First Person – Ambivalence
"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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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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Glamour Grotesque
It’s always been fun for the public to speculate on what drove someone to literally disappear inside the bottle.
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Russian Revival
But Russians (again like Americans) tend to view the liquor store as an essential business.
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First Person: The Moderate
That’s the real dilemma: Not ‘can I quit for a while?’ because most can.
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Different Disorders?
Many of the differences in the experience of alcohol and heroin addiction are due to their respective status in the eyes of the law.
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Movies About Alcoholism
There’s a lot of laughter in the recovery world, mostly at oneself. Believe me, it helps.
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Genetics of Heavy Drinking and Alcoholism
Many so-called “heavy drinkers” do in fact meet criteria for an AUD, but quite a few do not.
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Children of the Epidemic
…there’s general agreement that the experience of being raised in a home with a troubled parent can and does have adverse impact on adult behavior
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Professionals and Addiction
Money is a tool that allows some to delay the inevitable. They construct a protective bubble that minimizes the risk of getting caught and the other consequences that follow addiction.
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Pharmaceutical “Cures”
From a patient’s viewpoint, physicians can be somewhat blase’ about risks associated with a medication.
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Profound Influence
Willing not only to think outside the box, but to stomp the box flat if need be.
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