What Is the Role of Denial in Alcoholism?

It also might mean admitting that they don’t have it all together, and their exterior (and interior) world is crumbling. “For example, you may notice your spouse drinking more beers at dinner, sleeping less and less, and increasingly on edge well before they start...

Cognitive Dissonance Theory Psychology

For example, say you’re committed to living a healthy life, but you slack off and sub your usual 45-minute workout for a Netflix binge and a pint of ice cream. When the dissonance sets in, you may feel conflicted, guilty, and like you’ve failed on your healthy-living...

Guide to Sober Living Homes

One of the most challenging times for someone recovering from drug or alcohol addiction is when they leave a residential treatment center and head back to their daily life. Without the supervision and structure of a treatment program, a person in recovery can be...

How to Heal a Marriage Hurt by Addiction

Most people see how their relationships impact their quality of life, but sometimes this gets muddied when addiction is part of the picture. Some of these relationships can be helpful to us, some of them can be harmful to us in certain ways, and some can be both. We...

Are You Born With Alcoholism?

Scientists have learned through studies of identical and non-identical twins that alcohol use disorder is heritable, with genetic factors accounting for about half of the risk of alcohol dependence. Part of the challenge has been to gather a study that is large enough...

Are You Born With Alcoholism?

Scientists have learned through studies of identical and non-identical twins that alcohol use disorder is heritable, with genetic factors accounting for about half of the risk of alcohol dependence. Part of the challenge has been to gather a study that is large enough...