Once again it’s July 4th, Independence Day! Isn’t it time to declare your independence from alcohol abuse and/or the “programs” that only make it, and you, worse? (Yes, Dr. Wilson answers the phone 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. on holidays, including today: 888-541-6350.) This week’s question: “How can over 2/3’s of your clients be successful [...]
“How can you possibly cure my years of alcohol abuse in JUST 5 DAYS?????” Of course, we can’t, and neither can you – but we can set the stage for squeezing alcohol out of your life – and you won’t have to be “in recovery”, or brand yourself with the scarlet “A”, or waste your [...]
Anxiety anyone? First, our thanks to all of you who wrote in to share your reasons for delaying putting an end to your alcohol abuse. You pointed out a number of important considerations which we will cover in this and the next few Newsletters. And PLEASE! If you haven’t written to us yet – help [...]
Yes, we work with couples. It doesn’t matter who has the alcohol problem, or who initiates the solution. Why? Because successfully ending alcohol abuse depends on changing your behaviors in your day-to-day life and that means altering your relationship with your spouse. Remember, alcohol abuse is a “context” problem – it exists to fill a [...]
We have a question we’d really appreciate you helping us answer (and no one else can). We’ve been sending out this Newsletter for almost 2 years now and we have a lot of regular readers (and a few irregular ones too). Some of you are former clients, others are professionals in the field, and some [...]
New Information For Men, Whether You're the Drinker, the Spouse, or Both... Regardless of why you found yourself abusing alcohol, married to someone who abuses alcohol, or joining your spouse in alcohol abuse, the underlying factors tend to be the same. Simply put, you probably find it difficult to be assertive in your personal relationships. [...]
Just after sending out last week’s Newsletter, we received the following letter from a former client. It followed so nicely with last week’s “Smart Women and Alcohol” material we thought we’d reprint it in its entirety. Hi Mary Ellen and Ed, I wanted to write this letter to express my gratitude and appreciation for the [...]
Smarter Women Are More Apt To Have Alcohol Problems According to a recent study in England women who have university degrees are twice as likely to become binge drinkers as others. Interestingly, these women are also more vocal about their drinking problems. We weren’t surprised when we read this news. Based on our clients over [...]
Last week we wrote about “Comparison Shopping” when it comes time to look for help in overcoming alcohol abuse. This week we want to focus on just how badly do you want to end your reliance on alcohol. Many of us dream, wish, hope or fantasize about ending our alcohol abuse, but we also hope [...]
Interventionists measure their success rate by the number of people they get to go into treatment. But that doesn’t mean that your family member (or you) stays in treatment. Even if they leave the day after they arrived, the interventionist counts it as a success. Most interventionists have financial relationships with a few favored treatment [...]