Addictive behaviour starts as a maladaptive coping strategy to deal with self dysregulation. Addiction Is Not A Weakness of Self Will But Rather a Dysfunction of Self Regulation Addictive Behaviour is a chronic condition whereby you have to take the medicine in order to begin to know what […]
Addiction This is part of a series called “The Bottled Scream” A Disease of Self – Understanding Addiction, Trauma and Recovery. To go back to the introduction click here. Chapter 11 In early recovery, it is like you have two selves fighting it out. I went to my first […]
This is part of a series called “The Bottled Scream” A Disease of Self – Understanding Addiction, Trauma and Recovery. To go back to the introduction click here. First Day Sober! One day I woke up but didn’t go downstairs. I had a very odd experience while lying in […]
This is part of a series called “The Bottled Scream” A Disease of Self – Understanding Addiction and Recovery. To go back to the introduction click here. “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable” , Addiction Chapter 6 Aftermath Emma was bowled […]
This is part of a series called “The Bottled Scream” A Disease of Self – Understanding Addiction and Recovery. To go back to the introduction click here. Trauma Chapter 3 Colonization “…the process of settling and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area….appropriating a place for one’s […]
This is part of a series called “The Bottled Scream” A Disease of Self – Understanding Addiction and Recovery. To go back to the introduction click here. Addiction Chapter 4 When all else fails My first AA meeting was on Christmas Eve, 2005 in a local Church Hall. Emma […]
This is part of a series called “The Bottled Scream” A Disease of Self – Understanding Addiction and Recovery. To go back to the introduction click here. Addiction Chapter 3 The First Step Admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable So the doctor proclaimed […]
Alcoholism, not alcoholwasm I am moved to write this blog and to continue writing about Alcoholism in general due to a newspaper article I read in the last few months by the writer, Tanya Gold, a recovering alcoholic with 15 years recovery. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tanyagold I was inspired […]
“Mutual-help organizations (MHOs) such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA), are commonly sought resources to help people recover for substance use disorder (SUD) in the United States. AA was the first 12-step MHO and it focuses specifically on recovery from alcohol dependence, whereas NA focuses primarily […]
Earlier this year, a new book looks at 12 Step outcomes. It’s called, If You Work It It Works! The Science Behind 12 Step Recovery by psychologist and award winning author, Joe Nowinski PhD. It is a jargon-free look at how, 12 Step modality help alcoholics/addicts. Recently a […]
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