Rational Recovery, was founded in 1986 by Jack and Lois Trimpey and offers an abstinence-based solution for stopping drinking and are the bitter arch-rivals of Alcoholics Anonymous.”
The Rational Recovery (RR) program is based upon the Addictive Voice Recognition Technique� (AVRT), which is a method of identifying with your addiction.It is based on a Structural [...]
Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions. In common and historic usage, alcoholism refers to any condition that results in the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages despite the health problems and negative social consequences it causes.
The Journal of the American Medical Association defines alcoholism as “a primary, chronic disease characterized by [...]
If an alcoholic is defiant about getting help, what can you do about it? Alcoholics do not react very well to advice, suggestions, or threats. One would imagine that under these circumstances an alcoholic is condemned to oblivion. You must recognize that the alcoholic is desperate to get more and more alcohol, and as a [...]
Free ebook describing the hazards and effects of drinking alcohol to excess. May act as an “eye opener” if you believe you may have a problem with alcohol.
alcohol_hazards.pdf
Here’s some good reasons for stopping drinking, obviously there are many more, but anyone with a drinking problem will recognize that a life without alcohol does indeed have it’s benefits.
1. To stop alcohol from causing you to question what kind of person you are, to stop alcohol from making you feel like you aren’t [...]
My children are pleased that I quit drinking because they now have a reliable father who doesn’t let them down frequently because of alcohol. They like the fact that I don’t fall asleep on them all the time, that they can wake me if they need to. That we can go out and enjoy summer [...]
An ever growing number of teenagers are found to be afflicted with alcoholism.
Alcohol is more prevalent and readily available to younger people today.
The stigma attached to getting teen alcoholism treatment has lessened in recent times (at least to some degree).
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Finally, there are more teen alcoholism treatment programs available worldwide.
Researchers in various disciplines, in [...]
I was married to my kids father for 7 years. We split up last june because he had not had a job in 5 years and i was tired of dealing with his alcoholism. We shared custody of the kids for awhile but i was still paying all of his bills and taking [...]
It\’s a quote that goes something like, \”it\’s only called alcoholism when you\’re out of college\”…
not sure if that\’s entirely it but I thought it was funny. Anyone know of any other good college quotes?
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Interesting content from the webFrom \”Rethinking Substance Abuse.\”In the closing chapter of their 2006 book, \”Rethinking Substance Abuse,†editors William R. Miller and Kathleen M. Carroll attempt to sum up what has been learned about the science of addiction. Their useful contribution, entitled Drawing the Science Together, offers \”Ten Principles\” that are designed to [...]
