Mariah Haberman, recently crowned "Miss Wisconsin" is using her platform as a pageant winner to talk about what it is like to grow up in an alcoholic ...
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 09.26.2011
It has long been understood in the vernacular of the addictions field that an addict, whose life has become "unmanageable" through excessive use of d...
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011
Physical sobriety can take around 72 hours to achieve. Emotional sobriety, or learning to balance feeling states, thinking and behavior, takes a lot longer.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011
Part of "Recovery Month" Series In the 1960s, when my Dad got treatment, we all thought that once the alcoholic got sober, the rest of us in the fa...
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011
Here's what these "natural antidepressants" can do for us. Serotonin keeps our moods balanced and up beat. It calms anxiety and improves our sleep.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011
Using drugs and/or alcohol to cope with PTSD is extremely common. It looks 45-year-old Mark Kerrigan, sister of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan, may be doing just that.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011
Why do people feel better after attending a twelve step meeting? Why do twelve step meetings work so well for healing emotional pain and establishing...
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011
Humor has a way of sliding through the cracks, of reminding us that whatever is going on just isn't that important. It keeps things in perspective, provides relief, gets us to see things in new lights and yes, has tons of health benefits.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011
Dealing with the sorts of challenges that living with addiction inevitably poses can challenge kids, to say nothing of leaders of the free world, to develop unusual talents and strengths.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011
It has long been clear to me that being an ACoA needs aggressive and long term treatment. Ignoring the damage only allows it to leak out in intimate relationships.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 05.25.2011
The sad truth is that children who live with addicted parents get in the car with drunk moms and dads every day, just as Diane Schuler's children and nieces did the day they were killed.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 05.25.2011
Both the narcissist and the addict are first and foremost self absorbed. They come first.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011
When the attachment with a parent is fraught with fear, the child can become overly preoccupied with getting it right for the parent rather than for themselves.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011
Real contentment has much more to do with what's going on inside ourselves rather than outside. If this is a period when we have to live more simply, it may also be a period in which we can rediscover the joys in simple pleasures.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 04.22.2012