Vanderbilt study suggests coffee may help alcoholics quit drinking
Not all recovering alcoholics smoke cigarettes, but almost all of them drink coffee, according to a new Vanderbilt study suggesting that healthy intake behaviors could help addicts kick their habit.
The study, “Coffee and Cigarette Consumption and Perceived Effects in Recovering Alcoholics Participating in Alcoholics [...]

So, what makes a great mocktail?

So, what makes a great mocktail? Simply leaving out the alcohol is not the answer.

We admitted we were powerless over mental disorders and substance abuse

This intelligent and wide-ranging book has an undeniable appeal to anyone with the yearning to understand more deeply the nature of spirituality.

The Promises…of Alcohol and Drug Addiction

If we are casual with this phase of our development, we will be drunk before we are halfway through.
We are going to know a new imprisonment and a new misery.
We will relive the past and won’t be able to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word CONFLICT [...]

The Power of Humility
Recovery, for me, was not just getting sober. Recovery also involved finding a new spiritual philosophy.
I was often reminded of the slogan; ‘The man I was, was a drinker. The man I was would drink again.’ I had to change. And false humility was my primary character defect. [...]

Side Effects Imperil Addiction Drugs
Reports of increased risk of depression and suicide are dimming the future prospects of drugs designed to treat addictions to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, the Associated Press reported.
Development of anti-addiction drugs has gained increased attention from pharmaceutical companies in recent years, but problems associated with drugs [...]

What is sexual satisfaction – sober?
A new comer to recovery once asked me that question, ‘What is sexual satisfaction – sober?’ Well my response was very general, knowing that sober sexual satisfaction can be very different from being drunk.
I think I answered something like the following;

Individual

Everyone has their own idea of what constitutes [...]

Many women come to recovery from alcoholism, addiction and codependency in later life. Along with psychological and spiritual changes there is almost always sexuality changes.
While the recovery program addresses the spiritual and moral issues there are often physical changes related to growing older that may be worrying. This article discusses some of [...]

Two of the most common questions I have been asked by older men new to sobriety is; Will I be able to regain my sexual prowess? And, What changes as men get older?
Men in recovery have the same libido as so called ‘normal’ men in their age group. That is provided there is [...]