When Drinking Becomes a Problem in Your Life

How do you know that you have a problem with your drinking? When is it plain to see that you are engaging in excessive drinking?
If you have unsuccessfully made an effort to quit drinking or if you sworn to yourself that your drinking days are gone and then you realized that you were drinking excessively [...]

Enabling, Alcohol Addiction, and Alcohol Relapse

It is fascinating to articulate something that family members who have been adversely affected by the alcohol addiction of another family member evidently do not grasp. It seems to be that by shielding the alcohol dependent individual with falsehoods and dishonesty to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have essentially created a situation [...]

The Fundamental Components in A Successful Alcohol Dependency Intervention

What are the vital elements in a productive alcohol intervention? Why do some alcohol abuse interventions succeed as anticipated while several flop?
The Need for a Time-Honored Record of Intervention Success
Scientific inquiry makes obvious the fact that a “winning” alcohol abuse intervention needs to be directed by an intervention specialist who has a time-honored record of [...]

When Drinking Becomes an Issue

How do you know that you have a problem with your drinking? When is it apparent that you are engaging in abusive drinking?
If you have ineffectively attempted to quit drinking or if you have given your word to yourself that your drinking days are over and then you were made aware that you were drinking [...]

Alcohol Addiction, Enabling, and Alcohol Relapse

It is interesting to bring up something that family members who have been harmfully affected by the alcohol dependency of another family member clearly do not grasp. It seems that by shielding the alcohol addicted person with falsehoods and deceitfulness to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have basically created a condition that [...]

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