by admin | Jun 20, 2017 | AA, Addiction Freedom, Addictions, Blogroll, Cravings for a Drink, Events, Recovery, Sobriety, Spirituality and Addictions
I’d love to meet you in person and share my exciting program, She’s on the Way Back, that I’m getting ready to kick off. Come, find out about it, and get in on the ground floor! Since women drink and metabolize alcohol differently than men, it makes...
by admin | Jul 29, 2015 | AA, Addiction Freedom, Addictions, Cravings for a Drink, Detox, Moderation Management, Recovery, Sobriety
“I know many very well-qualified therapists, people whom I would trust to treat my friends and family, who forget everything they know about human beings once a person with an addiction walks into their offices.” ...
by admin | Jul 24, 2015 | AA, Addictions, Brain, Cravings for a Drink, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized
Thought provoking interview with a neuroscientist about whether addiction is a disease or a compulsive behavior that has been over-learned. “Behaviors can become compulsive and hard to control but that doesn’t make it a disease.” Rather, it makes it a kind of...
by admin | Mar 5, 2015 | AA, Addiction Freedom, Addictions, Cravings for a Drink, Detox, Uncategorized
In 2006, one of the most prestigious scientific research organizations in the world, the Cochrane Collaboration, conducted a review of the many studies conducted between 1966 and 2005 and reached a stunning conclusion: No experimental studies unequivocally...
by admin | Mar 6, 2011 | Addictions, Brain, Cravings for a Drink, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized
Do you find yourself assuring yourself that you will never allow yourself to feel so miserable again. You realize fully that last night, once again, you seem to have forgotten how lousy overdrinking makes you feel. You well know your limit, but somehow, when the...
by admin | Mar 3, 2011 | AA, Addictions, Cravings for a Drink, Moderation, Recovery, Uncategorized
While a lot of recovery programs emphasize rational thinking, a new approach similar to a video game focuses on impulses. As with any addiction, like smoking or overeating, we can know all the reasons in the world why we should not be reaching for that cigarette or...
