Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
It Takes One to Know One
One of the ancient Greek sayings much beloved by philosophers is “know thyself”. With this in mind, I recall being asked at an addiction...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
- Sep 1, 2020
- 3 min
Living Between Now and Not Yet
Sometimes you press the send button and instantly regret it. You’ve reacted to something said about you. Or maybe you’re upset about...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
- Aug 3, 2020
- 3 min
The Long and the Short of Alcoholism in Financial Markets
When I was young, I used to spend hours looking at all of the football results and the league tables. I would analyse them endlessly....
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
- Jul 20, 2020
- 3 min
Alcohol and Spirituality - The Family
Attention to spiritual health on the path to recovery in alcohol treatment is about encouraging openness. It’s about letting go of inward...
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The OAD Clinic
- Jul 6, 2020
- 4 min
The Brain and Addiction - Part III
Do we have three brains? Now we know that in the early century XX neuroscientists were able to understand the roots of some of Jon’s...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
- Jun 22, 2020
- 3 min
Be Still - Mindfulness in Lockdown Recovery
Being still is difficult. Being in isolation is even more difficult - for everybody, but especially for alcoholics in recovery. Lockdown...
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Andrew Bevan - Voluntary Mentor
- Jun 8, 2020
- 5 min
Alcohol and Spirituality – The Human Person
Spiritual well-being has an important role to play in recovery from alcoholism. That is because spirituality, when properly understood in...
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The OAD Clinic
- Jun 1, 2020
- 4 min
The Brain and Addiction - Part II
Reptilians Among Us Late in the morning in April 1899 Christfried was crossing the cobbled central square of Erlangen, in Bayern. His...
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The OAD Clinic
- May 25, 2020
- 4 min
The Brain and Addiction - Part I
I want to vs I have to You know what you have to do, but you can’t help doing the opposite. How many times have you been there? Don’t...
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The OAD Clinic
- Dec 6, 2019
- 5 min
Understanding Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders and Developing a Coherent Treatment Plan
Introduction In 2014, SAMHSA revealed that approximately 7.9 million people experienced concurrent addiction and a mental health...
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