Comments on: Practical Tips for Stress Management 4 – Take an Appreciation Break http://www.neillneill.com/71/stress-management-appreciation-break/ Marriage, alcoholism, parenting, grieving, alcohol abuse, alcoholism help and living with an alcoholic Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Stress management tips http://www.neillneill.com/71/stress-management-appreciation-break/comment-page-1/#comment-116704 Stress management tips Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:05:42 +0000 http://www.neillneill.com/71/stress-management-4-appreciation-break/#comment-116704 Positive thinking can be defined as a mental attitude that is incorporated with thoughts, words and images that are associated with growth, expansion and success. Positive thinking can be defined as a mental attitude that is incorporated with thoughts, words and images that are associated with growth, expansion and success.

]]> By: Dr. Neill Neill http://www.neillneill.com/71/stress-management-appreciation-break/comment-page-1/#comment-115558 Dr. Neill Neill Sat, 15 May 2010 18:39:50 +0000 http://www.neillneill.com/71/stress-management-4-appreciation-break/#comment-115558 Hello Lorelei, It's true you can manage stress with alcohol. Unfortunately, after a while you adapt to it and it takes more and more to make you feel OK...and there's the risk of addiction. Before you make a decision to run off to a treatment center, let's have a short chat. Whatever you decide, don't let anyone ever tell you you're powerless or that you have a disease. You have a lot riding on your next decisions. Give me a call at the number on my contact page. Hello Lorelei,

It’s true you can manage stress with alcohol. Unfortunately, after a while you adapt to it and it takes more and more to make you feel OK…and there’s the risk of addiction.

Before you make a decision to run off to a treatment center, let’s have a short chat. Whatever you decide, don’t let anyone ever tell you you’re powerless or that you have a disease. You have a lot riding on your next decisions.

Give me a call at the number on my contact page.

]]> By: Lorelei http://www.neillneill.com/71/stress-management-appreciation-break/comment-page-1/#comment-115448 Lorelei Thu, 13 May 2010 16:00:17 +0000 http://www.neillneill.com/71/stress-management-4-appreciation-break/#comment-115448 I have definitely become a functioning alcoholic. I wake up to a cocktail and go to bed with one. I have a great job, an expensive car, and a great social life. I work out, and am even involved with a sports team. I'm not "drunk" all day, but I drink until I'm buzzed. I actually feel like this is me "normal" now. I've tried in the past to go without, but when I do I'm visibly shaky and pretty cranky. None of my friends, family, or clients can even tell anymore. I really want to drop it, but the voice in my head keeps telling me I don't even know where to start. I've set more dates than I can count. That line in the movie 28 Days keeps floating around in my head...."Either something would happen...or nothing would happen", and I'm justifying the next cocktail. I recently got a roommate (who's sitting out in the living room), and I thought he would figure it out, but he hasn't. He thinks I only have the 2-3 cocktails before I go to bed. I really feel like I'm on a road I don't have the power to deviate from, and now it's starting to physically show. I'm completely lost and have never been this honest about it. I have definitely become a functioning alcoholic. I wake up to a cocktail and go to bed with one. I have a great job, an expensive car, and a great social life. I work out, and am even involved with a sports team. I’m not “drunk” all day, but I drink until I’m buzzed. I actually feel like this is me “normal” now. I’ve tried in the past to go without, but when I do I’m visibly shaky and pretty cranky. None of my friends, family, or clients can even tell anymore. I really want to drop it, but the voice in my head keeps telling me I don’t even know where to start. I’ve set more dates than I can count. That line in the movie 28 Days keeps floating around in my head….”Either something would happen…or nothing would happen”, and I’m justifying the next cocktail. I recently got a roommate (who’s sitting out in the living room), and I thought he would figure it out, but he hasn’t. He thinks I only have the 2-3 cocktails before I go to bed. I really feel like I’m on a road I don’t have the power to deviate from, and now it’s starting to physically show. I’m completely lost and have never been this honest about it.

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