Daily Sober Blog

Enabling someone is the antithesis of helping. Your intentions might be sincere, but enabling does more harm than good. For instance, you loan your addict friend money, but deep inside, you know...

Let’s consider the case of Evan, a  35-year-old software engineer. He had been struggling with alcohol addiction for several years when I met him. His addiction started as social...

A functioning alcoholic is someone who manages to maintain their daily life – work, relationships, responsibilities – while regularly consuming large amounts of alcohol (or their drug...

Alcohol and substance abuse can increase impulsivity, which is dangerous not only for the addicted but for those around us as well. There are phases of addiction led by impulsive behaviors, causing...