Before we get into discussing the various and common triggers within early sobriety, and recovery in general, let’s unpack exactly what a trigger is. A trigger is a person, event, experience, or location that is perceived by the individual which … Read More
Is Addiction Immoral?
Due to the ability to study the etiological factors associated with drug and alcohol addiction, we have come to a deeper understanding that there is a combination of biological/genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors driving the disease. This information ought to … Read More
Cold Turkey: Examining the Potential Dangers
It is critical to understand the necessity of medically assisted detoxification from drugs and alcohol under the supervision of a physician. While there are several important reasons for medically assisted detox, the primary reason is due to the literal potential … Read More
Familial Discord and Addiction
Addiction is often referred to as a family disease which implies that the suffering addict is not the only one to experience the horrific effects that addiction brings. In certain cases, there may have been issues within the family that … Read More
Addiction as a Disease: Pros and Cons
There has been some debate throughout the recent few decades as to whether or addiction is actually a disease. Due to the genetic factors at play, which constitute nearly 50% of the risk factors that contribute to addiction, as well … Read More
If You Capture Your Addiction, It Can’t Chase You
There’s a sentiment in recovery that always sounds ridiculous at first. No matter how many times you hear someone describe this idea, a part of you thinks to yourself, “That’s ridiculous”. The sentiment goes something like this: While you get … Read More
Not the Inheritance I Hoped For: When Adult Children Become Addicts
If our parents have lived with a mental illness of any kind, we are four to five times more likely to develop a mental illness of our own. Addiction and alcoholism are mental illnesses, called substance use disorders by technical … Read More
Mindfulness As Moderation
The author and playwright Oscar Wilde was known for creating infuriatingly witty banter in his dialogues. In his life outside of his writing, Wilde was known to speak in similar semantics. One of his more famous quotes is “Everything in … Read More
Can Just Two Questions Help Predict Alcoholism?
Listen to the stories men tell about their drinking careers throughout the course of their sobriety and you’ll hear one thing in particular change: the development of their alcoholism. Most men come to realize that their alcoholism, meaning their alcoholic … Read More
What Defines Abnormal Drinking?
Isn’t this how everyone drinks? Many a man who is living in the developmental stages of chronic alcoholism has asked himself this question. He sees his friends getting drunk. He sees his colleagues getting drunk. He might have grown up … Read More