Timothy Clancy is an independent Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Counselor who specializes in self-destructive behaviors such as substance abuse and eating disorders. He is a certified SMART Recovery meeting facilitator and the author of The Road to Sobriety: A Personal Experience. In this episode, Timothy shares his story and discusses alcoholism, treatment, and recovery.

What we talked about

* Timothy’s background

* Dealing with a learning disability and bullying as a child.

* The Stages of Alcoholism

* Having a predisposition to alcoholism.

* Other contributing factors to alcoholism.

* Timothy’s struggle with depression and a traumatic brain injury.

* Denial

* How to stop enabling an alcoholic

* Is hitting rock bottom necessary?

Interventions

* Goals in sobriety

* SMART Recovery

* AA vs. SMART

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Links

* Timothy’s book. The Road to Recovery: A Personal Experience

* SMART Recovery 

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