Until the addicted person decides to make healthy strides toward sobriety on their own, loved ones must establish boundaries, stop enabling the individual, and practice loving detachment.
Expectations are essential to motivate progress in addiction recovery, but having unrealistic expectations during the process does more harm than good.
Most people feel lethargic when they are hungover, but they may also experience underlying anxiety associated with drinking that is different than the typical hangover mindset.
Recovery requires continued effort. It is the continued work after treatment that makes all the difference. If an addicted person stops at abstinence-only, they will most likely suffer from what [...]
Alcohol withdrawal delirium, also known as delirium tremens, is rare for alcoholics but can lead to complications. In fact, in cases of severe alcoholism and intense alcohol withdrawal, [...]