KPC offers these articles to share thoughtful, experience-based perspectives on addiction, recovery, and the human condition, helping readers find insight, hope, and practical tools for healing.
(Reprinted from Anxiety Disorders Association of America ) For some people, a glass of wine after a long day at work is used to help "take the edge off," or a drink at a party to help "loosen up." For many of these individuals, alcohol use in moderation is not of concern. However, for phttps://adaa.org/ people with anxiety disorders, using alcohol or other substances can make anxiety symptoms worse and can even trigger panic attacks. Moreover, the risk and occurrence of alcoh
By Dr. Lawrence J. Maltin Having been involved in the psychological and addiction fields for many years, I've been witness to the many ways we emotionally suffer on a daily basis. Aside from the biochemical and neurological disorders, which create distinctive types of difficulties, most of us, to a greater or lesser degree, are confronted with tensions, anxieties, insecurities and uncertainties in our lives. It has been my wish for several years to write about my understandin
