Petersburg Mental Health Services -

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Petersburg Mental Health Services
Petersburg Mental Health Services
is located at 201 North Nordic Drive Petersburg, AK. 99833 and can be contacted by calling 907-772-3332. Petersburg Mental Health Services offers treatment services for Prescription Drug Abuse, Illicit Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

Treatment Services Offered: Mental Balance Treatment Services, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Medicare Assistance, Insurance - Private Pay, Insurance - Military, Self Pay, Sliding-Scale Fee

An estimated 62% of high school seniors report having been drunk and 31% report having had five or more drinks in a row containing alcohol in the last two weeks.
Because alcohol is a depressant in the body, high doses of the drug can reduce cell activity; when alcohol is removed from the cells, they recover in a way that produces a change toward stimulation. The body's attempt to produce "normalcy" often leads to over-stimulation, which is known as withdrawal ;thus, binge drinking often leads to a "hangover" (headache, increased stomach acidity, early morning awakening, etc.), and long -term heavy drinking often leads to the "shakes", delirium (hallucinations), and in some instances, seizures.
The presence of food in the stomach slows the rate of alcohol absorption, but the amount of alcohol that is actually being absorbed remains unchanged.
Alcohol robs your brain cells of water and glucose (the brain's food), which is why you experience hangover symptoms such as headache, dehydration, and the shakes the day after a night of heavy drinking.

For more information, visit www.drug-rehabs.org.