Addiction: Holidays Are A Time To Secure Boundaries
No matter how you view the holidays, there is added pressure and anxiety if you want your loved one to be part of the picture but they are struggling with a substance abuse issue.
No matter how you view the holidays, there is added pressure and anxiety if you want your loved one to be part of the picture but they are struggling with a substance abuse issue.
Carole Bennett | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living
Relapse is common when the alcoholic/addict has not had enough recovery under their belt through 12-step meetings, sponsorship, counseling or their own personal determination to rely on an arsenal of "tools" to ward off the relapse demon.
Carole Bennett | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living
A 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous or a rehabilitation program is becoming imperative. This revelation could be just what the alcoholic/addict has needed or been subconsciously waiting for.
Carole Bennett | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
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.
wellness.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
Untreated alcohol and drug addiction in the United States remains at pandemic levels, with little change from year to year, an expert says....
wellness.com | Elizabeth Weise | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
The numbers are troubling: An estimated 17.6 million adults in the USA are either alcoholics or have alcohol problems, according to the National Insti...
blogs.suntimes.com | Roger Ebert | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
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...
BBC NEWS | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
Many people do not realise drinking alcohol can disturb a good night's sleep by interfering with the brain, a government-funded poll suggests. Almost...
Darren Littlejohn | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
We basically ask to speak to a certain voice and the participant puts on that hat. Some voices used typically have been The Controller, The Skeptic, The Protector, The Victim.
TIME | Ada Calhoun Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living
As recently as last month, drinking parents seemed to be all the rage. On the bookshelves: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's Naptime Is the New Happy Hour, Rob...
latimes.com | Melissa Healy | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living
Of the many things that long-term alcohol addiction can steal -- careers, lives, health, memory -- one of its most heartbreaking tolls is on relations...
Bryan Young | Posted 10.23.2008 | Entertainment
This is a graphic novel of a literary caliber and tells a very sad, sweet story of a writer finding himself.
The Daily Telegraph | Natasha Courtenay-Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
If you love a good cocktail or two or maybe three after work (not that we would know anything about that), you might crack the occasional joke about b...
Carole Bennett | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living