{"id":9672,"date":"2026-03-12T19:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=9672"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:45:47","slug":"troy-psychology-club-hosts-alcoholic-recovery-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/03\/12\/troy-psychology-club-hosts-alcoholic-recovery-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Psychology Club hosts alcoholic recovery webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/troypsychologyclub\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Troy&#8217;s Psychology Club<\/a> welcomed Dr. Jeffery Sandoz who spoke about alcohol addiction and recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Iliad&#8221; and &#8220;Odyssey&#8221; metaphor that was chosen by students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimberly Donaldson, lecturer of psychology and staff advisor of Philosophy Club explained further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With spring break coming up, we wanted a subject that had to do with substance abuse and recovery,&#8221; said Kimberly Donaldson, lecturer of psychology and staff advisor of Philosophy Club. &#8220;We reached out to him and he provided us with two different options and the students selected from there what they were interested in.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Iliad&#8221; and the &#8220;Odyssey&#8221; metaphor was meant to make the subject matter more digestible to students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It made it a lot easier to understand,&#8221; explained Geo Gardner, vice president of Psychology Club. &#8220;Even for someone like me, I don&#8217;t understand substance abuse terminology that well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s great, especially since we don&#8217;t have all psychology majors in psych club, so it was great for everyone to understand what he was talking about.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/03\/09\/free-hearing-screenings-aim-to-protect-student-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>HEALTH NEWS: Free screenings aim to protect student hearing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the webinar, Sandoz shared insight about the thought process of a person addicted to alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The alcohol turns on them like a snake,&#8221; said Sandoz, a professor of psychology on Troy&#8217;s Dothan Campus. &#8220;The booze becomes an external coping mechanism and also the defects of characters that help him along that way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;So the ego gets inflated and it&#8217;s not until life comes crashing down on the person, that they bottom out and that&#8217;s what ego inflation is about.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the Iliad and the Odyssey metaphor was lighthearted, real alcohol addiction is not. 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