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Over nine weeks, the participants received a dose of semaglutide or a placebo once a week. They were then asked to log their alcohol cravings and consumption levels during the trial. Each participant had a drinking history of more than 7 drinks a week for women, or 14 for men, over the last month. That …

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Staying busy is a great way to stave off boredom and create space for healing the parts of your brain that took a walloping from drinking. It’s particularly therapeutic to find something to do with your hands. Right now, you’re doing a very hard thing, and sometimes hard things feel lonely. Fortunately, there are more …

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Relapsing is when an individual returns to drinking or using drugs after a period of sobriety, which differs from a lapse where they briefly drink but then quickly stop again. SELF does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Any information published on this website or by this brand is not intended as a substitute …

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