Addiction Recovery

Drugs and alcohol affect the lives of millions of Americans every year causing devastation to families, friends, loved ones and associates. It is said that on average each substance abusing person seriously affects 16 people around them, this may be an understated estimate. Almost everyone has had to deal with someone else’s drug or alcohol problem or knows of someone who has. You are not alone.

You are also not without support. Al-Anon, Alateen (for teens), Families Anon Read the rest of this entry »

A person cannot hope to be well by thinking health, if he eats, drinks, breathes and sleeps like a sick person. You cannot “break” a habit. Instead you create a better way and replace that old habit with a new one.

You were aware of your actions the first or possibly even the tenth time you were learning something new. By the 100th repetition it was a habit. No longer were you conscious of the action–it was automatic. We started learning about eating from our parent Read the rest of this entry »

You have a drinking problem, though you may not know it yet. When you start toting your hip flasks everywhere you go, even to your in-laws’, then assess yourself. You might be already in trouble.

You as a social drinker

You are a social drinker when you drink only at parties or when there is a celebration at home. Visions of a social drinker sipping wine from a stemmed glass while chatting about the weather and the latest political scandal comes to your mind, Read the rest of this entry »