Doug Thorburn on Early-Stage Alcohol and Drug Addiction » 4 – Alcoholic Myth of the Month /worldpress Doug Thorburn discusses early-stage alcoholism and other-drug addiction. Fri, 04 Sep 2015 21:49:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 “Tyrant”: a great (and misunderstood) portrayal of addiction. /worldpress/?p=1869 /worldpress/?p=1869#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2015 19:50:28 +0000 /worldpress/?p=1869 /worldpress/?feed=rss2&p=1869 0 Elvis impersonator: a journalist gets cause and effect backwards. /worldpress/?p=1834 /worldpress/?p=1834#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2015 18:43:05 +0000 /worldpress/?p=1834 /worldpress/?feed=rss2&p=1834 0 Guns can’t be blamed for mass murders, but neither can broken homes or sexual deviancy. Cause and effect is backwards. /worldpress/?p=1775 /worldpress/?p=1775#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:58:15 +0000 /worldpress/?p=1775 /worldpress/?feed=rss2&p=1775 0 Does being forced to do something together during childhood cause animosity–or might it be alcoholism that does this? /worldpress/?p=1744 /worldpress/?p=1744#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:14:21 +0000 /worldpress/?p=1744 /worldpress/?feed=rss2&p=1744 0 Fight at the ballgame: addict v. addict /worldpress/?p=1702 /worldpress/?p=1702#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:38:37 +0000 /worldpress/?p=1702 /worldpress/?feed=rss2&p=1702 0 Unchecked emotions are nearly always caused by alcoholism. /worldpress/?p=1674 /worldpress/?p=1674#comments Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:34:47 +0000 /worldpress/?p=1674 /worldpress/?feed=rss2&p=1674 0 Texting and smoking and unsafe sex and–oh! binge drinking!–go hand in hand. What causes what? /worldpress/?p=1569 /worldpress/?p=1569#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 21:22:46 +0000 /worldpress/?p=1569 /worldpress/?feed=rss2&p=1569 0 Myth: that she needs to get on her meds rather than off. No, it’s almost always addiction. Espcially when she drives onto a runway with a 2-month-old in the car. /worldpress/?p=1528 /worldpress/?p=1528#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 18:28:58 +0000 /worldpress/?p=1528 /worldpress/?feed=rss2&p=1528 0 We’ve all suffered losses, you idiot “expert.” That doesn’t turn us into alcoholics who commit mass murder. /worldpress/?p=1426 /worldpress/?p=1426#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:47:49 +0000 /worldpress/?p=1426 /worldpress/?feed=rss2&p=1426 0 If life “hasn’t been kind,” look for alcoholism. /worldpress/?p=1372 /worldpress/?p=1372#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:00:05 +0000 /worldpress/?p=1372 /worldpress/?feed=rss2&p=1372 0