This Naked Mind

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), roughly 14 to 15 percent of healthcare workers — including doctors, surgeons, and nurses — report struggling with alcohol abuse. Long shifts and life-or-death responsibilities drive burnout, and alcohol becomes t...

There’s something particularly painful about growing up in a house where alcohol is already in charge. You learn early what it does. You tell yourself you won’t repeat it. And then, somewhere along the way, you find yourself doing exactly what you swore you never would, not because you’re weak, but because the subconscious patterns we absorb in childhood run a lot deeper than...

Written by Annie Grace and Diana Oliver

You probably didn’t Google “alcohol use disorder” because you were curious about medical terminology.

You Googled it because...

If your social life has always been organized around drinking, you’re not unusual — you’re deeply conditioned. Research on drinking identity shows that viewing yourself as a drinker is one of the strongest predictors of ongoing alcohol use and its consequences, often more so th...