If you are consciously self-medicating&comma; you need to arrange for a consultation at a rehab for women&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Women’s Health<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">For biological reasons&comma; drug and alcohol abuse affect men and women differently&period; Generally&comma; men are at an advantage as far as our bodies holding up to the harmful effects of alcohol&period; Women weigh less than men and have less water in their bodies&comma; which dilutes alcohol levels&period; Women also tend to have more fatty tissue&comma; which holds alcohol&period; In addition&comma; chronic alcohol consumption leads to much higher levels of breast cancer and other diseases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">There is another danger&comma; overdosing&period; Women’s bodies aren’t as physically suited to alcohol or other drugs&comma; and so overdosing is a real risk&period; The bloodstream is smaller&comma; and drugs and alcohol run through it faster&period; Not only that but because it&&num;8217&semi;s easier to get drunk or high&comma; the desire to use more goes up in a shorter period of time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Rehabs for women specialize in these different facets of addiction&period;  If any of this looks familiar to you&comma; please reach out and arrange a free consultation with a facility in your area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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