As a child of, a wife of, a niece of, and probably a granddaughter of an alcoholic, I developed my own case of Alcoholism. My bottle did not contain liquor; it contained Worry and an assortment of other poisonous spirits that lured me into a wild-and-crazy way of dancing through my life.
Families develop a blind eye about the elephant in the room, and pretend that something so obvious as the neglect, abuse, or dysfunction do not exist. Recovering from these issues is as important as recovering from addiction.
Treating David’s addiction as a primary diagnosis was not the way forward for him. Stopping the use was relatively easy compared to finding the underlying issue on why he did what he did.
By: Bill Weiss Addiction – Always a Dead End Road ____ Addiction has become one of the most prevalent issues in our country. Accidental drug overdose is now one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Last year more people died due to a drug-related overdose than the entire Vietnam War.…