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Alcohol In Your Twenties – Carefree, Adventurous And Life Threatening by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Many of us have our first drinks in our teens. Youthful experimentation usually is behind that first stolen drink. Some experts believe that your emotional development process ... Read on »

Alcoholic Induced Blackouts – A Defective Consciousness by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Drink Alcohol long enough and hard enough and you start experiencing some ill effects to the drinking that you may have only heard about. Blackouts are like that. They happen ... Read on »

Andrew’s Story – Was it Just Heavy Drinking or Passive Suicide? (Part II) by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Andrew was an active youth and exercised hard until his mid twenties. He comfortably weighed a very fit 180 pounds for much of his adult life until he started his own business ... Read on »

Is Vivitrol Right For You? by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Greetings,I read an article from The Mayo Clinic about a relatively new form of delivery for the medication naltrexone. As you might know, one of the medications used most oft ... Read on »

Edward And Wanda’s Story – A Cry For Help by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Edward had always wanted to enter politics at some stage of his life and now seemed like the timing might just be right. He had been a senior partner at his law firm for 5 yea ... Read on »

Alcohol Cravings Medication – Prescription vs. Over the Counter by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism There are now a number of options for people who want to cut back on their drinking or quit alcohol altogether. New prescription drugs are available that will curb your alcoho ... Read on »

Alcohol Withdrawal – Don’t Try This At Home by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism When a problem drinker begins to realize they may be depending on alcohol as more of a crutch than refreshment, they tend to begin questioning whether they actually need alcoh ... Read on »

The Recovering Alcoholic Must Lose Their Ego To Find Serenity – Part III by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism How does an alcoholic identify when he or she needs to adjust their way of thinking to be more receptive to a quality recovery? What are the obvious signs of ego and how can t ... Read on »

The Recovering Alcoholic Must Lose Their Ego To Find Serenity – Part II by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Bolte-Taylor’s horrifying yet exhilarating experience has convinced her that we all have the ability to access our right brain and the astonishing consciousness that exi ... Read on »

Understanding What Comes First – Recovering Drinkers and Their Priorities by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Once we have made a commitment to others and ourselves that we will do something about our drinking the situation becomes remedial. Nothing else takes priority over staying aw ... Read on »

Just For Today I will Not Drink One day at a time. by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism How many times have you quit drinking? Every alcoholic or problem drinker comes to the point with their drinking when they make a promise to themselves or to someone else that ... Read on »

A Life Strategist Will Get You Back On Track Fast – Too Much Time Has Already Been Wasted by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism As you progresses through recovery, life once again begins to take on some normality and routine is a welcome by product of this. As each new day passes, you strive to accompl ... Read on »

Live And Let Live – Coping With People Who Drive Us To Drink by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism This is a useful phrase when it pertains to how we deal with the frustration in our lives created by others. Most of us can remember a time, probably many times, when we drank ... Read on »

Dealing With The Stigma Of Being An Alcoholic – The Label Of Alcoholic Shouldn’t... by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Part of the denial process for an alcoholic or problem drinker is wrapping their head around the fact that they may actually be an alcoholic. Up to this point in your life, an ... Read on »

Breakthroughs On Your Way To Freedom From Alcohol Withdrawal and Detoxification After Withdrawal... by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism Alcohol recovery is a process that takes time, patience, fortitude and perseverance. Each set back will rip just a little more tenacity from your already shallow reservoir of ... Read on »

Flying Drunk – How Alcohol Almost Destroyed an Airline Pilot and 93 Other People by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism If you were searching for proof that your drinking before or during work is not hurting anyone but yourself; the new book Flying Drunk by Joe Balzer is an eye opener to the da ... Read on »

The First Step Is The Most Important, But The 12 Step Program Is Not Right For Everyone by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism At Freedom From Alcohol®, we encourage anyone that needs help eliminating or controlling their drinking to get the help they need. Whether that is with our proven alternat ... Read on »

When It Comes to Your Drinking, Think Like a Manager, Not an Alcoholic by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism As we all have heard, alcoholics are quick to deny that they have a drinking problem and as we’ve discussed in previous posts, functioning alcoholics don’t realize ... Read on »

I’m a Banker, Stock Broker, Accountant, CEO; Not an Alcoholic! by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism It takes one to know one. That old expression from our adolescence usually rings true. Experience is a great teacher and is a powerful engine for the human experience. Even sm ... Read on »

Am I A functioning Alcoholic? Three Clues to Look for Today. by Dr. Michael P. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alcoholism How do you know when you need help? As we covered in previous posts, Alcoholism is a progressive disease that seems to occur unbeknownst to the person with the affliction. T ... Read on »

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