Tag: alcoholism

  • Join Us in Discussing The Biology of Desire by Marc Lewis

    Join Us in Discussing The Biology of Desire by Marc Lewis

    When I read Marc Lewis’s book The Biology of Desire in 2015, I recognized my own story of recovery from addiction. in his words. “The facility for viewing one’s life as a narrative may be what’s missing in addiction… Addicts experience something breathtaking when they can stretch their vision of themselves from the immediate present…

  • A New Perspective on Alcohol Use and Abuse

    A New Perspective on Alcohol Use and Abuse

    The shame is built into the conversation about this “disease of alcoholism” in our culture. We need to take a fresh look at alcoholism, alcohol use disorder, addiction, and recovery.

  • 7 Myths About Outpatient Alcohol Rehab (IOP)

    7 Myths About Outpatient Alcohol Rehab (IOP)

    Am I an alcoholic, I wondered? Aren’t alcoholics people who drink bottles of vodka at 7am, sleep under bridges and forget to wash for 10 days? They’re losers, right? That can’t be though, because everyone I just met is like me and pretty likeable. They’re functional, fine, fabulous even. So, I let go of the…

  • Blackout – A Boom Community Book Club Selection

    Blackout – A Boom Community Book Club Selection

    April is Alcohol Awareness month in the U.S. and I’m thinking of the absolute opposite of awareness… alcohol-related blackouts. I often drank to the blackout stage, probably because I crammed my drinking of large quantities into pretty short periods. Remembering the last hour of my evening was impossible. Usually, I drank at home, but that…

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