Depression, Anxiety, and Addiction » Dual Diagnosis http://dontdiecrying.com Depression and anxiety are two common conditions that lead to self-medicating with alcohol and/or drugs. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:53:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Alcoholics Drink for a Reason That Likely Can Be Controlled http://dontdiecrying.com/2011/11/15/alcoholics-drink-for-a-reason-that-likely-can-be-controlled/ http://dontdiecrying.com/2011/11/15/alcoholics-drink-for-a-reason-that-likely-can-be-controlled/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:41:35 +0000 Tom Rees http://dontdiecrying.com/?p=753
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While I only mention alcoholics in the title, the theory applies to addicts as well — as I believe they are one and the same anyhow. I began this as a response to an author who had said that addiction began as pure escapism from life. I ended up writing out my main message to those who suffer from addiction, and think perhaps some professionals may … Read More

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I realized the other day that depression and anxiety were not exactly subjects that I could make “fun” in terms of my blog. In fact, being in a really good mood, I didn’t even want to sit down and write about depression, because it can be so “heavy”. Well that’s a bunch of crap.

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