Alcohol & ADHD with Jayne Matthews
Sober Curious
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The Relationship Between ADHD and Self-Esteem
If we were able to support people with their neurodivergent traits however those might manifest there might be less propensity for people to start to abuse substances like alcohol. That's a really good question. I think there may have been some self-esteem built maybe that might have had me interested in not abusing myself. When you are an alcoholic of my type whether you're doing great in school and able to function there is still something that happens when alcohol touches the body that made me want more. So I find the whole term about alcoholism where you can drink, you cannot drink as an alcoholic, you can drink or you cannot drink but what you can't do is moderate. We're practicing mindfulness
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