Letters: Something in the Air, Alcoholic Obsession, Depressed Drinking…
Something In the Air. By Keith Robinson, makingit.com Dear ER: A well written and balanced article [“Regaining control,” ER March 31, 2011]. My research team and I have just published the outcomes of a randomized clinical trial of moderatedrinking.com and Moderation Management with 12-month outcomes in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (April, 2011). Our outcomes are consistent with this woman’s story and the comments about moderate drinking. Reid K. Hester Web comment Alcoholic obsession Dear ER: “The Moderation Management movement suffered a significant setback in March 2000 when newspapers reported that the MM founder, Audrey Kishline, killed two people while driving drunk on a highway in Washington State.” All alcoholics are obsessed with trying to drink “moderately.” These alcoholics are no different. It doesn’t work. ‘Are Fair’ Web comment Depressed drinking Dear ER: I am an alcoholic and addict. I like to steal the words of Joe Walsh – “I only got drunk once but it lasted 20 years.” I went to treatment three times and finally figured out that I was going to die if I kept it up. But I also figured something else out that helped me out the most, and I think it…
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