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    Change of Heart

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    June 26, 2015

    Just to clarify I will be on a long term break from blogging about research, namely the neuropsychology of addictive behaviour and recovery. I have found research quite obsessive and difficult not to get kinda addicted to it. I need to step away from it I think. I have done…

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    Adieu for Now

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    June 26, 2015

    Special notice to say that is me for now – I am taking time out. Six years of constant research has left me tired and in need of a change in my life. I need to get more hands on in helping others. I am leaving behind a library of info…

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    Are You Addicted to the Internet?

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    June 25, 2015

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    Neural Ghosts

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    June 25, 2015

    When I first came into recovery I always noticed that when I felt bad about myself it was often accompanied by the thought of a drink? I always thought this curious. I would be feeling negative, self loathing, in shame or guilt about some past behaviour and all of a…

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    Powerless over Thinking!

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    June 24, 2015

    When I first came into recovery I would be plagued by intrusive thoughts about drinking, I would have thoughts about drinking, at certain times of the day in particular, on sunny days etc. These thoughts used to greatly distress me and I would end fighting with these thoughts which only…

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    An Addicted Brain but a Recovering Mind

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    June 23, 2015

    This blog used excerpts from 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…

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    The Nightmare of “Drinking Dreams”

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    June 23, 2015
    The Nightmare of “Drinking Dreams”

    Let’ start with “drinking dreams” – having dreams in which I was drinking alcohol was very common in the first weeks and months of recovery.

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    Chemistry of Addiction

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    June 22, 2015

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    Are other Alcoholics Insecure too?

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    June 22, 2015

      Over the next six months I will be blogging about my adventures in coming to terms with my insecure attachments in recovery. I will blog on how “helping others” helps me (or not) with my insecure attachments. I do think sitting in a room of recovering alcoholics helps one…

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    Is My Neediness linked to My Insecure Attachment?

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    June 22, 2015

    Originally posted on The Alcoholics Guide to Alcoholism: I don’t know about you but I have previously been described on occasion, and still can be, as being a bit needy, a bit grasping of affection, a bit manipulative in attempting to coerce others into given me attention, affection and so on.…

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