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• Attraction AND Promotion?

  
  The Second Road Family — Authority: 132
  Yesterday Lou heard this Al-Anon promo on the radio (video after the break). Like her, I appreciate the pro-active approach. Especially with alcohol abuse on the rise since the recession hit more than a year ago. The comments on her post range and I, too, am wondering your thoughts about this. Blogger Indigo’s ...
  14 hours ago

• Relapse Prevention

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  Relapse is not total failure; its only a stageFailure rates to comply with treatment for alcoholism do not differ significantly from other chronic diseases. People with disease such as diabetes, asthma and hypertension frequently fail to comply with treatment. (Lewis 2002)Relapse can range from a return to chronic ...
  4 days ago

• Levels of Denial & Recovery

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  These levels of denial may be observed by family, healthcare workers and friends of the alcoholic.These levels may be applied to any addictive process such as gambling, sex addiction, spending, co-dependency, overeating, workaholism, smoking and being an Adult Child of Alcoholism. Just swap ‘alcohol; for your ...
  6 days ago

• Child Sex Abuse & Alcoholism

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  Childhood sexual abuse and the course of alcohol dependence (alcoholism) development Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has been associated with increased risk for alcohol dependence (AD), but the extent to which childhood sexual abuse history may impact transitions in the course of alcohol dependence development remains ...
  6 days ago

• Symptoms of Co-dependence

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  These symptoms and characteristics of the thoughts and actions of a codependent are offered as a tool to aid in self-evaluation. Denial Symptoms: I have difficulty identifying what I am feeling. I minimize, alter or deny how I truly feel. I perceive myself as completely unselfish and dedicated to the well ...
  6 days ago

• How does Alcoholism Treatment Work?

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  Does Treatment and Self-help Work? Alcoholism can be treated similarly to other chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and asthma in adults. There are a variety of treatment options, depending on the individual’s particular situation and needs. Clinical studies have repeatedly found that treatment ...
  6 days ago

• Alcohol Awareness for Loved Ones

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  Understanding alcohol abuse and alcoholism can be a key step in solving drinking problems Some people worry about their alcohol use but are not convinced that they need help. Friends or relatives might express their concern–”You have a drinking problem.” But often that well-intentioned statement fails to ...
  1 week ago

• Silent Killers

  
  Chaz' journey back. — Authority: 103
  Gas Leak - Silent Killer My wife and I were discussing some of the silent relationship killers that we have observed recently. The big things are easy to spot…. abuse, infidelity, raging, name-calling, etc.  Those are no-brainers.  Any relationship would be endangered where these are present and it would be ...
  1 week ago

• Dysfunctional Families

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  Dysfunctional families maintain a false facade in public Dysfunctional Families; Types, Symptoms and Effect on Children A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehaviour and even abuse on the part of individual members of the family occur continually, leading other members to accommodate such ...
  1 week ago

• Alcohol Induced Dementia

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  Alcohol-induced dementia in a functional alcoholic? Woman lives with alcohol-induced dementia Cheryl Thorson remembers well when she started drinking at age 16. But she can’t remember what happened 10 minutes ago. Thorson, 54, of Wausau drank for 27 years after she started in high school, and before she quit, ...
  1 week ago

• Caffeine Addiction

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  Symptoms, Withdrawal and Treatment Coffee, tea, cola drinks, chocolate and many foods contain caffeine. A new range of drinks on the market is a variety of high content caffeine drinks such as Red Bull. Caffeine, a stimulant, is the most widely consumed drug and is a stimulant. Caffeine has occasionally been ...
  1 week ago

• A Program of Action

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  A.A.’s 12-Steps – A Program of Action A.A.’s Twelve Steps, which constitute its program of recovery, are in no way a statement of belief; they simply describe what the founding members did to get sober and stay sober. They contain no new ideas: surrender, self-inventory, confession to someone outside ...
  1 week ago

• Chaz wishing you a cool Yule!

  
  Chaz' journey back. — Authority: 103
  Canadian Parliament Building at Christmas    Wishing all my blog buddies a great Christmas or whatever you celebrate this time of year. Glad to be clean, sober, happy, warm, fed, loved, sane, serene, forgiven and recovering.  What more could anyone ask for? Gratefully, Chaz
  1 week ago

• AA and Judaism

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  The fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon are of inestimable value in the recovery from alcoholism and chemical dependency. Not infrequently, there is a resistance on the part of Jews to participate on the grounds that these programs have a religious orientation that is non-Jewish. Let ...
  1 week ago

• Alcoholism Affects the Entire Family

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  Alcoholism Affects the Entire Family…Not Just the Alcoholic How many people are involved in the life of any one alcoholic? Family, friends, employer, co-workers… It is important to remember that all these people are affected by alcoholism-not just the alcoholic. Many of them spend a lot of time and energy trying ...
  1 week ago

• 5 Strengths of an ACOA

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  What’s Your Greatest Asset? Amy Eden writes about the assets of ACOA’s. “I don’t know about you, but I sometimes feel exasperated with the emphasis on problems tied to being the offspring of alcoholics. Today I need to hear the B side of the record, to think about our other characteristics.” Here are ...
  2 weeks ago

• Styles of Enabling Behavior

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  Avoiding and shielding: Any behavior by the codependent covering up for, or preventing the abuser, or self from experiencing the full impact or harmful consequences of drug use. Attempting to control: Any behavior by the codependent performed with the intent to take personal control over the significant other’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Alcoholism & Gambling Linked

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  . A new research study reveals a strong link between alcohol dependency and gambling problems, Reuters reported. According to researchers at the Research Institute on Addictions at the University at Buffalo, N.Y., adults with an alcohol addiction are 23 times more likely to have a gambling problem than those who do ...
  2 weeks ago

• Disturbing Denial

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  Denial Breaking through denial is alcoholic’s first step in recovery Looking in the mirror and accepting what we see can be one of the hardest things we ever do. It’s especially hard when the image staring us in the face is painful or doesn’t fit with how we want to see ourselves. Sometimes, the truth is so ...
  2 weeks ago

• Beyond Co-dependency

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 142
  Beyond Co-dependency: And Getting Better All the Time By Melody Beattie A book for any one who has had a relationship with an alcohol, addict or compulsive gambler. Adult Children of Alcoholism / addiction, wives, husbands, parents &etc. Review By Neal J. Pollock (VA USA) While I have not read Melody ...
  2 weeks ago

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