Articles related to "Alcoholism"
Alcoholism's Demons in Multiple Sclerosis
An article that describes and discusses the detremental effects of alcoholism while fighting MS.
• ms • alcoholism • counseling • aa • depression
An article that describes and discusses the detremental effects of alcoholism while fighting MS.
• ms • alcoholism • counseling • aa • depression
Living a Full Life
Living a full life means the happiness but also the aches and pains of life.
• recovery women in recovery alcoholism disease of a
Living a full life means the happiness but also the aches and pains of life.
• recovery women in recovery alcoholism disease of a
A pill to Cure alcoholism?
Using science to battle cravings, withdrawl, and alcohol itself – the Cure or another Tool in the Recovery shed?
• antabuse • disulfiram • naltrexone • campral • acamprosate
Using science to battle cravings, withdrawl, and alcohol itself – the Cure or another Tool in the Recovery shed?
• antabuse • disulfiram • naltrexone • campral • acamprosate
Alcoholism and Women
An article defining alcoholism and its affects on women.
• women's health • alcoholism • alcohol and women • health and fitness • alcohol
An article defining alcoholism and its affects on women.
• women's health • alcoholism • alcohol and women • health and fitness • alcohol
From Depression to Alcoholism
An understanding about the co-morbid link between depression and alcoholism is essential to the proper diagnosis and effective treatment of alcoholism.
• alcoholism • depression • psychoactive drug • co-morbidity • alcoholics
An understanding about the co-morbid link between depression and alcoholism is essential to the proper diagnosis and effective treatment of alcoholism.
• alcoholism • depression • psychoactive drug • co-morbidity • alcoholics
LSD & Alcoholism Treatment
More than 4 decades after the original studies, Dr. Erika Dyck has exposed some surprising facts about studies conducted with LSD as a treatment for alcoholism.
• lsd • alcoholism • treatment • psychiatry • psychedelic therapy
More than 4 decades after the original studies, Dr. Erika Dyck has exposed some surprising facts about studies conducted with LSD as a treatment for alcoholism.
• lsd • alcoholism • treatment • psychiatry • psychedelic therapy
A Review of We Were the Mulvaneys
Introduce yourself to the Mulvaneys, witness their heart-wrenching story, meet unforgettable characters, and fall in love with a real family with real problems.
• we were the mulvaneys • joyce carol oates • oprah's book club • adult fiction • books dealing with sexual assault
Introduce yourself to the Mulvaneys, witness their heart-wrenching story, meet unforgettable characters, and fall in love with a real family with real problems.
• we were the mulvaneys • joyce carol oates • oprah's book club • adult fiction • books dealing with sexual assault
Alcohol Drug and Substance Abuse
Getting confused between abbreviations like AODD, ACOA, AlAnon, and AA? Need help understanding the difference between enabling and codependence?
• aa • acoa • addiction • alanon • alcoholism
Getting confused between abbreviations like AODD, ACOA, AlAnon, and AA? Need help understanding the difference between enabling and codependence?
• aa • acoa • addiction • alanon • alcoholism
Alcohol Usage Among Teens
Research shows a strong link between alcohol abuse and juvenile delinquency. Teens, especially males, are at high risk for developing life long problems.
• teen alcoholism • teen drinking • juvenile delinquency • national center on addiction and substance abuse • teen drinking and driving
Research shows a strong link between alcohol abuse and juvenile delinquency. Teens, especially males, are at high risk for developing life long problems.
• teen alcoholism • teen drinking • juvenile delinquency • national center on addiction and substance abuse • teen drinking and driving
Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Until 1995, when autoimmune pancreatitis was first described, pancreatitis was considered a disease induced exclusively by alcoholism.
• pancreas • pancreatitis • autoimmune • autoimmune pancreatitis • alcoholism
Until 1995, when autoimmune pancreatitis was first described, pancreatitis was considered a disease induced exclusively by alcoholism.
• pancreas • pancreatitis • autoimmune • autoimmune pancreatitis • alcoholism
Out of Control Binge Drinking
What to notice when drinking gets out of hand and out of control.
• binge drinking • signs of alcoholism • recognizing problems with drinking • when drinking goes bad • what happens when you drink too much
What to notice when drinking gets out of hand and out of control.
• binge drinking • signs of alcoholism • recognizing problems with drinking • when drinking goes bad • what happens when you drink too much
A poem about the pitfalls of recovery!!
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Here's an ode to that insanity and recovery.
• women recovery alcoholism
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Here's an ode to that insanity and recovery.
• women recovery alcoholism
Affirmations As A Tool In The Search For Truth
Affirmations state the goal which sometimes is a long way from the way we are really thinking and feeling. Here is a way to get to the truth.
• alcoholism • recovery • affirmations • love • i love myself
Affirmations state the goal which sometimes is a long way from the way we are really thinking and feeling. Here is a way to get to the truth.
• alcoholism • recovery • affirmations • love • i love myself
Are You An Adult Child Of An Alcoholic?
One woman's tale of being an adult child of an alcoholic.
• adult child • alcoholics • alcoholism • women's health • fitness and health
One woman's tale of being an adult child of an alcoholic.
• adult child • alcoholics • alcoholism • women's health • fitness and health
Are you ready for recovery?
Recovery isn't easy. Don't expect it to be. But you can have a strong back to carry the load...the strength comes from recovery and your higher power.
• recovery • addiction • disease • alcoholism • substance abuse
Recovery isn't easy. Don't expect it to be. But you can have a strong back to carry the load...the strength comes from recovery and your higher power.
• recovery • addiction • disease • alcoholism • substance abuse
Be Committed to Recovery
Make a commitment to recovery. It's a simple process.
• recovery • addiction • disease • alcoholism • substance abuse
Make a commitment to recovery. It's a simple process.
• recovery • addiction • disease • alcoholism • substance abuse
Do I want what life wants?
God’s way is for the ultimate good. Yet how do we know what the ultimate good is?
• recovery • alcoholism • addiction • co-dependence
God’s way is for the ultimate good. Yet how do we know what the ultimate good is?
• recovery • alcoholism • addiction • co-dependence
Do I want what life wants?
God’s way is for the ultimate good. Yet how do we know what the ultimate good is?
• recovery • alcoholism • addiction • co-dependence
God’s way is for the ultimate good. Yet how do we know what the ultimate good is?
• recovery • alcoholism • addiction • co-dependence
Do I want what life wants?
God’s way is for the ultimate good. Yet how do we know what the ultimate good is?
• recovery • alcoholism • addiction • co-dependence
God’s way is for the ultimate good. Yet how do we know what the ultimate good is?
• recovery • alcoholism • addiction • co-dependence
Four Important Concepts for Recovery
The concepts behind the steps of recovery sometimes make them easier to understand and apply to our everyday lives.
• recovery • alcoholism • addiction • al anon • aa
The concepts behind the steps of recovery sometimes make them easier to understand and apply to our everyday lives.
• recovery • alcoholism • addiction • al anon • aa
Good luck, bad luck. Who knows?
Are you a worrier? Lack faith in the positive outcomes waiting for you in the future? Check out this story often used by Rev. Anthony Demello to make a point about turning our will and our lives over to the care of God.
• spirituality • demello • anthony demello • worry • recovery
Are you a worrier? Lack faith in the positive outcomes waiting for you in the future? Check out this story often used by Rev. Anthony Demello to make a point about turning our will and our lives over to the care of God.
• spirituality • demello • anthony demello • worry • recovery
Hiding Behind The Family Coat of Arms
So you drank or used to be happy? Did it work? Who do you have to blame for your unhappiness? Do you hide behind the family coat of arms?
• recovery • women's recovery • alcoholism • alcohol addiction • addiction
So you drank or used to be happy? Did it work? Who do you have to blame for your unhappiness? Do you hide behind the family coat of arms?
• recovery • women's recovery • alcoholism • alcohol addiction • addiction
I Guess You Are Wondering?
Thought I would fill you in about the changes to this topic and the new focus on wellness! Just in case you are wondering.
• alcoholism • addicition • miecat • art therapy • process
Thought I would fill you in about the changes to this topic and the new focus on wellness! Just in case you are wondering.
• alcoholism • addicition • miecat • art therapy • process
Is Skeleton Woman Interfering With Your Marriage?
You thought your spouse's recovery would be the best thing since sliced bread? Right. He's not even around to break bread with these days!
• recovery • al anon • spouse of alcoholic • alcoholism • codependent
You thought your spouse's recovery would be the best thing since sliced bread? Right. He's not even around to break bread with these days!
• recovery • al anon • spouse of alcoholic • alcoholism • codependent
It wasn't supposed to be this way
The story of a single mom, who was unable to deal with her burdens and struggles. A reflection upon her story, and a message for us all.
• suicide • alcoholism • despair • depression • self-worth
The story of a single mom, who was unable to deal with her burdens and struggles. A reflection upon her story, and a message for us all.
• suicide • alcoholism • despair • depression • self-worth
Like father, Like Son, Sort of
A recovering alcoholic, son, finds some warm memories worth sharing about his late, alcoholic father
• making amends • forgiveness • recovery • addict • addiction
A recovering alcoholic, son, finds some warm memories worth sharing about his late, alcoholic father
• making amends • forgiveness • recovery • addict • addiction
Like Minds Offer Support
The best way for me to stay sober is to listen to others talk about what works for them. Here are some suggested sites to visit for support both emotional and practical.
• alcoholism • sobriety • courage • consequences • personal stories
The best way for me to stay sober is to listen to others talk about what works for them. Here are some suggested sites to visit for support both emotional and practical.
• alcoholism • sobriety • courage • consequences • personal stories
Living With Physical and Verbal Abuse in Recovery
You've experienced terrible physical and verbal abuse, but when you tell your story at meetings or to your sponsor, all you seem to get in response is, "Keep the focus on yourself." That makes you feel so misunderstood and alone, doesn't it?
• verbal abuse physical abuse women recovering alcoh
You've experienced terrible physical and verbal abuse, but when you tell your story at meetings or to your sponsor, all you seem to get in response is, "Keep the focus on yourself." That makes you feel so misunderstood and alone, doesn't it?
• verbal abuse physical abuse women recovering alcoh
MPD/DID And Alcoholic/Addict Too?
A very high percentage of individuals with MPD/DID also struggle with alcoholism or drug addiction or both. I did, and it was through the 12 steps of AA that I not only got sober but found recovery for MPD/DID too.
• alcoholism • addiction • recovery • 12 step programs
A very high percentage of individuals with MPD/DID also struggle with alcoholism or drug addiction or both. I did, and it was through the 12 steps of AA that I not only got sober but found recovery for MPD/DID too.
• alcoholism • addiction • recovery • 12 step programs
One Day at A Time
If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, how would you spend today? Living one day at a time, we always spend that day as well as we can.
• recovery recovering women alcoholism codependence
If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, how would you spend today? Living one day at a time, we always spend that day as well as we can.
• recovery recovering women alcoholism codependence
One Minute for Yourself
Do you do for everyone but yourself? How does that make you feel?
• recovery women in recovery addiction alcoholism
Do you do for everyone but yourself? How does that make you feel?
• recovery women in recovery addiction alcoholism
Powerfully Recovered
claiming our power and recognizing that we are recovered makes it possible for us to truly continue our growth by not getting stuck in myths that don't serve us.
• recovery • alcoholism • addiction • substance abuse • disease
claiming our power and recognizing that we are recovered makes it possible for us to truly continue our growth by not getting stuck in myths that don't serve us.
• recovery • alcoholism • addiction • substance abuse • disease
Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse
Substance abuse problems are common amongst people with schizophrenia and nobody really knows why. People with both conditions have had great difficulty in getting treated because the two conditions require quite different treatment strategies, and neither program would accept such people with a dual diagnosis. Untreated for either condition individuals are much more liklely to get in trouble with the law, and end up in a prison instead of a hospital.
• schizophrenia • addiction • alcoholism • substance abuse • dual diagnosis
Substance abuse problems are common amongst people with schizophrenia and nobody really knows why. People with both conditions have had great difficulty in getting treated because the two conditions require quite different treatment strategies, and neither program would accept such people with a dual diagnosis. Untreated for either condition individuals are much more liklely to get in trouble with the law, and end up in a prison instead of a hospital.
• schizophrenia • addiction • alcoholism • substance abuse • dual diagnosis
Spirituality is an Altered State of Consciousness
Wondering about the spiritual part of recovery and how important it is? It is the foundation of recovery. So how you do you get on a spiritual path?
• spirituality • god • higher power • addiction • alcoholism
Wondering about the spiritual part of recovery and how important it is? It is the foundation of recovery. So how you do you get on a spiritual path?
• spirituality • god • higher power • addiction • alcoholism
Tales from the West Texas Dust
Part I of an interview with alcohol/drug abuse counselor and city councilman Sam Parker.
• criminal justice • alcoholism • drug abuse
Part I of an interview with alcohol/drug abuse counselor and city councilman Sam Parker.
• criminal justice • alcoholism • drug abuse
Tales from the West Texas Dust
The conclusion of an interview with Sam Parker.
• criminal justice • alcoholism • drug abuse
The conclusion of an interview with Sam Parker.
• criminal justice • alcoholism • drug abuse
Tales from the West Texas Dust
Part II of an interview with Sam Parker.
• criminal justice • alcoholism • drug abuse • drugs • alcohol
Part II of an interview with Sam Parker.
• criminal justice • alcoholism • drug abuse • drugs • alcohol
Tales from the West Texas Dust
Part II of an interview with Sam Parker.
• criminal justice • alcoholism • drug abuse • drugs • alcohol
Part II of an interview with Sam Parker.
• criminal justice • alcoholism • drug abuse • drugs • alcohol
The Concepts Behind the Twelve Steps
What doe the Twelve Steps of recovery programs like A.A. and Al Anon mean? Here's one way of breaking the steps down into some concepts to help us understand how the steps can help us in our daily lives.
• twelve steps • recovery • a.a. • al anon • adult children
What doe the Twelve Steps of recovery programs like A.A. and Al Anon mean? Here's one way of breaking the steps down into some concepts to help us understand how the steps can help us in our daily lives.
• twelve steps • recovery • a.a. • al anon • adult children
The Drinker's Alphabet
Lighthearted look at the flip side of alcoholism.
• drink • drinker's • alcohol • alcoholism • women's health
Lighthearted look at the flip side of alcoholism.
• drink • drinker's • alcohol • alcoholism • women's health
What is your nightmare?
Attachments to things, people, places and ideas can become so obsessive that we lose focus on other things. Then they're no longer relationships, work, food, ideas, and normal success...they are something much worse!
• recovery • obsession • alcoholism • drinking • drugs
Attachments to things, people, places and ideas can become so obsessive that we lose focus on other things. Then they're no longer relationships, work, food, ideas, and normal success...they are something much worse!
• recovery • obsession • alcoholism • drinking • drugs
What's Your Boiling Point?
People in recovery often find that their number one character defect is anger and an inappropriate expression of that anger. This anger can lead to violent altercations with other people, even people we love.
• recovery • alcoholism • anger • over-reacting • violence
People in recovery often find that their number one character defect is anger and an inappropriate expression of that anger. This anger can lead to violent altercations with other people, even people we love.
• recovery • alcoholism • anger • over-reacting • violence
Women in Recovery: The Spiritual Part of the Program
Is putting down the drink enough for women who find themselves drinking too much?
• women • recovery • alcoholism • alcoholics • substance abuse
Is putting down the drink enough for women who find themselves drinking too much?
• women • recovery • alcoholism • alcoholics • substance abuse
Women Need Friendship for Recovery
Women trying to balance their recovery with their commitments to other people have difficulties with traditional messages of recovery, like attending 90 meetings in 90 days.
• recovering women • relational model • recovery programs • alcohol treatment • alcoholism
Women trying to balance their recovery with their commitments to other people have difficulties with traditional messages of recovery, like attending 90 meetings in 90 days.
• recovering women • relational model • recovery programs • alcohol treatment • alcoholism
Wondering What To Do About Another Person’s Addiction?
Recovering yourself is one thing. Living with someone who isn't in recovery is another thing. Can you hack it?
• recovery • addicition • unrecovered • alcoholism • co-dependence
Recovering yourself is one thing. Living with someone who isn't in recovery is another thing. Can you hack it?
• recovery • addicition • unrecovered • alcoholism • co-dependence
24 Hours Without a Drink
Once we begin to acknowledge the facts of our own situation, we are free to move beyond the doom and shackles of constant obsession.
• obsession • alcoholism • withdrawal • recovery • aa
Once we begin to acknowledge the facts of our own situation, we are free to move beyond the doom and shackles of constant obsession.
• obsession • alcoholism • withdrawal • recovery • aa
A Place Called Wiregrass: Morris
Review of A Place Called Wiregrass by Michael Morris, an absorbing tale of people trying to rise above the margins of their lives in the South.
• novel • fiction • southern • spousal abuse • wife beating
Review of A Place Called Wiregrass by Michael Morris, an absorbing tale of people trying to rise above the margins of their lives in the South.
• novel • fiction • southern • spousal abuse • wife beating
Battle of the Booze: New Medications
Researchers find new medications to combat alcohol abuse as well as to reduce the physical, mental and social symptoms among alcoholics fighting their addiction.
• alcoholism • alcohol abuse • alcohol addiction • topiramate • naltrexone
Researchers find new medications to combat alcohol abuse as well as to reduce the physical, mental and social symptoms among alcoholics fighting their addiction.
• alcoholism • alcohol abuse • alcohol addiction • topiramate • naltrexone
Beat by Alcohol & Drugs
Many find that before any serious changes could be made, a simple yet deep personal acknowledgment of the existence of a problem had to be made.
• 12 step • aa • na • alcohol • alcoholism
Many find that before any serious changes could be made, a simple yet deep personal acknowledgment of the existence of a problem had to be made.
• 12 step • aa • na • alcohol • alcoholism
Bell's Palsy Causes
Bell's palsy is a neurological disorder that strikes the face. Learn the causes for this malady....
• bell's palsy • causes • infection • alcoholism • herpes
Bell's palsy is a neurological disorder that strikes the face. Learn the causes for this malady....
• bell's palsy • causes • infection • alcoholism • herpes