A Young Gambler’s story
It’s a common misconception, that somehow repeated failures precede eventual success. They don’t.
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Self-Diagnosis
Most of the time, there’s an extended period in which the drinker is engaged in something called ‘comparing out’. That’s when they’re focused on what isn’t wrong with their drinking, and ignoring or minimizing what is.
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Substance Deaths Up Among Seniors
People over 65 can be expected to be more vulnerable to the kind of problems that can accompany drug and alcohol use than younger folks.
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Kids Will Eat Weed
…it can certainly make a young child sick. In some cases, it may even trigger a seizure.
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Moms and Daughters
With all that anger in tow, it’s probably best she turned to other approaches when her turn came.
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Getting Sober. And Not Getting Sober.
Research into long-term recovery has been prominent in the past — why not revive it?
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A Problem for Intervention
But those who know anticipate the possibility of a loss, and refuse to give up just because they got beat.
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Tough Love
Because then they’re someone else’s problem to deal with, for a while at least.
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Good Advice?
I happened to stumble across an advice column in one of the national newspapers. It dealt with a...
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A Controlled(?) Drinking Story
Every time I run into a case like this, the drinker winds up his presentation by asking if he needs professional help. So far, I’ve yet to say no.
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First Person: Crash and Burn
I remember one expert’s claim that it wasn’t unusual for someone to require seven treatment episodes to establish a stable recovery.
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The Defiant Ones
Daily life becomes a battle zone; the more folks press for change, the more the drinker retreats into isolation, aided by the bottle.
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