Resuming Social Drinking and Drug Use – Ask Stanton
- How do you define relapse?
- Is taking cocaine every every now then less dangerous than using it on a daily basis?
- Is my moderate drinking okay or was AA right?
- Can I go back to AA after being a controlled user who relapses?
- I don’t want my husband to use drugs, even if he can resume drinking
- Are there costs to abstinence and how do you deal with them?
- I inherited my alcoholism — can I drink socially?
- I matured into moderate drinking 20 years after leaving AA; is this possible?
- How can I recapture social drinking?
- If I feel I should abstain currently, can I ever resume drinking?
- My “had a drink and I was okay sharing” was not met with a enthusiasm by my fellow A.A. friends
- Overcoming disease treatment for addiction: A first person account
Dr. Stanton Peele, recognized as one of the world's leading addiction experts, developed the Life Process Program after decades of research, writing, and treatment about and for people with addictions. Dr. Peele is the author of 14 books. His work has been published in leading professional journals and popular publications around the globe.
