Living a sober life – this actually has very little to do with the idea of not drinking. Of course, when you are sober you are not going to be drinking alcohol. But for a real alcoholic, how can this ever hold up in the long run if they are actually deep down wanting to [...]
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 [...]
The success rates are dismal and depressing when it comes to beating addiction. Based on most available data, very few will manage to achieve continuous, long-term sobriety. While possible, the chances are not very good. Here is how you can achieve success with sober living. 1. The theory of the zero tolerance policy It is [...]
Most people get confused when it comes to quitting drugs and alcohol, because they see it as a process of elimination. They believe the main point is in getting off the drugs and then coming up with a strategy for dealing with future triggers that might lead to a relapse. If beating addiction were this [...]
So you want to know how to help an alcoholic without enabling them? We really want to help the alcoholic, but in many cases we end up sabotaging their efforts because we are not allowing them to come towards a natural change in their life. So what do we do in order to avoid this [...]
Beating alcohol addiction is a process that occurs in 2 stages. Early recovery and long term sobriety are the stages that make up recovery. The first stage is when you first get into recovery and you are basically shocked right out of your mind – your world is turned upside down and you feel vulnerable [...]
In what way can we reach out to the alcoholic and help them? Historically, recovery programs have attempted to answer this question but without a lot of success at it. You may have pushed someone in your life towards recovery without much success. If it has come to this point then perhaps you should consider [...]
