Problem Drinking

For some individuals, alcohol use results in more pain than pleasure, yet they continue to drink. Some don't know any better, but most have tried and failed to control their alcohol use. Despite short-term success most problem drinkers return to self-injurious consumption.

To the extent that alcohol provides pleasure or relief from suffering, it is corruptive in that one may trade what is truly precious [health, wealth, or family] to maintain access to it. Once caught in this corruptive trap it is deceptively difficult to escape. The long-term outcome statistics for problem drinkers of your age are worse than you think.

This web site is dedicated to individuals who have been unable to escape an addictive trap, yet have been successful in other domains of life and maintain access to good cognitive abilities. Such individuals have the best chance of achieving good long-term outcome.

Included here are text summaries of pertinent research in cognitive and neural sciences and several free Trance Formation audio files. The research reviews are for your rational, problem-solving mind, and the audio invitations to experience transformative psychological phenomena directly are designed for your experiential, unconscious mind.

The self-tests below can be taken to satisfy your curiosity or to share with our staff for feedback and consultation. The PARTS' Mood Screen is a brief measure of depression and anxiety; the Audit is a measure of how serious is your problem; the Trap Detector will help you identify the traps that have held you back to this point; the final link, Begin the Path, describes some Advanced Cognitive Strategies that you may find helpful in managing the inevitable crises that await you.

PARTS' Mood Screen

Brief self-evaluation: Signs and symptoms of depression & anxiety

Do I have a problem?

Is this a serious problem for me and worthy of my attention?

Trap Detector

What is the nature of my addictive trap?

Advanced Cognitive Skills

Skip the self-evaluation for now and go to the next step of the passage

The author is a licensed psychologist who has accompanied many individuals through this passage from alcohol dependence to self-determination over the past 30 years. Our full treatment program is available for download in E-Book Format or HTML Format at PARTS' Store.

"To be 'cured' against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level with those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will."