Alcohol Abuse, Dependence and Addiction: Effective Non 12 Step Alternatives In Outpatient Alcohol TreatmentBy Dr. Ed Wilson and Dr. Mary Ellen BarnesMost Of Us, Understandably, Deny Our Alcohol ProblemsPeople generally avoid looking too closely at their alcohol use. Over the long haul this can lead to problems, both real and mythical, that early and productive awareness might have helped avoid. The problem here is the mythology - not alcohol itself. Most of us have been mislead into believing that the misuse, or over use, of alcohol is a progressive and irreversible condition - a terminal "disease" for which there is only demeaning and unending recovery, a condition many understandably consider worse than being a drunk. Before consigning yourself to hopelessness, or powerlessness, see where your alcohol use falls. |
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Helping Parents of Adult Alcoholics and Addicts With Non 12 Step Alternatives To AA
By Dr. Ed Wilson and Dr. Mary Ellen Barnes - www.non12step.comAdult Children Who Drag Their Parents Down With ThemNothing is sadder than the “over-age families” we see. These “children” are in their 30s, 40s, 50’s and sometimes 60s; their parents in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and beyond. "Children" who won’t stop drinking or using, and their parents who can’t stop forking over the money that makes the alcohol and drug possible. Dependent adult children dragging parents down with them. Of course you can easily to see the problem from the outside. Why would an "adult child" stop drinking when they can squeeze thousands of dollars a month out of old mom and dad and keep right on doing what they’ve done their whole lives? And how can mom and dad say no when their "child" will be homeless, their grandchildren hungry? Besides, it’s a disease, isn’t it? How can they deny their sick child? |
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