Sorry, that AA “study” is bullshit

I don’t care who published it. It’s wrong. And it could be the reason someone doesn’t try to get help.

Happy and Suicidal

I’m not really sure what I want to say. Or why anyone would care. But that doesn’t…

One More Drink, Then I’ll Go

This is the story of how I ended up in AA at the age of 22, and why I haven’t left.

I was 2 months shy of my 23rd birthday on August 1st 2003 when I went to my first AA meeting, having just returned…

Yesterday Me

A glimpse into the evolution of an addict.

I began devising a plan.

Ok Jason, calm down. Deep breaths. It’s Friday. Just take Saturday’s pills tonight, and just don’t take any tomorrow. Yeah, that’s the plan. Take tomorrow’s…

7 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DRUG REHABILITATION

Helping addicts in their recovery…

Alisan Porter: Who She Is

You may know her as the little girl in Curly Sue, or as Steve Martin’s projectile-vomiting daughter in the film Parenthood. You…

Why do I make you what I want you to be? Loving an addict — the repercussions

In business

It started in 2013 when I realised that I was totally rubbish at hiring people.

Rotting

A day in the life of a functional alcoholic.

The alarm clock sounds, and immediately I begin to compile the daily mental inventory of regrets from the night before. What horrible, hurtful things did I say? What embarrassing, inappropriate, ugly things did I…

Confessions of a bar fly

For the past 4 years I have flip flopped between wanting to drink, and wanting to quit. For the most part, the problem is me. I don’t want to quit. I just want to drink when it’s fun and social, but not when it’s just me …but why do I have the craving when it is just me?

What do we know about the “normal” aging brain?

Normal cognition was defined as normal scores on cognitive tests, the absence of cognitive complaints for which medical help was sought, or both. Subjective cognitive impairment was defined as presence of a cognitive complaint with presentation
at…