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 [...]
Comparison Shopping A caller recently wanted help figuring out how to compare different programs. We agree it’s confusing, especially if you’re in the middle of a crisis, so we’ve come up with the following suggestions to help. Traditional (AA/12 Step Model) Programs. These programs are all based on the myth that all alcohol abuse and [...]
Why Your Doctor May Not Help You Overcome Alcohol Abuse We got yet another call from a long time reader who’d gone to her doctor hoping to be prescribed Naltrexone. Her physician refused, saying that “Naltrexone can only be prescribed by a psychiatrist with a specialization in addictions.” This is absolutely false! Worse yet, the [...]
Why 12 Step Programs Can’t Help You Ed and Mary Ellen here from Non 12 Stepwith more information on overcoming alcohol dependency. Yes, we’re talking about getting your life back. In our last letter, we talked about the most common characteristic alcohol abusers share. You may have some of the same issues. Right now, your [...]
Alcohol Treatment – Will Your Program Work? People are always calling us and saying, “I’ve been to rehab and it didn’t work. Will your program work?” You can actually answer that question yourself by answering a fundamental question: What type of person are you? Basically we hear from three types of potential clients, each of [...]
Almost any of us can stop drinking for two weeks, or thirty days, or even ninety days. Sometimes even for a year. But then we find ourselves right back where we started before this “vacation from alcohol”. No, you didn’t fail, you just learned something about yourself and changing behaviors. Guess what? Contrary to what [...]