How do you recognize that you have a drinking problem? When is it clear that you are involving yourself in alcohol abuse? If you have unproductively tried to stop drinking or if you promised yourself that your drinking days are gone and then you realized that you were drinking in a hazardous manner just a [...]
The medical community defines several diseases as “silent killers.” Medical illnesses such as high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, heart disease, obstructive sleep apnea, mesothelioma and many kinds of cancer such as breast cancer, rectal cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer are well known silent killers. These medical disorders are known as silent killers [...]
Diane drank on a usual basis with her drinking pals. One Monday after all of her classes were finished, she began thinking about the amount of alcohol she drank and the excessive drinking of her buddies. As a result of this, she respectfully asked all of her buddies the following question: “what do we really [...]
Work was becoming too chaotic for a young police officer named Gary. Even though he had only been on the police force for two years, he was already known as a hard worker who almost never refused working overtime. In fact, he was now working fifteen to twenty hours of overtime each week and, consequently, [...]
I know many young men who work in construction who display heavy drinking. After a hard day’s work, it seems to make a lot of sense to go to the local drinking establishment to have a few beers with the guys. Commonly, however, it seems that the well-intentioned few brews becomes a situation in which [...]
I know many young men who work in construction who display heavy drinking. After a hard day’s work, it seems to make a lot of sense to go to the local drinking establishment to have a few beers with the guys. Commonly, however, it seems that the well-intentioned few brews becomes a situation in which [...]
A Young Man Drinks Abusively, Gets Inspired to Get Treatment for Alcoholism and Depression, and Turns His Life Around. Stanley began drinking heavily when he was a freshman in college. Fortunately for him, even though he drank abusively and hazardously when he was a teen and a young adult, when he got beyond the age [...]
Work was starting to be too hectic for a young police officer named Gary. Although he had only been on the police force for five-and-a-half years, he was already known as a hard worker who almost never said no to working overtime. In truth, he was now working ten to fifteen hours of overtime each [...]
Ralph had just received his third “drunk driving” arrest. He was going to represent himself in court, but his father, Sam, told him that this would be a huge mistake. When Ralph heard this, he asked Sam why he should even consider getting a ”drunk driving” attorney. Although Sam wasn’t a lawyer, he told his [...]
Not long ago I met a twenty-four-year-old lady named Rachael who is manic depressive and who is also addicted to alcohol and drugs. I remember hearing that under such circumstances, a person needs to get counseling for both medical problems and that mental health problems and addiction commonly occur in the same individual. In addiction, [...]
