Each addicted to alcohol person is unique and so the program to help them with their alcohol dependency should be unique as well. “AA is spiritual, not religious—now hold my hand while we pray.” This was the kind of message Barry Hazle faced at a California 12-step-based treatment program he was ordered to attend in […]
Moderation rather than Abstinence for Alcoholism
Good News For People Who Feel They Drink Too Much. Moderation for Alcoholism Proven To Really Help People That Drink Too Much “Individualized Behavior Therapy for Alcoholics” (1973) Why It Matters: This was the first study that showed that controlled drinking—instead of abstinence—was possible for recovering alcoholics. Experiments psychologists Mark Sobell and Linda Sobell provided […]
5 Books To Read in Treatment for Alcohol Dependency.
Words of encouragement are important to alcohol recovery. When you clean up you will realize that there is a new concept of time. You will have a lot of it. It will go slow. Managing a habit is a 24/7 job. Read the full article on Books to Read in Treatment from The Fix. Encouragement […]
Hypnosis for Depression and Alcohol Dependence
When working with a client do you begin with the depression first or the consumption of alcohol first? I was reading an online article today about how clinicians don’t know how to treat both depression and alcohol dependence. I thought, “Really?” Most of the clients we see at The Flow Center are drinking because they […]
Alcohol Addiction Is Treatable, Not Incurable.
Hypnosis is effective for treatment of alcoholism when you view the addiction “as a need that is attempting to be meant through the use or overuse of alcohol.” This link is an article from Huffington Post focusing on the issue of alcoholism and how it effects the Native American community. And how the current system […]
Addicted? Which path is the best?
There are a growing number of approaches to “alcohol addiction”. And there should be. 2 million individual unique people seek treatment every year, there should be 2 million unique approaches. Addicted? Which path is the Best? is an article which appeared on NPR’s website June 8, 2014 Here is an example of what happens when […]
Unemployment: Where you may be heading if you don’t get help now for alcohol addiction.
The Alcohol Addiction Recovery Dallas program can create a new positive and healthy direction. If the past is an indication of the future then a percentage of the individuals that enter the treatments centers are likely to be low income earners, be homeless, having martial issues and on medication. That is according to the 2004 […]
Hypnosis Improves The Relaspe Rate For Alcohol Abstinence.
Why is The National Relapse Rate for Alcoholics is 80%? Because the majority of today’s treatment programs tell their patients that 80% of them will relapse. That type of negative communication is very flawed. With advances in neuroscience, the majority of alcoholism treatment programs still teach concepts and ideas that work against the way a […]
Why Do People Think They Can’t Stop Drinking Alcohol?
When you ask someone that drinks too much alcohol why they can’t stop you may hear this, “My dad drank every day after work, growing up my mom always had a drink in her hand, it’s in my DNA or I’m Irish, we Irish drink a lot.” That line of thinking (called identification or association) […]
Alcoholics have AA, ‘Almost Alcoholics’ need help too but don’t know where to turn.
People drink alcohol because they are sad, angry, or alone. That is both a good reason and a bad reason. Drinking alcohol when experiencing these feelings is an attempt at solving a problem. Then it becomes a habit, perhaps a daily habit and then there is a feeling of dependency. This category of drinkers is […]