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Continue reading →: Change of Heart
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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Continue reading →: Adieu for Now
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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Continue reading →: Powerless over Thinking!
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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Continue reading →: An Addicted Brain but a Recovering Mind
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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Continue reading →: 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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Continue reading →: Is My Neediness linked to My Insecure Attachment?
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.…



