http://www.spiritualriver.com/the-most-important-thing-for-overcoming-alcoholism-is/ Non-traditional recovery from addiction Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.spiritualriver.com/the-most-important-thing-for-overcoming-alcoholism-is/comment-page-1/#comment-84653 Angry Daughter Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:22:01 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/wordpress-2.0.4/wordpress/?p=86#comment-84653 I absolutely agree with you about the dangers of blurring the boundaries when it comes to addiction recovery. Unfortunately my mother's last attempt at a recovery programme failed, and I knew she was drinking again when she told me her counsellor has said she "could have a glass of wine with her dinner" if she wanted - even after she'd been on meds to help her stop! There were other clear signs that she was drinking too, but it worries me that if the professionals allow ambiguity to creep in, then nobody knows where they stand. In my experience, compulsive lying goes with the territory of addiction and patient confidentiality means you never really know what they've been told by the professionals... all very disheartening I absolutely agree with you about the dangers of blurring the boundaries when it comes to addiction recovery. Unfortunately my mother’s last attempt at a recovery programme failed, and I knew she was drinking again when she told me her counsellor has said she “could have a glass of wine with her dinner” if she wanted – even after she’d been on meds to help her stop! There were other clear signs that she was drinking too, but it worries me that if the professionals allow ambiguity to creep in, then nobody knows where they stand. In my experience, compulsive lying goes with the territory of addiction and patient confidentiality means you never really know what they’ve been told by the professionals… all very disheartening

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