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Is There An Alcoholic Personality?

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 25, 2025 | In the News | 0 |

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.

Parenting Under The Influence

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 2, 2025 | Families | 0 |
Still Counting Drinks, Eh?

by C. Scott McMillin | May 22, 2025 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
The Dementia Dilemma

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 25, 2024 | Addiction | 0 |
Collegiate “Drunking”

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 4, 2024 | Addiction | 0 |
TMS for alcoholism?

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 28, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |

Back to Blackouts

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 24, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |

She was continually being surprised when others reported what she’d said and done during her blackouts. The memories themselves never returned.

Living with a Label

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 20, 2022 | Addiction Clinicians, People in Recovery | 0 |

“When you put a name to something, you gain a certain degree of power over it,” a psychologist told me, during a workshop on addictions.

The Quality of Sobriety

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 26, 2021 | Treatment | 0 |

Once the patient gained insight, the theory went, the drive to abuse drugs or alcohol gradually disappears.

A World of Recovery Podcasting

by C. Scott McMillin | May 6, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |

He came to see it in terms of needing to give up one thing– alcohol– so he could have everything else.

First Person – Ambivalence

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 25, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |

“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.”

Another Research Roundup

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 4, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |

Wherever addiction is present, unintended overdose is the consequence, not the disease.

A Controlled(?) Drinking Story

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 28, 2021 | Families | 0 |

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.

Boozy Holidays

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 21, 2020 | People in Recovery | 0 |

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.