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The performance of pretending everything is fine when it's not is exhausting. Summary Maintaining a picture-perfect external life while secretly struggling with alcohol is an exhausting performance. Being high-functioning is not a distinct type of alcoholism, it is simply a temporary stage of a progressive neurobiological condition where external successes mask the internal damage occurring under the hood. Chronic drinking alters the physical architecture of the brain, struc

A love/hate relationship with alcohol ended up with reaching a rock bottom that changed her life forever.

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Research shows a strong link between ADHD and substance abuse. Around about half the clients I see as a mental health coach tell me they have suspected or diagnosed ADHD, although they've initially come to me for help with an alcohol problem. That figure pretty much represents what the latest NZ Drug and Alcohol study into ADHD reports*, that about half of all people with ADHD will qualify for a diagnosis of substance abuse disorder (read addiction), at some point in their li

8 tried and true hacks to stop drinking for good, from a qualified mental health coach who's walked the walk of addiction to sobriety.