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After yet another funeral for a young person who died from a heroin overdose, I heard a group of men talking about heroin addiction and its evil impact on their community. I listened as their anger-laced comments flowed from, “We… Continue Reading →
When I discuss spirituality with people, I might as well be speaking Martian: People’s eyes gloss over and saliva drips from the corner of their mouths. Maybe they think I’m no one to be discussing spirituality or maybe they’re afraid… Continue Reading →
There’s a societal wall that keeps day to day life functional. On one side of the wall are people who suffer with poverty, illness, addictions and other forms of socio-cultural trauma. On the other side of the wall are those… Continue Reading →
When I became a licensed substance abuse counselor and started writing about Addiction Treatment, I believed my work would find its audience. But I was wrong. Now, while my book, 49 Tips and Insights for Understanding Addiction did win an… Continue Reading →
Someone recently asked me, “Do you get frustrated with patients that relapse over and over again and then try to re-enter treatment?” My initial thought was that the patients who use treatment as a tool for to either appease a… Continue Reading →
People often wonder when the addicts in their life “really mean it” when they say they’re ready to change. All too often, addicts have a tendency to pull the proverbial rug out from under their loved ones through promises to… Continue Reading →
What is the Imago Dei? Literally translated, the Imago Dei is the “Image of God.” This image is not Jesus’ face that miraculously appears on tortillas, it is, to me, the source of all that’s good and strong and beautiful… Continue Reading →
We all tend to believe in our own concept of who we are that we almost always find our own arguments about something the most compelling. I think it’s a fact of human nature, really. But an addict really thinks… Continue Reading →
There simply is no such thing as “me.” Not in reality and not in any way that can be proven. No one can prove the existence of “me.” While I spend quite a bit of time researching ways and means… Continue Reading →
It’s all too easy to point to a substance and say, “that’s evil” or “that’s the problem with things in my life.” I’ve written about heroin and its relationship with actual evil. Although I do think the conditions associated with… Continue Reading →
