Living Beyond: WHEN IS AN ADDICT MOST LIKELY TO RELAPSE
The risk of relapse is at its highest when an addict lacks support, accountability, and an ongoing relationship with a mental health professional. While the relationship with the mental professional may...
RECONSIDERING GENERATION X
We rarely hear about Generation X, those individuals born between 1965 and 1978. Out-muscled by larger masses of Baby Boomers (1946-1964) and Millennials (1979-1995), the voices of Gen X had been...
MICHAEL’S GIFT
There he was. My precious baby boy. My first child. It was instant love. I was a mother dedicated to doing everything I could for my baby so that...
Alcoholic Hell: One Drink Too Many
Channeling writers William S. Burroughs, Charles Bukowski, and Philip K. Dick, Josh Brolin, in a brutally honest Instagram rant, described his passage into alcoholic hell:
Drunk: when you think you’re having...
Back To The Basics Of Recovery Guidance: Step Eleven
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
According to...
For People Who Can’t Stand Self-Indulgence in Others, But Often Forgive It In Themselves
Years ago, when I was a creative director in the ad biz, I wrote a headline for a luxury item which read: “For People Who Can’t Stand Self-Indulgence in Others, But...
How To Have a great Holiday: Reflect On Best Moments Of The Past
How often do we robotically immerse ourselves in the traditions of our families around the holidays without questioning whether those “must do’s” actually create the holiday joy we are seeking for...
FALLACIES ABOUT 12-STEP PROGRAMS AND THE RECOVERY PROCESS
I’ve recently experienced some negative conceptions about 12-step recovery programs from those who have seen others try and fail, and from the frontlines of those who are still struggling with the...
Inspired By Fear
How can this become a strong point? There were many times in my life when failure was comfortable and losing everything became second nature. How do you tell a person with...
The Two Year War
Addiction is a very complicated brain disease. Many of us are naturally prone to look at an addict and say, “Wow, he doesn’t care about his family,” and “What a loser,”...
