Welcome to She’s On The Way Back!
Alcohol recovery for women – that works!
Women often drink in different ways and for different reasons than men. Our bodies metabolize it differently, also. So, it makes sense that what truly supports us to recover may be quite different than what men need. This group is tailor-made with evidence-based perspectives and tools that have been demonstrated to really work for us! It’s not to take the place of any program you may already be connected with, but be a complement for additional reinforcement.
From empowering life-giving affirmations to nutritional information to sharing our challenges, to guided visualizations to creating the life we’ve always wanted and deserved, our evenings will be powerful times for healing, learning, self-nurture and creativity. I’m looking forward to sharing the tools and resources that I have discovered on my own journey, as well as the tools I have been trained to offer as a Certified SMART Recovery Facilitator and in the cutting-edge Alcohol Freedom with Hypnotherapy Program.
From The Blog
Drinking on an Empty Stomach
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 Much as...
read moreAlcoholism-A Biochemically Based Addiction
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...
read moreNew Medication for Alcoholics?
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 promise in...
read more“Just say NO”
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 influential in...
read moreAA Sees World in Black and White
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 little sister died. The...
read moreTools to Deal with Cravings for a Drink
Thanks for the suggestions and, of course, the "standard AA stuff" is great to be reminded of. The "eat a sweet" suggestion is a very temporary fix for those whose alcohol biotype is related to blood sugar issues, but the underlying unstable glucose levels need to be...
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