Topic: signs and symptoms

Would have been easy enough to avoid, had I seen it coming. Unfortunately the brain I was using to make decisions was the addicted one. It was not a friend to recovery.

It’s as if the addict is so accustomed to just acting on impulse that he/she has lost touch with the source of the impulse — ordinarily a negative emotional state such as anxiety, anger, sadness, etc.

Problems with alcohol are better defined in terms of the problems themselves than some arbitrary amount consumed.

If you’re happy with your program of recovery, find another therapist who believes in letting the client direct the course of therapy.

The medical professions have been dealing with alcoholism and alcoholics for thousands of years, and this experience has led to some pretty hard and fast views on the subject.

Those first few days in detox can be interesting!

A patient said he’d visited a local family clinic three times in the past year for drinking-related problems and the physician never once mentioned that he needed treatment.

Once someone with alcoholism acknowledges the need for professional help, even insincerely, the biggest obstacle is gone.