{"id":158283,"date":"2022-04-14T16:25:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/32124074"},"modified":"2022-04-14T16:25:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:25:57","slug":"32124074","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/32124074","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol Will Not Help You Feel Calm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Yuris Alhumaydy on UnsplashIt&#8217;s true that alcohol initially seems to bring a calm state to our otherwise chaotic world, both inside ourselves and outside. If it didn&#8217;t bring a sense of calm, few people would want to drink it. However, we are kidding ourselves to think that alcohol can continue to make us calm because it absolutely won&#8217;t.As a former nurse and recovering alcoholic, I have a unique understanding of what it means to want that drink, but I also know what the drink does to our bodies, minds, and souls. Not only did I live this reality personally, but as a nurse, I also know the physiology behind how alcohol affects our physical and mental health.I started drinking in my teens, as many young people do. But also, alcohol was a staple in my family. All of our celebrations and gatherings revolved around alcohol, so it made sense that I would eventually pick up the habit.When I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s true that alcohol initially seems to bring a calm state to our otherwise chaotic world, both inside ourselves and outside. If it didn&#8217;t bring a sense of calm, few<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}