Alcohol Freedom Blog

Why do people in general consume alcohol? Is it because they like the taste of an exotic cocktail, or they want to appear sociable when in the company of others who are drinking? Or maybe they like the way one drink helps them relax just the tiniest bit or they enjoy a fine glass of wine with certain foods. These are totally acceptable reasons for imbibing, and millions of people who drink this way are doing so without ulterior motive. Continue Reading »

Still Drinking To Be A Part Of The Crowd?

Alone time is good occasionally but beware too much time spent alone when feeling depressed over something. Old timers in A.A. tell newbie’s “Don’t let yourself get too tired, too hungry, or too lonely.” Continue Reading »

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 away from alcohol. It does not matter how badly you were addicted, the fact you chose to stop means you knew you had a problem. To what degree matters little since alcoholism is a progressive disease and once it has hold of you, it only gets worse.
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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 because of someone else “driving us to drink”. Some may even say it was as good an excuse as any for drinking too much. Problem drinkers and alcoholics have an egocentric personality and do not usually take well to other strong personalities confronting them. Continue Reading »

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 alcoholic might be the person you see sleeping off on a park bench with a newspaper blanket. Alcoholics are those people who are destitute and sick, stumbling around uncontrolled, making fools of themselves in public. No way could a person of your stature be an alcoholic.

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Problem drinkers and alcoholics all share one particular attribute and it is not something that should make them proud. The more they drink, the less they are in control of their faculties. On the face of it, this may not sound too serious and even sound obvious but a closer look reveals more.The inebriation aside, will you be able to remember what you say and do to those you meet? Where is the drinking taking place? Many problem drinkers specifically aren’t aware of the amount they are consuming at various social gatherings and so may not notice their behavior issues as others around them do. Simple observations by others in attendance can alert them to the fact you are drinking too much.
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As silly as this statement might sounds it definitely can be true. There are those alcoholics who drink but don’t necessarily get drunk. They do not exhibit drunken behavior and actually function adequately in public. They are still at risk for alcohol related illnesses such as heart problems, liver disease or cancers but to look at them they may appear to be pretty well normal. These are very dangerous alcoholics. Continue Reading »

Problem drinkers appreciate having a codependent [CD] person allied with them during their drinking spree. This codependent will unwittingly do whatever is necessary to assist the drinker in their pursuit of alcoholism, often at the expense of their own health and well-being. They will in effect, “run interference” for the problem drinker making sure everything appears copasetic to the outside world. Continue Reading »

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 years now and his political interests had soared during this time. His family was settled with his two children now in university and his wife seemingly content with her hobbies and pastimes. She would make a wonderful politician’s wife, she was photogenic, intelligent and people really liked her. Continue Reading »

Each year in the United States more than 100,000 people die from drinking excessive amounts of alcohol. To put this into perspective, both the Korean war and the Vietnam war lasted a combined total of 13 years and there were 95,083 service personnel killed in action. Add in the current Iraqi war deaths for American service personnel for just over 5 years and you still don’t reach the yearly casualties of alcohol related deaths in the U.S. each and every year.
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