Is There An Alcoholic Personality?
An older person, usually a man, calling people in the middle of the night in order to rant drunkenly about his various complaints and resentments.
Overdose Madness
By the way, if you were wondering whether the issue will be co-opted into the ongoing partisan political debate, the answer is: oh, hell yes.
It’s a good question. In fact, folks in the addictions field have been arguing about the existence of an "alcoholic personality" for many decades. Yet science has never successfully arrived at a positive conclusion, and not for lack of trying.
As one researcher wrote, following his own investigation:
"The limited experience of many investigators leaves the impression that there are certain features unique to the personalities of alcoholics. However, scientific reports to date do not permit us to define such an alcoholic personality, or even to come to any substantial agreement as to what it may be like. It seems more likely that a number of personality types have a peculiar susceptibility to alcoholism." (John D. Armstrong, "The Search for the Alcoholic Personality")
When we treat people who suffer from moderate to severe alcohol disorders-- the so-called "alcoholics"-- it quickly becomes obvious that, in terms of personality, it’s a diverse population that does share...
As one researcher wrote, following his own investigation:
"The limited experience of many investigators leaves the impression that there are certain features unique to the personalities of alcoholics. However, scientific reports to date do not permit us to define such an alcoholic personality, or even to come to any substantial agreement as to what it may be like. It seems more likely that a number of personality types have a peculiar susceptibility to alcoholism." (John D. Armstrong, "The Search for the Alcoholic Personality")
When we treat people who suffer from moderate to severe alcohol disorders-- the so-called "alcoholics"-- it quickly becomes obvious that, in terms of personality, it’s a diverse population that does share...
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Is There An Alcoholic Personality?
An older person, usually a man, calling people in the middle of the night in order to rant drunkenly about his various complaints and resentments.
AI for Mental Health? Not So Fast
An increasing number of people rely on AI as their *primary resource for mental health concerns. That includes truly vulnerable populations, such as adolescents.
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It must come as a shock to someone who’s been a regular user for a while, to suddenly without warning begin experiencing violent vomiting and pain.
A Massive Growth Spurt for Gambling
...a 24-fold increase in six short years. Almost all of it in the form of bets placed online. No casino, no off-track betting parlor required.
“Scromiting”
It must come as a shock to someone who’s been a regular user for a while, to suddenly without warning begin experiencing violent vomiting and pain.
Life in a Hot Spot
Make it a continuing effort, using strategies based in evidence, and harnessing the power of human interaction-- instead of relying on a burst of anti-drug education, however intense.
Anonymity — Out of Date?
...isn’t TikTok and influencer culture undeniably afflicted with far too much of,that same “ambition and illegitimate pride” that AA’s founders felt they must avoid?
A Treatment Program in a Corrections Setting
...it seems an awful waste to miss out on an opportunity to address their alcohol and drug problems while they’re literally a ‘captive’ audience.
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Is This Recovery?
...there are other folks out there like these— pretending to sobriety yet still secretly using, and hoping to avoid the sort of trouble that haunted them in the past.
Overstimulated?
I was nonetheless surprised to learn that one of the areas where use increased the most was among people in their 70s.
Parenting Under The Influence
Children raised in such families are more likely to be exposed to violence, to initiate their own substance use at an earlier age, and to have mental health problems in childhood.
Is This Recovery?
...there are other folks out there like these— pretending to sobriety yet still secretly using, and hoping to avoid the sort of trouble that haunted them in the past.
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...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.
A Novel Approach
...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.
Diagnosing Cannabis Use Disorder: Updated
It certainly makes sense that if you suffer from a major mental illness, you should stay away from pot.
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People have abused opiates for 5,000 years. As much as medicine depends on them, they've always created problems for a percentage of users.
