Why NA drinks, 'mocktails' can be tricky for those of us in recovery

In 'Dry January,' Tennessean columnist Brad Schmitt, a recovering alcoholic, considers pluses and minuses of the trend toward ...
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I'm a therapist and a recovering high-functioning alcoholic

Throughout my life, I have been a reliable friend, a good student, a driven worker, a consistent athlete, and an adventurous person. I come from a loving home and consider myself fortunate to have the ...
ABC News

Many Recovering Alcoholics Depend on Coffee, Cigarettes

July 19 -- FRIDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Of the more than 1 million Americans who join Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), almost all drink coffee and close to 60 percent smoke, Vanderbilt University ...
Texarkana Gazette

Recovering alcoholic continues picking up the pieces

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I were together for 11 years, married for six of them. I had an alcohol addiction for the last few years, which led to my being unfaithful. He never drank, so he had a hard ...
Daily Mail

Dr Charles Knowles is a leading surgeon, professor... and a recovering alcoholic. This is the shocking amount he was drinking at his lowest, how he stayed functional and how he ...

A sunny afternoon in Florida. I’m on holiday with my wife, Annie, and our two young ­children, visiting friends. The weather is warm and I am sitting outside my friend’s house. I am alone. Or to be ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

HIGH PROFILE: Mike Moore is a great storyteller, and as a recovering alcoholic he uses that skill to help others in recovery

Mike Moore wasn't living under a bridge wearing tattered clothes, passed out with an empty alcohol bottle in his hand. Nor was he panhandling on any corner. Nevertheless, his problem was costing him ...