OK, I love puzzle-solving – cryptograms especially! It takes courage (albeit a tiny bit admittedly) to come out and say I enjoy solving them every night — because I’m more than a little addicted to them … a lot more than is probably healthy! The other night I solved a great cryptogram puzzle by Anne …
We all get ’em. Those annoying urges. Sometimes you can quash ’em, sometimes you don’t and you give in. In a previous blog post, we followed up with Claire’s newly-created ritual and expanded upon creating a new ritual to replace the old in an effort to beat the urge to drink. At the end of …
Did you know that the average body (male or female), processes alcohol at the rate of 1 drink per hour? Whether you’re fat or thin, the processing speed stays the same. What does differ, though, is the blood alcohol level, known as BAC (blood alcohol content) between the sexes. What sex you are has a …
You’ve asked yourself, “Am I an alcoholic or not?” Worried? Of course, you want to know, or do you? You’re afraid to open yourself up to strangers, and even more worried about the answer you might get to the “Am I an alcoholic?” question. One Boozy Beneficial Beverage … The argument goes, “If you have …
Guest Post by Alex Hello, it’s Alex here. I’ve noticed that when someone is a drinker or smoker, they may have a genetic reason for doing certain behaviors. It may be an action they had no real desire to start but may have been predisposed if that gene was a dominant one in their DNA …
It’s 10 am. I crack open one eye, and the light through the partially opened window blind stabs my eyeball, adding more pain to the headache that’s pounding away in my forehead. I try to throw the blankets back but I feel so weak and tired. I manage to sit up, throw my legs over …
Actually, Claire said “yes” to all 7 questions in the previous post. We thought it was time to dig a little deeper. It turned into the need to ask even more questions. 27 questions to be exact, before we got to the root of her drinking problem. Don’t be surprised if you “see yourself” in …
You’re doing so darned well when that urge to drink seems to pop into your mind out of nowhere! You’ve even got a few weeks of sobriety tucked under your belt, and then poof! The old desire to drink hits you and you start to feel panicked. Many times, the urge to drink can appear …
Have you ever watered-down bottles of booze in an attempt to fool a partner that you’ve not touched a drop? Or have you made stupid phone calls at the wrong time of day/night … all because you were drunk? The person on the other end of the phone is no dummy. They know. And yet …
If you have an alcohol addiction, is it best to get private help or public help? Choosing the right way to get help with your alcohol addiction depends upon your true nature. If you’re naturally shy and are using alcohol as a way to ‘bring you out of your shell,’ then an in-home solution might …
