In his article titled, “Breaking the Code of
Silence: The Irish and Drink,” published in Irish America magazine
(February/March 2012), Dr. Garrett O’Connor, M.D., Dublin-born internationally
renowned psychiatrist, former CEO of the Betty Ford Institute, and now
medical director at Beit T'Shuvah in Los Angeles, provides his perspective of
why the Irish drink, the role of shame, and his own (and family’s) journey of
alcoholism and recovery.
The article and comments can be read at
http://irishamerica.com/2012/01/breaking-the-code-of-silence-the-irish-and-drink/