Home Treatment afforded me an opportunity to address my problems. I cannot safely use alcohol at present. I learnt that from the four drinking sessions (during the treatment period) very well. I could continue with my business and programme. I can see the advantages of working with recovering addicts and alcoholics though I would also [...]
I have had an alcohol problem for sixteen years total; for seven years it was a very big problem. I started taking drugs at fifteen. I liked doing it very much – I got in with the wrong crowd. My family life was happy. My drug of choice was heroin but I used excessive amounts [...]
Learning how addiction really works was a revelation that became a fascination. It never previously occurred to me that an alcoholic’s experience could have anything in common with my experience as a pornography addict. It turns out that all varieties of addiction carry certain symptoms that are experienced by virtually all addicts. Emotional hypersensitivity. Simple [...]
“Adult Children of Alcoholics” – Real or Myth? Dr. James West, a retired medical director of the Betty Ford Center writes about the concept of a syndrome specifically affecting the children of alcoholics. Although it is not yet widely accepted, “More and more data is accumulating… that such a cluster of symptoms does indeed exist [...]
I am a housebound and I have had a major alcohol problem for years. I do not think that Treatment Centres work – well not for me. I have been in several. They are too structured and regimented and “control” was a big issue in those types of centres for me. My background makes me [...]
I used the services of Addictions UK to rid me of the need for alcohol in my daily life. I would not use other available provision as it did not provide anonymity and because also I was ashamed. Here was a woman who had everything, love, security well educated but plenty of time on my [...]
