Tag addiction education
When people ask me questions about the addict in their life, the only thing I hear is, “How can I make my Addict behave in ways I can understand?” And the response to that question is: Seek to understand your… Continue Reading →
As a writer, I collect metaphors. As a substance abuse counselor, I use the metaphors I collect to help illustrate different topics. One of those illustrated metaphors is featured here: I saw this and stuck in a web right outside… Continue Reading →
I challenge everyone: The next time you hear about someone suffering (or dying) due to Addiction or to Depression, try to see them as someone stricken with a terminal illness, not as someone who is weak or a failure, or… Continue Reading →
To be clear, there is no easy way to take a hard look at ourselves and accept our failings and weaknesses. Looking at the “bad” things we’ve done and not internalizing the shame that can results from the reflection is… Continue Reading →
Because Addiction is a complex condition, it can be contradictory for pressure for recovery to solely fall on the person struggling with the Addiction. The reality, though, is that the lack of understanding about Addiction and Recovery is part of… Continue Reading →
On Thursday, August 4th, 6:30 PM at Page 1 Bookstore in Albuquerque NM; I will be discussing Recovery and what it really is. While I will be reading from my book, 49 Tips and Insights for Understanding Addiction, I will… Continue Reading →
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been wrestling with meaningless deadlines. Again, if there is an actual dependency associated with a deadline, or if the consequences of missing a deadline are enforced, then I think deadlines are quite useful and… Continue Reading →
Introduction to Addiction and Recovery (Based on 49 Tips and Insights for Understanding Addiction) Course Description Both Addiction AND Recovery follow a predictable path that can be measured. However, without a fundamental understanding of the progression of an addiction, that… Continue Reading →
With a cool breeze in my face and the wind carrying the church bell’s song, I let feelings rise inside of me. Doubt crept into my mind: What if I’m just not good enough to “make it” as a writer?… Continue Reading →
My son and I were arguing about which device could take a better picture; either my Nikon D3300 or his iPhone 6s. The rules were simple: we’d find a subject, snap some pics, and then ask a couple of people… Continue Reading →
