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New approach to Addiction treatment, part 3

This is the framework, then, from which I treat a person.  Most treatment models require two things: 1) that an addict sees the consequences of their actions; and, 2) that the interventionist breaks through the denials that the addict has… Continue Reading →

Can't wish it away

It’s tough to want health for someone we love when he or she isn’t well.  We pray and wish and hope that somehow health will overtake sickness in a blink of an eye.  And when that sickness is addiction, our… Continue Reading →

Letting go may be unnecessary

It’s been thirty-one (31) years since my grandmother passed away.  When I think of her, I still become choked up and how much my family and I lost with her passing.  She was my family’s cornerstone and when cancer took… Continue Reading →

An open letter to the loved ones of those in early recovery

Over the years, I’ve weathered a great deal of intense emotional crises with families and friends of people in early recovery.  I say “weathered” because, more often than not, the emotions are like waves of hurricane ballast striking me with… Continue Reading →

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