IT’S ALL ABOUT SPIRITUALITY
After more than fifty eight years of continuous sobriety, it still bothers me when I’m attending a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous and I hear someone start talking about “the spiritual part...
Why Only 1 in 8 People Get Treatment for Addiction
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the nation’s most comprehensive annual survey on key indicators of substance abuse and mental health in the United States. In September of...
Dry January: Thirty-One Days of Sobriety
Dry January is a thought-provoking experiment that challenged individuals to abstain from drinking for a month-long period. It began in 2013, when Alcohol Concern UK, a British charity, asked people to...
The Road to Resilience Luncheon
The Road to Resilience luncheon held on March 12 at the Wycliffe Country Club, which I co-chaired along with Diane and Bob Herzog, was a huge success. We had over 250...
COMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS – THE ADDICTIVE ROLLERCOASTER
Addiction is a chronic and compulsive disease that has an ability of taking over your complete person. While it may start off innocent enough; the compulsive nature of the disease is...
LOVED ONES OF THOSE STRUGGLING WITH OPIOID ADDICTION
I have worked for over thirty some years in the field of behavioral health as a therapist, university faculty member, and advanced practice nurse. My experience has covered more ground than...
CELEBRITIES AND THEIR DOCTORS – FIRST DO NO HARM
Celebrities and their doctors … drug dealers emanate from every stratum of society. They can be politicians, leaders of drug cartels, or respectable physicians. And while not every highly publicized celebrity...
SMART RECOVERY® MOVES MASSIVELY ONLINE AMID COVID-19
Like the minor wave that precedes the tsunami, the first call came in early March from Roger Weiss, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Addictions at McLean...
RECOVERY IS A FAMILY AFFAIR
“The entire family is in recovery. Every person in this room is in recovery. The sooner you accept this truth and begin to focus on your own growth and recovery process,...
Are we doing our best in the addiction treatment industry?
The question of whether we are doing our best in addiction treatment industry, is an issue of decency and human kindness. It cannot be addressed in facts and figures, spreadsheets and...
