Some people who have had some problems with their drinking might be asking themselves: should I stop drinking entirely, or is there a possibility that I can control it? First of all, if you figure out a way to moderate successfully then this is awesome. Chances are that you’re not a serious alcoholic if you [...]
Alcoholism is a disease that affects an entire person. The alcoholic suffers more than just physically due to their drinking….they also suffer mentally, socially, spiritually, and so on. Their whole lives are affected by the disease. Jobs are lost and people get fired. Relationships are broken. People drop out of college, lose contact with old [...]
There are some good reasons to choose drug addiction therapy and I’m going to show you a few of them. First of all we have to come to terms with that we do indeed need help. Once we reach this understanding then it is time to get in gear. At this point I would recommend [...]
If you finally make the decision to do something about your drinking other than simply trying to moderate it, then the time has come to quit altogether. Of course this might sound like a terrible punishment at first but it is not so hard once you get through the detoxification process and start living a [...]
How can you know if you are an alcoholic? To the normal person who is not suffering from addiction, this sort of question might seem ridiculous at first. But it truly can be a baffling question, especially if you are the one who is caught up in the slippery slope of experiencing both fun times [...]
Drug addiction can affect nearly anyone because it has so many different avenues of attack these days. You have kids and teenagers who are smoking marijuana. There is a lot of peer pressure to drink alcohol in our culture and there is opportunity to do so almost everywhere these days. Then of course there are [...]
There are a lot of alcoholics and addicts who keep screwing up in recovery and then return to their AA meetings, completely confused about how they can not “get it.” They believe that they are missing the great secret of recovery, when actually they are just not putting in the proper effort to stay clean. [...]
If you believe that you have some sort of issue with alcohol then your first course of action is to properly diagnose your problem. What is the true nature of your problem and what is the extent of it? Is your problem really with drinking too much or does your problem really get nasty when [...]
If you or someone you know needs help with alcoholism then you might want to consider taking action. So what is the best route to go? In my opinion the best action for the alcoholic is to find a treatment center or drug rehab facility that has a medical detox and check themselves into it. [...]
Knowing how to help an alcoholic is a difficult thing to do. Sometimes the best we can achieve is to encourage a person in recovery to explore their options and find what works best for them. One of the big issues with our usual recovery programs is that they generally try to get alcoholics to fit [...]
