Shame is so painful to the psyche that most people will do anything to avoid it – even though it’s a natural emotion that everyone has. It’s a physiologic response of the autonomic nervous system. You might blush, have a rapid heartbeat, break into a sweat, freeze, hang your head, slump your shoulders, avoid eye contact, withdraw, even get dizzy…
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Sobriety is all about freedom and new opportunities. No matter how fall down people have gone down as a result of their addiction they should be able to rebuild their life. Just stop alcohol or drug addiction is not going to make life perfect automatically, but it is a necessary start. Once the individual is settled into life in sobriety…
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Drug or alcohol addiction is a primary, chronic disease that is defined as the repeated use of substances that alters brain reward, motivation, memory and related functions. Significant biological, psychological, social and spiritual changes occur through substance addiction which can make a person pursue reward in substances rather than other behaviors, activities or relationships. An addiction is characterized by an impairment in behavioral…
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Sobriety is a word used frequently when discussing recovery from addiction. There is quite a bit of debate about what it actually means. Some would claim that just giving up an addiction means that the individual has entered sobriety. Although the way this word tends to used implies much more than just being “on the wagon”. It is most often…
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If an addict does not have faith in their ability to stay sober they are unlikely to achieve lasting sobriety. They will be expecting to fail so will not be willing to put much effort into preventing this from happening. The reason for why this individual is so pessimistic of their chances of success is that they have low self-efficacy. Self-efficacy…
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