Alcohol had, over many years, subtly become my higher power, fully taking over my life. Every morning I would awaken with fear of going to work. My tremors would be so bad that at times I could barely sign my name, never mind perform the necessary skills for my profession. My hands would sweat so …
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Your sponsor is meant to provide guidance, support, and understanding during the steps process. Education is an important aspect of empowering clients for long-term sobriety. Clients need to understand the nature of addiction, the effects of substance abuse on their health, relationships, and work, and the skills and strategies that are necessary for maintaining sobriety. …
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We review current evidence of PTSD prevention and outline the need to improve the disorder’s early detection and intervention in individual-specific paths to chronic PTSD. Psychoeducation can be used to encourage resiliency and adaptation and, ultimately, help-seeking, but its content and dissemination need to be appropriate for the audience and time after trauma exposure (Wessely …
The alcohol-related fatalities accounted for 11% of the fatalities related workplaces. Emergency rooms revealed that 16% of the injured workers were alcoholics. During pregnancy, drinking may cause the unborn baby to have brain damage and other problems. For example, any amount of drinking increases the risk of breast cancer and colorectal cancer. With an experienced …
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When we ignore our feelings of guilt and continue to do what we believe is wrong, we feel shame. Shame is when we internalize guilt and begin to believe we are a bad person because we did something wrong and ignored our feelings of guilt. The purpose of shame is to make us feel so …
