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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.

Curious about Sobriety

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 13, 2022 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
More Research on Cannabis Withdrawal

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 25, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Doctors and Alcohol Disorders

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 12, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |
The Big Cutdown

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 17, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |
Drinking in the Pandemic

by C. Scott McMillin | May 20, 2021 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |

First Person – Mystery Solved

by C. Scott McMillin | May 13, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |

I suppose he was happy for people to see him as pigheaded, since it covered up the real problem: His rapidly deteriorating cognitive function.

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.”

A Simple(?) Case of Drunk Driving…

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 18, 2021 | In the News | 0 |

Many hospitals are notoriously lax about testing, and if you really are injured, who can blame them?

Protected

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 19, 2020 | Families | 0 |

…the more hierarchical the workplace– military, police and fire departments, certain bureaucracies, for instance– the more likely it is that such behaviors will be protected.

Heavy Drinking vs Alcoholism

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 29, 2020 | Addiction | 0 |

It isn’t nature vs. nurture. It’s both.

First Person: A Change Has Come

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 8, 2020 | Addiction | 0 |

Eventually their iron control failed and problems re-emerged, usually far worse than before.

Distorting Reality

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 28, 2020 | Addiction, Addiction Clinicians | 0 |

I don’t know how many times over the years I’ve listened to family members cite evidence of a loved one’s alcohol problem only to hear many of the same events cited by the drinker to prove that he doesn’t.