Maybe they just saw it as none of their damn business, so long as he showed up on time and didn’t embarrass them. It’s the sort of accommodation people make all the time in response to someone else’s excessive drinking in a social or work situation.
Yes, to an addiction counselor it will seem reminiscent of the control strategies employed by many folks who eventually wind up in treatment.
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The author cites a meta-analysis conducted by another group that some 47% of frequent cannabis users, both recreational and medical, were experiencing withdrawal symptoms.
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Definite progress has been made, but there are still plenty of examples of people who fall through the cracks in the healthcare system.
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One man was shocked at the intensity of his craving for liquor after just a few weeks of relative moderation.
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Offer counseling and support or even a special track for folks who “fell off the wagon”, so to speak, and now may be ready to climb back on.
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I suppose he was happy for people to see him as pigheaded, since it covered up the real problem: His rapidly deteriorating cognitive function.
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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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Many hospitals are notoriously lax about testing, and if you really are injured, who can blame them?
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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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