Judging Alcoholics | Depression, Anxiety, and Addiction

If You Drink or Do Drugs, at Least Enjoy Life!

By Tom Rees, on November 18th, 2011%

: If you’re gonna party, do it guilt-free.

I was reading a health blog in one of the addiction forums the other day and the author was explaining some basic routines for staying healthy. “Exercise. Try to eat right. Do the best you can to take care of yourself, etc. And if you are a drinker or use drugs, try to stay healthy anyways”. He said something along those lines and even though I’ve given up … Read More

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What do you think of alcoholics? Are they bad people, weak, unfortunate?

By Tom Rees, on September 7th, 2011%

I would like to make this post an extremely short one (for once) and encourage you to simply comment on the questions. I will then blog on the answers and reveal and comment on what people tend to think. Pick a question or 2 or 3 and comment.

What do you think when you see an alcoholic hanging out in front of 7-11 begging. Does it bother you?
What do you think when you hear

Is My Boyfriend an Alcoholic?

By Tom Rees, on July 21st, 2011%

What follows is a letter to a lady friend who described her boyfriend’s habit of drinking quite a bit 4 times a week or so. Also she thought his mood was generally low, but overall she had adjusted to the situation and was not overly concerned, and had a good relationship.

Dear Lola:

I can appreciate your dilemma — and unfortunately my dear, it is a dilemma. So you might not like exactly what I … Read More

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