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Continue reading →: Alcoholics as secret overachievers!
A recent article suggests that some people may have a genetic predisposition to alcoholism. Dr Alexander Niculescu and his team, identified 11 “risk” genes (1) that can predict which people are more at prone to becoming alcoholic. For those with a family history of alcoholism, the danger is even greater. All of…
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Continue reading →: “On a good day…
“On a good my illness talks and I don’t listen, on a bad day it talks and I listen, on a really bad day, I talk back!”
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Continue reading →: Do I still have an “Alcoholic Mind”!?
When I first came into recovery I used to get frightened by other abstinent alcoholics proclaim that they were so glad they did not get the “wet tongue” when they saw alcohol or people drinking alcohol. I used to feel ashamed as I did have an instantaneous “wet tongue” or…
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Continue reading →: What is craving?
When I first came into recovery I used to get frightened by other abstinent alcoholics proclaim that they were so glad they did not get the “wet tongue” when they saw alcohol or people drinking alcohol. I used to feel ashamed as I did have an instantaneous “wet tongue” and…
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Continue reading →: How meditation helps with “emotional sobriety”!
In this blog we have considered two main and fundamental areas:- 1. that alcoholism appears to be an emotional regulation and processing disorder which implicates impaired functioning of brain regions and neural networks involved in regulation and processing emotion such as the insular cortex, anterior cingulate cortex and dorsolateral prefrontal…
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Continue reading →: Do people recover without treatment?
I want to comment on an article I read recently which stated some FACTS 1. about 3/4 of individuals in recovery did not use formal treatment or mutual help groups to achieve full, sustained remission. 2. About 20% of all people with alcohol use disorders recover naturally, without formal treatment or mutual help. Individuals with less severe…
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Continue reading →: Getting “out of self” through prayer and meditation?
When I first came into recovery I constantly heard the refrain about “getting out of self” – in fact steps 10-12 help one do so. Step 12, by helping others in recovery and step 11 which encourages prayer and mediation. Can we get out of “self” by prayer and mediation?…
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Continue reading →: What recovers in Recovery? – Cognitive Control over emotions?
A core aspect of alcohol dependence is poor regulation of behavior and emotion. Alcohol dependent individuals show an inability to manage the appropriate experience and expression of emotion (e.g., extremes in emotional responsiveness to social situations, negative affect, mood swings) (1,2). Dysfunctional emotion regulation has been considered a primary trigger…
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