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Right Now (A Poem)

It’s nineteen years today since he last held A drink in his hand or held his breath while smoke Filled as much of him as he could stand Till,…

Why the World Needs 12-Step Support Groups

My grandma was fond of saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” This is something that needs to be said to researchers from the Italian Agency for Public Health…

Risk Taking Behavior and its Connection to Addiction

Are you a risk taker? Did you know that it is not just a behavior? It is a personality dimension (Zuckerman M, 2004). The characteristic of risk taking or novelty…

Being on Time: The Beginning to Recovery

I believe that knowledge is helpful and empowering. Because of this, I talk to patients about how tardiness, lack of punctuality, is an early form of addictive behavior. In other…

Researchers Identify Five Alcoholic Subtypes

The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has identified five distinct subtypes of alcohol dependence. “Clinicians have long recognized diverse manifestations of alcoholism,” said NIAAA Director Ting-Kai, MD,…

Grief Is A Vital Part of Recovery, So Embrace It

One of the things I think our society has an extremely difficult time with is the process of grief. We give it a lot of lip service, but, in the…

Studies Show that AA is the Right Step for Staying Sober

This is a summary of the study “Encouraging Posttreatment Self-Help Group Involvement to Reduce Demand for Continuing Care Services: Two-Year Clinical and Utilization Outcomes” which appeared in Alcoholism: Clinical and…

Better Listening Skills Make Better Lawyers

“Nature has given us one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.” Epictetus Communication is a fundamental aspect of work in…

Childhood Trauma’s Role in Creating ACOAs and Codependents

The surprising part of living with addiction, for many of us in the late 1970s and early 1980s, was the discovery we made that even when we left home, we…

The Stigma of Addiction Is A Barrier to Recovery

In our society, there is a very negative and prevalent association with the words “addict” and “alcoholic.” This antiquated association was, and continues to be, born of ignorance and unhealthy…

12 Symptoms of Inner Peace

Healing Shame Through Self-Affirmation

Since about 1980, there has been a phenomenal interest in and writing about shame, a topic that had received little prior attention. We have more understanding of the results of…