Autism and Alcohol with Matthew Tinsley

Autism and Alcohol with Matthew TinsleyMatthew Tinsley has a degree in Modern Languages and had a long career as a bookseller in independent bookshops. In this conversation Matthew explains how his alcohol addiction and his diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome Condition are linked.After many years struggling with alcoholism and two failed marriages, he overcame his addiction - largely due to his self-awareness of his autistic spectrum condition, together with a long period in rehab using cogni...

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