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Informationen zum Autor Sarah Allen Benton is a licensed mental health counselor and therapist at McLean Hospital in the "McLean Residence at the Brook" transitional living program for substance abuse treatment in Waltham, Massachusetts. Additionally, she works in private practice in the Boston area and speaks on the topic of high-functioning alcoholics to a variety of audiences. Resources on this topic are available at www.highfunctioningalcoholic.com. Klappentext When people think of the 'typical' alcoholic, images of the 'fallen-down' drunk come to mind. Most do not think of professional men and women with successful careers, vibrant families, and active social lives. However, high-functioning alcoholics exist in great numbers, are unseen, and suffer no less than their struggling, failing counterparts. They include corporate presidents, politicians, teachers, tradesmen, law enforcement officials, lawyers, physicians, and even stay at home parents, who are by most accounts successful. Even as they have created lives most people would envy, the realities of alcoholism eventually strike, and recovery is just as arduous for high-functioning alcoholics as it is for lower functioning alcoholics. Benton reveals the extent of the problem, the challenges in recognizing it, the warning signs, and the methods for addressing it. Through research and interviews with both addiction experts and sober high-functioning alcoholics, she illustrates how, when, and why they become addicted, as well as the reasons their alcoholism is so hard to admit, detect, cope with, and overcome. Weaving her own story of alcoholism and recovery into the text in the form of past journal entries and reflective pieces, Benton takes us first hand into the lives of high-functioning alcoholics. Zusammenfassung When people think of the 'typical' alcoholic! images of the 'fallen-down' drunk come to mind. Most do not think of professional men and women with successful careers! vibrant families! and active social lives. However! high-functioning alcoholics exist in great numbers! are un... Inhaltsverzeichnis Series ForewordPrefacePart I. Active Alcoholism1. Introduction: High-Functioning Alcoholics2. In the Beginning: High-Functioning Alcoholics in High School3. Freedom: High-Functioning Alcoholics in College4. Adrift: High-Functioning Alcoholics as Emerging Adults5. Falling Uphill: Professional, Intelligent, and Alcoholic6. Attempts to Cure the Problem: Out of Control and Hitting BottomPart II. Recovery7. A New Start: The Paths to Sobriety8. Filling the Void: Spirituality, Religion, and the Bottle9. Transformation: The Twelve Steps10. The Challenge: Life in RecoveryA: DSM-IV TR-Substance Dependence Diagnostic CriteriaB: DSM-IV TR-Substance Abuse Diagnostic CriteriaC: Alcohol Screening TestD: Alcohol Recovery Programs Contact Information...
