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The Roller Coaster Relationship With An Alcoholic/Addict: When Do You Get Off the Ride?

Carole Bennett | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction and Recovery, Drug Addict, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Alcoholic, Addict, Addiction & Recovery, Substance Abuse, Family, Living News
Carole Bennett

I have compiled what I call The Pyramid of Change; 6 phases of the alcoholic/addict from the beginnings of irresponsible behavior to full blown wreckage.

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Creating A False Self: Learning To Live A Lie

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Addict, Recovery, Sex Addiction, Compulsive Overeating, Acoa, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

This false self is also sometimes seen as the "idealized self" or the self through which we operate because our true self just somewhere along the line (usually quite young) felt too weak, inadequate or overwhelmed to function and gain approval in the situation in which it finds itself.

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My Name Is Roger, And I'm An Alcoholic

blogs.suntimes.com | Roger Ebert | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

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In August 1979, I took my last drink. It was about four o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, the hot sun streaming through the windows of my little carria...

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An Organic Vegetable Farm Aids In Addicts' Recovery

nytimes.com | CARA BUCKLEY | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Drug Addiction, Recovery, Addiction and Recovery, Alcoholism, Addiction, Addict, Organic Farm, Project Renewal, Renewal Farm, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

GARRISON, N.Y. -- It was shortly after 8 a.m. on a sun-drenched July day in this idyllic hamlet 50 miles north of Manhattan, and a hulk of a man named...

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Do You Have An Addictive Personality?

DivineCaroline | By Sarah Krupp | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Recovery, 12 Steps, Alcoholism, Drug Addict, Addiction, 12-Steps, Addict, Overeater, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

Nearly everyone has had a taste of what it would be like to have an addiction--eating a second (and third) piece of cake, staying out until 4 a.m. dri...

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Tough Love and A.I.G.

Lorraine Roe | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Addict, Sobriety, A.I.G., Bailouts, Business News
Lorraine Roe

If someone's addicted to white flour and sugar and you hand them two-dozen donuts, what do you think they'll do with them? A.I.G. has a small gambling problem, you know, betting on derivatives.

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Exclusive: New York Times Reporter Benoit Denizet-Lewis Talks Addiction, Recovery, Drug Policy, Obama and America Anonymous

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media

Read More: America Anonymous, Recovery, Twelve Steps, Sex Addiction, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, Alcoholism, Addiction, New York Times, Addict, Aa, Drug Policy, Alcoholics Anonymous, Barack Obama, Health, Media News
Rachel Kramer Bussel

In his new book American Anonymous, Denizet-Lewis gets into the heart of addictions across the country, roads to recovery, detailing the heights of abuse, including health problems, and lost jobs and families.

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