We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit.
Today many experts are recommending that partners and families become involved with the recovery process. And contrary to the popular myth that “you can’t help an alcoholic until he wants help,” families and partners are now being encouraged to do what they can to help...
or perhaps you were out with people that you used to use with. Identifying triggers can help you find better ways of coping with or avoiding them in the future,
Herndon was an abolitionist and temperance man, though also an alcoholic who relapsed repeatedly. Yet for all his faults, Herndon understood Lincoln intimately and frowned upon the popular impulse to apoth-
My dad was an alcoholic who never- he was always obsessed with my mom but never wanted anything to do with me and my brother. And um so I never really had, you know, any type of father figure I had to learn it all on my own. Female, 25, currently using opioids In summary, ...
[43,44], but early disease stages remain difficult to identify, especially in the context of isolating those who may develop more progressive and rapidly fatal forms of PF. Molecular imaging can convey additional benefits as a potential non-invasive early biomarker of PF, as obtaining lung ...
the older guys who would pat me on the back on their way out as they said, “keep coming back.”“What the fuck does that mean?” I would think. I know now that when I keep coming back, I’m developing a practice that helps me stay sober—similar to how an athle...
Some have relapsed along the way; some have not—but to varying extents they all remain aware and watchful of the possibility. Some clearly think that everyone would be better in the long run to live the way they currently live; others consider where they are now a personal solution for ...
But as a high-functioning alcoholic, I still made my work deadlines. I was always around people who didn’t just use drugs; they abused them. And no matter how much I knew the difference between right and wrong, I was perpetually on a quest to distract myself from myself. ...