by admin | Sep 4, 2007 | AA, Cravings for a Drink, Detox, Journal to Recovery, Moderation, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized
While you were growing up, or even recently in a relationship, were you told that “you’re just too sensitive”? Or an old expression-“boy, do you have a chip on your shoulder!” Well, we are who we are, at least as children! Studies show...
by admin | Aug 15, 2007 | AA, Cravings for a Drink, Eating for Recovery, Health, Journal to Recovery, Moderation, Nutrition Issues, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized
I felt so bad the other day after drinking instead of eating supper the night before! It was actually scary. While I was berating myself for so obviously causing myself my own misery, I remembered a chapter in nutritionist Frederick Beyerlein’s book, Drink as...
by admin | Jul 17, 2007 | AA, Cravings for a Drink, Detox, Medications, Moderation, Neurotransmitters, Nutrition Issues, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized
From The Edge Effect-Eric R. Braverman, MD ¨The classic example of a biochemically based addiction is alcoholism. Faced with an excess or deficiency of dopamine, some people will begin to self-medicate, using alcohol to quiet their brain. Alcoholics usually attribute...
by admin | Jul 10, 2007 | AA, Cravings for a Drink, Detox, Medications, Moderation, Neurotransmitters, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized
Since some of the latest research shows that “there is a common biological basis for the addiction to both alcohol and tobacco,” a new medication, varenicline (brand name Chantix), which has been used as a non-smoking aid for almost a year, is also showing...
by admin | Jun 28, 2007 | AA, Detox, Moderation, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized
Yeah, as simple as that. It always works so great with teenagers, well no matter what our age!! This is an interesting post, related to my latest— The Myth of the Simple, Magical Solution “During the Reagan administration, First Lady Nancy Reagan was...
by admin | Jun 27, 2007 | AA, Moderation, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized
In a Newsweek article (5/21/07), The Truths we Want to Deny, clinical professor of psychiatry at NYU Medical Center, Kerry Sulkowicz discusses Bush’s great capacity for denial, for instance, telling his mother “everything would be OK,” when his...
