http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/emotionally-charged-expressions-fall-flat-on-alcoholics/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/emotionally-charged-expressions-fall-flat-on-alcoholics/#comment-20835 Dale Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:48:18 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3378#comment-20835 I am a recovering alcoholic and when I read this it did not fall on deaf ears. When I was drinking I forgot how to read the emotions of others because honestly I was too wrapped up in having my own good time, or more likely masking my own emotions. I did not want to see or think about what I was feeling much less what my drinking and behavior was doing to others. Throughout my own recovery and treatment process that has been something that I have had to relearn. Alcoholism took away any empathy that I had for others- I was dealing with my problems in my own way, why couldn't they? Or at least that was how I used to think. While I have stopped drinking relearning to recognize social cues and be more aware of them has been just as much of a challenge for me as putting away the beer. But I am getting there. I am a recovering alcoholic and when I read this it did not fall on deaf ears. When I was drinking I forgot how to read the emotions of others because honestly I was too wrapped up in having my own good time, or more likely masking my own emotions. I did not want to see or think about what I was feeling much less what my drinking and behavior was doing to others. Throughout my own recovery and treatment process that has been something that I have had to relearn. Alcoholism took away any empathy that I had for others- I was dealing with my problems in my own way, why couldn’t they? Or at least that was how I used to think. While I have stopped drinking relearning to recognize social cues and be more aware of them has been just as much of a challenge for me as putting away the beer. But I am getting there.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/emotionally-charged-expressions-fall-flat-on-alcoholics/#comment-20814 Jerome Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:56:52 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3378#comment-20814 How would this be significant and what is the purpose of this study? How would this be significant and what is the purpose of this study?

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/emotionally-charged-expressions-fall-flat-on-alcoholics/#comment-20778 Brian H. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:44:36 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3378#comment-20778 This is a little bizarre for me... I don't get it. How would recovering alcoholics miss social cues and facial expressions??? This is a little bizarre for me… I don’t get it. How would recovering alcoholics miss social cues and facial expressions???

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