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The dangers and risks of alcohol withdrawal

I attended a clinic about alchohl withdrawal and had my eyes opened to the complexities involved.  From personal experience, I knew that alcohol withdrawal was dangerous, but there’s a lot more to it than I realized. The slides are here:Alcohol… Continue Reading →

Addiction's demon needs your blindness

Albert Einstein once asked,” What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?” He asked that question in regards to people because, like fish, people are often unaware of the significance of their own… Continue Reading →

An open letter from an addict to those who love him

Hi.  First of all, please understand that I’m still here.  I know you’re worried and I know you think I’m heading down a bad road.  But I’m still here and I really need you to love me anyway.  It’s hard… Continue Reading →

Let's Accept

It might be easy to dismiss someone who suffers with an addiction as a “junkie” or as a “drunk” or as an “addict.”  But what’s lost in that dismissal are the significant changes that occur in someone’s brain as a… Continue Reading →

Beauty in the Fight for Life (2CEUs)

It’s all too easy to see the ugliness associated with drug and alcohol addiction:  There are few diseases that have as frustrating an impact as addiction does; not only on the person living under the oppression of his or her… Continue Reading →

Our Emotions are our Signals

Sometimes, I’m driving somewhere when out of nowhere an annoying little beep will draw my focus to my gas gauge.  I’ll check it and see that annoying light screaming, “You’re almost out of gas!” The beeping gas light is a… Continue Reading →

Life is Valuable (2CEUs)

It seems to me that many times people seek help when they are faced with loss.  Then, they see value in the situation and realize that change is needed to keep the source of value. For example, when a married… Continue Reading →

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