Still Counting Drinks, Eh?
In practical terms, it's far more helpful for a working counselor to focus on the problems that result, directly or indirectly, from high-intensity drinking, than on the amounts themselves.
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by C. Scott McMillin | May 22, 2025 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
In practical terms, it's far more helpful for a working counselor to focus on the problems that result, directly or indirectly, from high-intensity drinking, than on the amounts themselves.
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Once the patient gained insight, the theory went, the drive to abuse drugs or alcohol gradually disappears.
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He came to see it in terms of needing to give up one thing– alcohol– so he could have everything else.
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“Now, whether I have one drink or 10,” she admits, “I know I’ll still be where I started, in the nook of my sofa with the TV on at half-volume, anxiously biting hangnails.”
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Wherever addiction is present, unintended overdose is the consequence, not the disease.
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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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Consensus within the mental health field is that this year’s holiday season can’t help but be more stressful than in the past – due to the pandemic and the restrictions that accompany it.
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It isn’t nature vs. nurture. It’s both.
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Eventually their iron control failed and problems re-emerged, usually far worse than before.
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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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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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It’s always been fun for the public to speculate on what drove someone to literally disappear inside the bottle.
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But Russians (again like Americans) tend to view the liquor store as an essential business.
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