Comments for Alcohol Self-Help News http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com News and commentary for mutual-help/self-help in the addictions Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Students Misuse of Drugs by tina5458 http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/students-misuse-of-drugs/#comment-8302 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:38:26 +0000 https://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/?p=1773#comment-8302 Interesting read

]]> Comment on DT’s – the Delirium Tremens by Visit This Link http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/dt%e2%80%99s-the-delirium-tremens/#comment-8299 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:13:19 +0000 http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/dt%e2%80%99s-the-delirium-tremens/#comment-8299 I love the knowledge on your web site. With thanks!

]]> Comment on Partners of Alcoholics by jemma84 http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/partners-of-alcoholics/#comment-8297 Fri, 31 May 2013 23:35:42 +0000 http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/partners-of-alcoholics/#comment-8297 Yes i am exactly the same. For better or for worse but saying that i am not happy! While he should be at home spending time with his family, he is out and about in pubs, drinking alchohol and being with people that really has no interest in him! I have recently told him to leave our family home because he has to realise what he or his drinking is doing to our family and his career. We have 3 little children and my eldest who is five years old has now noticed which is horrible and the main reason why i have kicked him out! I have family and friends around us but they can’t really understand! I have done this in hoping he will wake up and realise that he has a beautiful family that needs him! He needs us to! But what if this doesn’t work and he carries on drinking….when is enough , enough!! Like you said they say they want to get better and i know its an illness but we always have that doubt in the back of our head that he is going to give in to it again! He is a good man and a good dad and i love him so much!

]]> Comment on The AA Recovery Paradoxes by fredjoiners http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/the-aa-recovery-paradoxes/#comment-8273 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:35:48 +0000 http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/the-aa-recovery-paradoxes/#comment-8273 Hello Julius,
If someone says to you “I’m a compulsive liar,” do you believe them or not? That statement in itself is a paradox, because it is self contradictory, which is precisely what a paradox is.

At the most basic level, a paradox is a statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time. In the aforementioned example, can someone be both a compulsive liar yet telling the truth at the same time?

In AA recovery most of the program includes paradox’s. For example in the first step is a statement of powerlessness that we must accept and the paradox is that from ‘weakness (adversity) comes strength’. Once we have admitted powerlessness we seem to have strength to resist drinking.

]]> Comment on The AA Recovery Paradoxes by Julius D. Miles http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/the-aa-recovery-paradoxes/#comment-8272 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:17:08 +0000 http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/the-aa-recovery-paradoxes/#comment-8272 what does AA Paradox mean?

]]> Comment on Alcoholic Family Roles by Roles in an Alcoholic Family | RAPTURE http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/alcoholic-family-roles/#comment-8239 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:14:06 +0000 http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/alcoholic-family-roles/#comment-8239 [...] References: Davis, M. Surviving An Alcoholic Family. Accessed from: http://www.smcok.com/media/newspaper…lic_family.htm (article no longer available from this website unfortunately) Children of Alcoholics. Accessed from: This Is A War – ADDICTION Alcoholic Family Roles. Accessed from: Alcoholic Family Roles Alcohol Self-Help News [...]

]]> Comment on Wellbriety Recovery for Native Americans by I feel so disconnected. What can I do? | soulsnet http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/wellbriety-recovery-for-native-americans/#comment-7649 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:35:51 +0000 http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/wellbriety-recovery-for-native-americans/#comment-7649 [...] What was interesting in this programme, however, was how a return to Nature was being used in conjunction with other strategies to help to promote healing.  There is in the Native American Healing Experience a programme called Wellbriety. [...]

]]> Comment on The Late Stage of Alcoholism by 5 Stages of Alcoholism http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/the-late-stage-of-alcoholism/#comment-7621 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:01:07 +0000 http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/the-late-stage-of-alcoholism/#comment-7621 [...] Late Stage [...]

]]> Comment on Maturity of Mind Through a Spiritual Awakening by What are Anxiety Disorders? http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/maturity-of-mind-through-a-spiritual-awakening/#comment-7618 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:08:19 +0000 http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/maturity-of-mind-through-a-spiritual-awakening/#comment-7618 [...] Maturity of Mind Through a Spiritual Awareness Related Reading: Related Articles:What is Obsessive-compulsive Disorder?Alcoholism Tops Disease OnsetDealing with Anxiety in RecoveryWHAT IS ANXIETY?What are Phobia’s? [...]

]]> Comment on 5 Stages of Alcoholism by The Updated Clean Plan for Stability - Page 17 - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/5-stages-of-alcoholism/#comment-7615 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:46:57 +0000 http://alcoholselfhelpnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/5-stages-of-alcoholism/#comment-7615 [...] some point you have to take a dump or get off the pot. Alcoholism is progressive and you're in the relatively early stages. I was you at 28. I loved drinking and could put most people under the table in my 20s. I was [...]

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