Simon Pegg’s Story
As control erodes, the drinker redoubles efforts to regain it. Some resort to "white-knuckle" abstinence, giving up alcohol for a while, just to prove to themselves or someone else that they can.
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Risky Decision Case Study: Quarterback Derby
To a seasoned counselor, there’s another way to view it. For one thing, these aren’t isolated incidents.
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Anonymity versus Celebrity
Look what’s happened to the public image of rehab as a result of those awful high-profile celeb incidents.
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The Malibu Mindset
What does a place like that have in common with a big-city program filled with homeless addicts who have multiple social problems and co-occurring disorders and perhaps haven’t held a job in decades?
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Celebrity Addiction
Doesn’t seem to matter much whether fame is rooted in music, film, TV, sports, politics — there’s this sense of unreality to all of it.
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