Tag: understanding addiction
The Betrayal Brigade The first time I ever went into detox after spewing up bile for a week, as a welcome home present, my old friends treated me to a shandy down the local pub. “No more triple-brandies for you,” they tutted playfully, as the…
When someone you know is recovering from an addiction, it can be hard to know what to say about it. If you’ve never experienced addiction or recovery, it is difficult to understand. By giving you some things not to say to recovering addicts, it will…
Addiction is a label that is now linked to many patterns of excess. We talk of sugar addiction, shopping addiction, sex addiction, internet addiction, and more. So how do you know if you’re really addicted to something? There are addiction symptoms that are not present…
What a strange title. Is that what you’re thinking? Of course alcoholics should try to control their drinking! After all, their overuse of alcohol is causing them and everyone around them a lot of pain. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. Not if you’re addicted to…
Recovering from addiction is a tough, but rewarding, road. Unfortunately, addiction is complex and many people trying to recover and rebuild their lives make some fatal mistakes. Here are five common mistakes that recovering addicts make, and how to avoid them. 1. Trying to control…
As the subtitle suggests, Drink, by Ann Dowsett Johnston, is focused on the various ways in which women enter into problematic relationships with alcohol. With chapters covering the insidious rise of booze in women’s cultural conscience, the reasons that lead to over-consumption in females, insights…
When coaching alcoholics and drug addicts, I used to be amazed that people could so easily relapse and fall back into their addictions through sheer boredom – until I came across another addiction that some people have. Many addicts have chaotic and dramatic lifestyles and…
