How Co-dependency is
Often Experienced WHAT
IS CODEPENDENCY? My
good feelings about who I
am stem from being liked
by you. My good feelings
about who I am stem from
receiving approval from
you. Your struggles affect
MY serenity. MY mental
attention focuses on
solving YOUR problems or
relieving YOUR pain. My
mental attention is focused
on PLEASING YOU. My
mental attention is focused
on PROTECTING YOU. My
mental attention is focused
on manipulating you to “to
do it my way”. My self-
esteem is bolstered by
solving YOUR problem. My
self-esteem is bolstered by
relieving YOUR pain. My
own hobbies and interests
are put aside. My time is
spent sharing

Binge Drinking Damages Brain and Stops Growth
Researchers found that binge drinking not only damages the brain, but interferes with the repair of brain cells, as well, Reuters reported Nov. 15.
Researchers at the Center for Alcohol Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studied inebriated rats. They found that new cell growth in [...]

A pair of new studies adds weight to the theory that children who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are at higher risk of problem drinking during adolescence and alcoholism later in life.
"Children with ADHD are believed to be at risk for alcoholism because of their impulsivity and distractibility, as well as other problems that [...]

Heavy Drinkers More Likely to Get Sex Diseases
Heavy drinkers were more than twice as likely to contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the past year than young adults who abstained from alcohol, according to a new study from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
The Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Substance Use [...]

Heroin addicts reduce craving with Injectable Naltrexone
Heroin addicts stayed in treatment longer, used less heroin and were more prone to be heroin free after 2 months.
Sixty addicts were trialed on a new long acting form of drug that only needs to be used once a month. The drug, Naltrexone, reduces the pleasurable effects of heroin [...]

The liver is one of the largest and most complex organs in the body. It stores vital energy and nutrients, manufactures proteins and enzymes necessary for good health, protects the body from disease, and breaks down (or metabolizes) and helps remove harmful toxins, like alcohol, from the body.
Because the liver is the chief organ responsible [...]

Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV).
People usually become infected after coming in contact with blood from an infected person.
Sharing needles or other equipment for injecting drugs is the most common way of spreading HCV. The disease also can be spread by sexual contact.
About 4 million people in the [...]

80 Days That Changed The World - from Time Magazine
Events and people who "left the vivid air signed with their honor."
AA Takes Its First Steps - June 10, 1935
By James Poniewozik
Bill Wilson, a stockbroker and a drunk from Brooklyn, N.Y., thought he had found the secret of kicking the bottle. But on a business trip [...]

Defense and Denial
Mechanisms When one
door closes another door
opens; but we so often
look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed
door, that we do not see
the ones which open for
us. Alexander Graham Bell
Defense and denial
mechanisms are used by all
human beings and may be
necessary for survival in
some situations. We’;ve all
used defenses and denial
to distance ourselves from
distressing feelings and
maintain a sense of
emotional stability. Our
defense and denial
patterns began in
childhood when they
prevented us from
becoming overwhelmed
with anxiety. However, as
an adult we outgrow their
usefulness. If we continue
to use outgrown defenses
or denial,

Acquired brain injury refers to any brain damage that happens after birth. Alcohol is one of the many causes of acquired brain injury. The injury inflicted by alcohol abuse is referred to as alcohol related brain injury (ARBI). Just how much damage is done depends on a number of factors. These include individual differences, as [...]