For many of us, the process of Recovery may be seen as initial anxiety and alienation gradually evolving into calm and connectivity. Usually, at various times in our using and drinking history (indeed, even before our first drink or drug...
It is worth discussing this concept again, this time viewed as a welcome contrast to the Dry Drunk Syndrome (see previous Blog). Generally, addicts/alcoholics in good Recovery identify themselves as being “recovering”, not “recovered”. Recovery is never really completed. It...
These are difficult times for recovering addicts and alcoholics. Isolation (both physical and psychological) are at an all-time high. 12-step meetings have been shut down. Relapses on alcohol and drugs are on the rise (both statistically and in terms of...
A good friend of mine in Recovery asked me to write a blog on Depression. For a while, I drew a blank. I didn’t want to write about this subject from a doctor’s point of view, although clearly, if one’s...
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