alcoholism
What is a Dry Drunk?
Dry Drunk
The term dry drunk is used a lot in AA and in recovery generally. Some people find it helpful, other people find it a bit judgmental.
Whatever it may mean to people, its real value lies in its ability to generate a sense of the need to change, and what that change actually means.
What is Inner Child Work?
Inner Child Work
The nature of inner child work will vary widely between different people but can start early in recovery or much later on in life.
People’s discovery of their inner world, and what it means to them has very distinct time levels, depending upon their approach to recovery.
What is an Adult Child and Why it Matters
The term adult child refers to an adult of any age who grew up in a home where alcoholism had been present, meaning that the child would have been seriously affected in several different ways.
When Alcohol Stops Working ………..
One of the benefits of going to meetings while getting sober is that people hear stories that help them understand their own alcoholism, even if they don’t fully understand it at the time.
One of the most helpful times in people’s stories is the moment when they start talking about how alcohol stopped working for them.
What is Emotional Sobriety?
Emotional sobriety is a phrase that was used by Bill Wilson in a Grapevine article, entitled The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety, published in 1958, some 20-plus years after he got sober.
Originally a letter to a friend, he charts his journey in recovery in a very specific way.