Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
The following is an interview I participated in on IdeaMarketers.com for National Recovery Month.
September is National Recovery Month. A month dedicated to the message that recovery from alcohol or drug abuse is possible. There are many people who live with the secret that they have an alcoholic in their family. These same people struggle with questions on what they can do [...]
Categories: Addiction Recovery, Alcoholism and Marriage
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Tags: alcohol, alcohol dependence, alcohol dependent, alcoholic, Alcoholism, drug abuse, functioning alcoholic, national recovery month
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Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
Jackie asked me how many drinks could her husband have in a day before she should worry. She says he drinks three or four beers in the evening on work nights and a lot more on weekends when he doesn’t have to go to work the next day. She thinks he may be a functioning alcoholic.
Categories: Alcoholism Symptoms
| Tags: addiction, alcoholic, Alcoholism, Alcoholism Test, drinking guidelines, functioning alcoholic, marriage breakdown, suicide
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Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
“My Partner is a Functioning Alcoholic”
Being married to a functioning alcoholic is a big problem. Tens of thousands of families in North America alone are struggling with the issue.
For a minority of people social drinking can gradually deteriorate into alcohol abuse and eventually into alcohol dependence. The drinking could have started in a lot of [...]
Categories: Alcoholism and Marriage
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Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
There is a third critical factor to bear in mind when questioning the functioning of a so-called “functioning alcoholic.” The first factor to consider was whether the alcoholic is functioning generally in life, or just in one aspect of life, like his job. The second factor was whether the alcoholic in achieving his potential and pursuing his dreams, not just getting by.
Categories: Alcoholism, Alcoholism and Family
| Tags: alcoholic, Alcoholism, death, functioning alcoholic, suicide
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Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
Part Two of The Functioning Alcoholic
In The Functioning Alcoholic: Gaps in Functioning I argued that doing one’s job is not one’s only function in life. For the alcoholic to consider himself to be “functioning” he has to function in various areas of life, not just on the job. In part two of this series, I [...]
Categories: Alcoholism and Family, Alcoholism Symptoms
| Tags: addiction, addictive-drinking, alcoholic, functioning alcoholic, underachievement
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